Conference

Bill Thompson:

What has the internet done for me?
open to innovation 
network is becoming seamless and very fast and accessible 
internet is commissive 
put in contract of other people - active citizenship
UK = negatively ; egypt = nut - access is not easy 
internet is valuable for free speech but not safe

Little brother - Cory Doctoron

internet delivers freedom of speech 
major way of communicating 
much of a space as a medium 

Internet replacing many things e.g. newspapers

ways we use the internet:

connection
information
political action
financial reward
games
learning
friendship
lantas and campaign (to make the world better)
gives us voices in our heads

Downsides:

Bullying - pornography (unwanted)
Images of child sexual abuse - extremism
Abuse - (content collapse) 
the dark web
open to diversity
digital info is hard to control

Lawrence lessig- code: (cyber space) online code is law

unless you understand there is no control

Danah Boyd - Its complicated

privacy

Natalie Fenton - Media, public's, protest, powers

2011 - news of the world - Ruppert Murdock
Phone hacking scandal
newspaper = closed
many jobs lost 

Never simply about journalists behaving badly - is is about power - Nick Davis

Media power

power over:                                                                                

media content: audience                              
Journalists: goverment

power to:

censor: mislead
set the agenda

Media & Democracy
Media= life blood of democracy diversity & plurality
giving is the ability to make informed choices 
hold powerful to account - hold platform for debate

Last few decades:

rolling online news - free newspapers 
cut+paste journalism - ' cut + paste from daily mail ' 
chasing audience number - journalists

Internet gives power to audience

Hackgate - Corruption of power 

Chris Jeffness - Documentary 

Entanglement of media & political ethics 
Relationsjip between governments and media "the sun not won it"
Over 50% of national UK papers sold are controlled by billionaires - Rupert Murdock

On Media Representation:

Shsan Hall - role of media 'common sense' definitions of majority and minority
group of clearance + normality 

Rob Warson & Pete Frusel - Film Production masterclass

Producer = overall control