Ushahidi is an example of a Crowd-sourcing Internet Platform in which anyone can report on their current situation in the world. It encourages people to upload information about their live news, specifically related to natural disasters, war and political violence.
Showing posts with label effects of the Internet. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Task 3: What effect has the internet had on journalism?
Louisville News reporting has come a long way since this 1937 photograph of the offices of the Louisville Courier Journal. Photograph: Margaret Bourke-White/Getty. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/20/what-effect-internet-on-journalism?INTCMP=SRCH
What effect has the internet had on journalism?
Read the following article by Aleks Krotoski. Published in The Observer, Sunday 20th February 2011:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/20/what-effect-internet-on-journalism?INTCMP=SRCH
Using this article as a starting point write a short essay on 'What effect has the Internet had on Jounalism?' You can use the discussion in class and your new Twitter-feed newspapers in your essay or address any of the following questions:
- How has the most revolutionary innovation of our time - the internet - transformed how we find, understand and share information, news, music and videos?
- How has digital distribution changed the role of the producer and the role of the consumer?
- What responsibilities do we, as active audiences have in a world of digital distribution?
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