tailieunhanh - ALTERNATIVES ON MEDIA CONTENT, JOURNALISM, AND REGULATION

Social media are platform-agnostic, which means that they can generally be accessed through any Internet-enabled device, including personal computers and (increasingly) smartphone and tablet devices but also via gaming consoles and new generation televisions. They are ideal places to connect and engage with people who would not traditionally think about talking to their parliament or making submissions on legislation. Social media provide an interactive and bidirectional experience. They are not another broadcast channel, although they are often still used as a one-directional channel by many parliaments around the world. What the public engages with is interaction, conversation, stories, entertainment and,. | Participatory Models and Alternative Content Production Whether concerned with social movements civic engagement aesthetic ALTE RN ATTVE Si ON production embraces participation as core value as well as a structural o develop use . Discuss n will coiipwe content creators strategies for J ULR NGALISi M enA Nh Jgical literacy il or political imperatives but also address what is meant by participation who participates and how and what alternative content producers gain and lose design. Alternative Journalisms What are alternative journalists in speaking to power DISCUSSION from participatory the many faces of THE ltGRASrSR OTS theme event explores the role of and creating social lates journalists adaptation and or resistance to PANELS a AT THE ical and technological pressures in the 2007 ICA CONFERENCExri lournasm as t as exste n Le past an n Le pieseni. anests will also treat alternative journalism s successes and failures and the challenges of working in a media- and information-saturated environment. The event will end by reflecting on ways to enhance alternative journalism s critical capacities. Civil Society and Edited bgulation As media communications and become more complex civil society has become increasingly Seeta Pena Gangadharan concerned with their just and ethical control and management. In BenJamin Den Cleen ates working for change in regulatory regimes Nico Caripen ti ernt debates illuminating the ways in which media communications and information policy intersects with citizens communities and constituencies at the grassroots level. Both practical and hypothetical intersections will be explored. Panelists will also discuss citizens ability to inform decision-making about government and governance of media communications and information as well as advocates ability to monitor and contribute to policy debates. THE RESEARCHING AND TEACHING COMMUNICATION SERIES Series editors Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt and Nico Carpentier ISBN .