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16 Cards in this Set
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What are some facts about the internet?
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-Global
-Not owned by one person -Fast growing media |
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What is digital media?
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All forms of emerging communication media
Combines text, graphics, sound and video Video games Personal computers Phones MP3s |
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Who teaches about convergence?
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Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab
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What is the idea behind convergence?
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Media industries combining
Technologies merging Media & computers creating a new type of communication |
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How is digital media hurting us?
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It can be an addiction
Removes inhibitions(sexting) Spreads false info(wikipedia) Hurts traditional communication Google is making us stupid |
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How is digital media good?
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Makes research faster
Allows more power to the audience Makes more information available Allows people to re-connect with old friends, family Communicate with more people |
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News organizations
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should be more open about where they get their information from.
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Individual journalists should...
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reveal information about their background that might influence coverage for interest the audience.
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What are some of the pros of being transparent in journalism?
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Readers expect it because of societal culture of openness and the culture of the Web
Readers trust a more open, two-way communication process Helps defuse political bias criticism of media |
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What are the cons of being transparent in journalism?
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Makes the journalists the focus of the story
Hurts newsroom morale Makes unimportant information seem important |
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What is Paul Saffo's 30 year cycle?
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Suggests that a new science appears every 30 years.
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What is a town crier?
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Someone who reports the news as its happening, and tells us whats happening.
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What is the town square?
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The community conversation that often times happens to be a great source of information.
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What is the town expert?
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A journalist or journalism association that is good at one particular thing.
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Journalists need to write in different ways because...
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Personality is the key to building a news audience.
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The texas rangers ad campaign was aimed at who?
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Affluent Dallas Residents
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