Media, Information and Technoculture 2158F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Poverty Trap, Nuclear Power, Hyperbole
7 Feb 2017
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Morgan, lewis, jhally more viewing, less knowledge: pgs 149-157. Results of research: (cid:862)people were ill-i(cid:374)for(cid:373)ed(cid:863: yes to bush admin invading iraq with weapons + yes to their opinion being important, answered questions in a way that would have reflected poorly on the administration. Ex: sadam hussein portrayed as adolf hitler: tv coverage confused more than clarifying the war. Compton + bendetti - labour new media: pgs 159-148. How the institution of journalism has changed. The e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:862)a(cid:373)ateur (cid:272)ooperatio(cid:374):(cid:863) (cid:448)isual de(cid:448)i(cid:272)es police use of taser gun at vancouver airport went viral: blurs the line between the public and private sphere. Citizen journalism: gansian multi-perspectival news production (bruns = ohmynews: ex: voicesofsandiego website. Disclosure of information valuable to the public will take long hours of labour. Newsroom level: structural levels affect the fields in which journalists toil (structural power) Traditional newsroom + business model: the labour of reporting costs money, citizen journalism + piece-work reporting cannot replace institutional news.
