Keen

Old media is facing extinction

say goodbye to experts and cultural gatekeepers

'Amateurism'- If we are all amateurs there will be no experts

Internet has become a mirror to ourselves and narcissistic- to interested in ourselves.

Rather than seek news, we make ourselves the news

Morzov 'Net Delusion'

view that the web is emancipatory is a mis reading of history

Part of the technologically deterministic, cyber utopian 'google doctrine' or 'twitter agenda' is an exaggeration

Tapscott- Grown Up Digital

The print media company and the TV network are hierarchical organisations that reflect the values of their owners

Media 2.0- Gauntlett

We can produce and distribute our own media. Issues how you filter your choices but no longer consumers; we are prosumers

Gillmoor 'We The Media'.

News is like a lecture. You either read it in or you don't.

Tomorrows news and production will be more of seminar or conversation

Curtis' Idea About The Internet

We create simplified versions of ourselves online

We often share incredibly personal details about ourselves online

Dewey

Dewey believed that the emergence of a modern mass media had the potential to improve the conditions and operations of American democracy, if structured with those ends in mind but he worried that the particular shape of American media system, governed primarily by commercial interests, would have a much more negative influence.

What is the balance between public interest and commercial?
What is the balance between the accessibility of the media and the accessibility of the public domain?