The aim of today's session was to prepare students for their first IMPACT OF DIGITAL MEDIA essay. The title of the first essay is:
'THE INTERNET AND WORLDWIDE WEB HAVE CREATED A MORE DEMOCRATIC WORLD.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Class discussion considered possible content. Students were introduced to the views of Andrew Keen and Clay Shirky and were asked to consider a whole host of issues that relate to the essay title. Below are resources used in today's discussion. When we meet next time we will shape content for this essay.
Thirty eight degrees:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk
Change.org:
https://www.change.org
The story of Martha Payne and Never Seconds:
http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk
BBC article relating to Martha's blog. This is an example of the power of social media:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800
Students need to be aware of the views of Andrew Keen and Clay Shirky.
Andrew Keen is not a big fan of user generated content. In 2010 Keen talked of 'the cult of the amateur' and accused the digital world of 'dumbing down our culture'. The web is full of 'worthless opinion...leading to mass ignorance..':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGG1QKG6AjQ&feature=related
power of the mobile phone:
http://www.channel4.com/news/met-police-compensates-brothers-caught-up-in-protests
The sad case of Ian Tomlinson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HECMVdl-9SQ
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10728685
The Evening Standard reported the Police version of events as fact. Then the mobile phone footage appeared and the 'official' version of events was proved to be a lie. The mobile phone can provide protection against abuse of power.
Section A content from the summer A2 exam:
Nexus5 Smartphone advert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOwlDxZUYg
Bluefish TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMq7QkR4fGI
HOMEWORK: Students need to indulge in independent study to identify possible content for the first A2 essay. The resources below may help you develop content for the essay:
How Facebook changed the world...episode one. This resource will introduce students to the link between digital media and the Arab Spring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCdIOch2970
The London Riots and digital media:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9563177.stm
Internet censorship...a short overview...essential viewing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPAvg6CU6sI
KHAN ACADEMY....an attempt to provide free education resources on a global scale:
https://www.khanacademy.org/about
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