Tuesday 10 November 2015

Media Magazine Conference

Bill Thompson

  • Jan 1st 1983 - when the internet started 
  • Idea that the internet is a "permissive network" which is hard to control/manage
  • Network open to "innovation" and "creativity"
  • Network described as "seamless"
  • 1/10 of internet users in Indonesia have no clue they use the internet for Facebook
  • Easier in this time for police to "detect crime"
  • In places like Egypt, it's dangerous to speak out against those in power
  • Active citizenship 
  • Internet valuable as a place for free research 
  • Internet is a place to make connections
Purpose of the internet: 
  • engage with other people
  • political action
  • charity
  • campaigning
  • financial reward
  • games 
  • learning
  • entertainment 
  • friendship
Downsides: 
  • bullying 
  • unwanted porn
  • images of child sexual abuse
  • extremism
  • abuse
  • scams and rip-offs 
  • fraud
  • conspiracy theories
  • Power over: media control, audiences, journalists, government
  • Power to: censor, mislead, set the agenda
  • Some journalists paid-per-click
  • Theory: Stuart Hall - role of media to "circulate common sense"
  • Media can tend to over and under represent others
Owen Jones
stated how the problems the working class face are in the hands of those in power

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