Media Magazine Conference Notes

Bill Thompson:
What has the internet done for me?

• open to innovation 
• network is becoming seamless and very fast and accessible 
• internet is commissive 
• put in contract of other people - active citizenship
• UK = negatively ; egypt = nut - access is not easy 
• internet is valuable for free speech but not safe

Little brother - Cory Doctoron

• internet delivers freedom of speech 
• major way of communicating 
• much of a space as a medium 

Internet replacing many things e.g. newspapers

ways we use the internet:

• connection
• information
• political action
• financial reward
• games
• learning
• friendship
• lantas and campaign (to make the world better)
• gives us voices in our heads

Downsides:

• Bullying - pornography (unwanted)
• Images of child sexual abuse - extremism
• Abuse - (content collapse) 
• the dark web
• open to diversity
• digital info is hard to control

Lawrence lessig- code: (cyber space) online code is law

• unless you understand there is no control

Danah Boyd - Its complicated

• privacy

Natalie Fenton - Media, public's, protest, powers

• 2011 - news of the world - Ruppert Murdock
• Phone hacking scandal
• newspaper = closed
• many jobs lost 

Never simply about journalists behaving badly - is is about power - Nick Davis

Media power

power over:                                                                                

• media content: audience                              
• Journalists: goverment

power to:

• censor: mislead
• set the agenda

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• Media & Democracy
• Media= life blood of democracy diversity & plurality
• giving is the ability to make informed choices 
• hold powerful to account - hold platform for debate

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Last few decades:

• rolling online news - free newspapers 
• cut+paste journalism - ' cut + paste from daily mail ' 
• chasing audience number - journalists

Internet gives power to audience

Hackgate - Corruption of power 

Chris Jeffness - Documentary 

• Entanglement of media & political ethics 
• Relationsjip between governments and media "the sun not won it"
• Over 50% of national UK papers sold are controlled by billionaires - Rupert Murdock

On Media Representation:

• Shsan Hall - role of media 'common sense' definitions of majority and minority
• group of clearance + normality 

Rob Warson & Pete Frusel - Film Production masterclass

Producer = overall control