Is New Media good or bad

C&D= Links to choice and diversity

Digitality (Lister et al)

New Media is computer based

Interactivity (Lister et al)

Consumers can engage and interact, customising viewing if they wish

Virtuality (Lister et al)

The way people can immerse themselves into an unreal interactive world e.g. VR

Participatory Culture (Jenkins)

People not only consume media but also contribute to the content. E.g. Wikipedia

Digital Underclass (Dutton & Blank)

The people who would benefit most from the Internet are the ones least likely to have it, and the ones who do have access misuse it.

Collective intelligence (Jenkins)

Large group of individuals gather and share their knowledge, therefore building on their existing knowledge.

Fake News (Zakir)

False or misleading information presented as News.

Churnalism (Zakir)

New stories are churned out at a high pace, therefore facts aren’t checked and are of lower quality

Infotainment (Zakir)

Soft news that is there for entertainment e.g. celeb gossip

Cultural Chaos (McNair)

Everyone is able to voice their opinion on any matter, therefore those in power can be challenged.

Sovereigns Of Cyberspace (Mckinnon)

Powerful tech companies e.g. Google that govern online spaces, acting as private authorities controlling access and info.

Citizen Journalism (Boyle)

Anyone can create news/content and post it online

Increased consumer choice

Consumers can access reviews to become better informed about heir purcases e.g. Trip adviser

Consumer Revoloution (Boyle) C&D

A massive change in how we use the internet to shop

Conspicuous consumption (Sklair)

Purchasing and displaying expensive goods/services primarly to ‘show off’, rather than practical use.

Global village (McLuhan) C&D

The world has become a global village due to he collapse of time and space barriers e.g. social media = boundaries between cultures are reduced

Hybrid lifestyle (Bauman)

Identities can be constructed in cyberspace/virtual worlds making it easier for people to express themselves

Commodity fetishism (Sklair)

Products take on a ‘magical status’, which separate it from the exploitation of human labour