2011 lecture 1
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The way the news used to work:One to many.One story; one voice of authority
The culture of news/newsroom: "The culture of the people on the shopfloor is a reflection of management."
The Panoptic Gaze
Michael Foucault Power and resistance
Post September 11 News: motivated alternative news searches (30% spike in online searches)
Time Person of the Year: “charismatic leaders”
Leaders are all around us. ‘You can change the world.’January 2007
Who is the new “you?”
Now the truth is approached through many vantage points – see a depiction in pop culture.
Is this the decade of optimism?
Iraq War Afghanistan Arab Spring Katrina 9/11
"We will change this country. We will change the world.”Successfully used social networking tools to fundraiseText messaged new VP; called on reporter from Huff Po during first official Press Conference.
Iphone: game changer?
Milton Rogovin
How has this changed journalism?
Mediastorm: first web org to win broadcast award
http://mediastorm.com/publication/a-darkness-visible-afghanistan
Online Journalism winners, 2011
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