dan gillmor, copenhagen nov 2011
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Conference about Professional Journalism and Democracy, Berlingske Nov 14th 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Journalism in Democratic Societies:
Participation, Conversation
Dan GillmorDan GillmorArizona State University
BerlingskeNovember 14, 2011
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Media Shift
Media 0.1
Media 1.0
Media 2.0
Media 2.5
20th Century Information Theory
Sources Journalists
Info
Media Readers
Message
Sent Info
Misinformation, disinformation,
junk, etc.
Story
20th Century Journalism…
Media 3.0
21st Century Information Practice
‘Democratized’ MediaNot in the sense of voting......but Participation
–Creation/Production–Access
A Read-Write Web
Consumers <==> Creators
Creators <==> Collaborators
Collaborators <==> Participants
Participation <==> Democracy
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Large Supply, Blurred Lines
What is journalism?
This is Journalism
This is Journalism
This is Not Journalism
Journalism
Not Journalism
AND, not OR
Professional“Amateur”
Mass
Niche
AftenbladetLocal TV News
An Emerging Media EcosystemContent Farms
(Demand, Seed, Etc.)
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Demand
Photo by Stovak via Flickr
Too Much Information
Photos by Eammon Sullivan and perspikace via Flickr
Accurate? Trustworthy?
Not Necessarily, in a ‘Photoshop World’
Needed
Better Information at All Levels– Innovate (in journalism and business)
Consumers Become Users–Journalists, schools should take the lead
Start with Principles–Tactics follow
Most Important Change in Journalism
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Lecture
Conversation
The Journalist’s Job Evolves
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From Oracle to Guide
Aggregate, Curate
Invite the Audience to Participate
Use All Ideas(including ones we did not invent)
Make Data Central…
…and Understandable
Visualize: Human-Readable Data
Visualize:“Walmart’s March Across America”
kiwitobes.com
“Mobile First…”
Machine-created Metadata + Human Input…
…Can Save Lives
Journalism Becomes Social --
But There are Risks
Some Business Models
Innovation | Adaptation | Entrepreneurship(Good news: Trying New Things is Inexpensive)
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Democracy Needs Informed Citizenry
Principles
Principles (for “consumers”)
Skepticism–Be skeptical of absolutely everything
Principles
Credibility Scale
0-30 +30
Anonymous Comments
Principles
Best place to startWorst place to stop
Principles
Principles
Principles for ‘Creators’
ThoroughnessAccuracyFairnessIndependenceTransparency
Who Should Teach This?
ParentsSchoolsMedia OrganizationsWe all can help
