Tuesday 24 May 2016

WIDER CONTEXTS AND MEDIA DEBATES: INTERNET FREEDOMS AND STATE CONTROLS

Today i thought we'd follow up on the session where we were looking at the case of the Raqqa group and citizen journalism.  It also links us to Edward Snowden and Wikki-leaks and, prosaically [beyond what pught to be out humanitarian concerns] it links really well into Section a of the AQA paper on wider contexts and media debates and would be a good focus for a Section B case study on blogging and internet democracy.









Here's where we might start to look at wider issues - the wider context/media debates of Section a as much as case-study for Section B



This programme is a good introduction to Edward Snowden - link may disappear soon so watch as soon as you can


In case the link fails here is one to the BBC news contextualisation of the story


Thursday 19 May 2016

CITIZEN JOURNALISM CASE STUDY


Today we'll be looking at an interesting feature from the BBC which considers a case-study of real citizen journalism and the cost of it.  these pieces are very moving but should start a discussion around the issue