POLS 3250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Inedia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3250
• Professor: Leah Levac

Document Summary

It helps us capture a more diverse conceptualization of the public" when we are trying to make decisions about what constitutes the public good. It can lead us to more innovative policy responses. Transmitting information to share analytical results: focus on telling people the answers to questions that have been raised. Creating ideas and discourse: how ideas and values develop and how they shape policy decisions. Instances when governments act you to report real time experience reflect the role of media in creating public policy because they often use online social media to import information. Creating new spaces for historically marginalized voices to contribute to conversation. Anyone can create a blog today and start broadcasting your opinions but previously, that was not possible unless you were an editor of a newspaper etc. Caution: canada study (2011) scholars examined the use of flicker, youtube and twitter during the toronto g20 protest.