MEDIA ISSUES and DEBATES SEPT 2017.....

TRUMP and TWITTER...Financial Times:
https://www.ft.com/content/943e322a-178a-11e7-9c35-0dd2cb31823a
Trump attacks the media...Russia Today link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzHPWADhrJ8
Clean the swamp....???? A link from the Washington Post..'Fox has treated me fairly..'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmoA4gmeeg 
VICE documentary broadcast on HBO...The power of digital technology and the internet..Nearly six million people have watched this report..Mainstream media/Non-mainstream media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54sP0Nlngg 
THE YOUNG TURKS...online response to Charlottesville gathering..Why is this site so interesting for a student of media...political bias?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLm9WRJ3s1k
Breitbart media...an example of non-mainstream media with a clear political bias:
http://www.breitbart.com/author/breitbart-news/
TED TALKS linked to the power of social media:
https://www.ted.com/playlists/397/the_power_of_social_media 
CHARLIE BROOKER comments on Donald Trump...this appeared on BBC television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afkekwFwFuQ
MIRRORS...Hilary Clinton campaign film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHGPbl-werw 
Donald Trump..first 100 days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObsQ8_58V3Q 
Conservative MP Greg Knight's election promo 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6NnfiYrwQ 
Jonathan Pie..BREXIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9gowrhfT0c


All the resources above link to issues linked to democracy and media. Is the use of social media creating a more democratic world? Are we becoming more informed? Is digital media empowering the audience?

Can the media really influence our political opinion? Can media influence human behaviour? How does media theory link to this media debate?

IS DIGITAL MEDIA EMPOWERING CREATIVITY?
Tangerine and the Iphone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObip4ShY9o
Sean Baker discusses using the Iphone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXWdu7Buaw
AMANDA HOCKING:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-V-MTvaV8
JAMAL EDWARDS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24801980