Introduction to the Unit

What will we cover for this unit:

• What are ‘We Media’?
• Where / how has ‘We Media’ emerged?
• In what way are the contemporary media more democratic than before?
• In what ways are the contemporary media less democratic than before?

Past exam questions:

     How far can the media in 2010 be considered to be democratic?

Assess the claim that the media is becoming more democratic.

Explore the claim that the ‘new’ media are more democratic than the ‘old’ media.

What is ‘we media’ and what difference

does it make?

 

¨http://oreilly.com/openbook/wemedia/book/

This is where you can access a fantastic book to inform you about this unit's focus. 

¨This is the most definitive book written about ‘We Media’ and you need to work through the chapters in this book to give you a foundation for this area.

 

 

‘We get the media we deserve.’ Discuss, in relation to the role of media in a democracy.