Start by explaining what topic we are researching - WE- media. Explain that we-media is an advancement of a media which has been dominated by corporations like the BBC and Sky and as a result we only get the news that they want us to get. We-media means that people can broadcast their own news through social networking - facebook and twitter. and the use of blogging. 5 minutes in duration.
http://simonmainwaring.com/future/egypt-social-media-as-a-life-or-death-proposition/
Ask the group to research Henry Jenkins and 'participatory media' and then to research Dan Gillmor and his book 'we media'.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp - link to Gillmors online book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_culture - link to Participatory wikipedia page
The research should take 20 minutes and at the end the groups should have enough research to be able to write up answer plans for the 4 exam prompt questions. 35 minutes remaining.
The 4 questions :
1. What are 'We media'?
2. Where/how has 'We Media' emerged?
3. In what way are the contemporary media more democratic than before?
4. In what ways are the contemporary media less democratic than before?
Spend 7 minutes on each question plan (28 minutes) which leaves 7 minutes for people who dont understand a concept or any part of a theory to ask questions.
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