PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Arab Spring, Mcdonaldization, New Media
4 Oct 2020
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Helps determine how citizens perceive politics and the state. Traditionally served as a check on the executive power of the state. Some outlets particularly newspapers, have advocated for a particular position. Commercial media tends to feature infotainment as a means to generate audience interest. New communications technologies open a new public space: cell phones and the internet. 3 effects: wider opportunity for reportage and commentary o ease of organization, potential to transform decision making institution"s. Use of horizontal communication in the arab spring: excess to google around the world, at that time blackberry phones were the most secure- hard for egypt secret service to hack phone. Mass communication (print and analog electronic- media) multimedia (digital media) Public life is increasingly run by people who don"t care much about the truth. Why is bullshit in ascendency: technology, new economics (reliance on ads, reliance on fake news for revenue on websites. People don"t trust the media in the us.
