A FEW STARTER QUESTIONS

A video essay by a former student, who drew on his experiences as an intern at a large, technology blog.

Does concentration of ownership matter?
How is journalism policed in new ways?
Are Web 2.0 platforms really like the alternative media of the past?
How should political satire be produced and evaluated?
How is the news internationalized?

Read more from the original list of questions from the introduction of Megan Boler's Digital Media and Democracy   

EXemplary Cases

The need for Diversity

  • A rare case: Cyber-journalism and the attempts to break in by Sierra Choi
  • What about writing with media rather than writing about media?
  • Photojournalism: Lauren Greenfield (and the form of the multimedia photo essay)
  • Documentary filmmaking: Gina Levy
  • Public television: Juan Devis and Departures
  • Web-based art practices: Sharon Daniel and Erik Loyer's Public Secrets
  • Many female bloggers and bloggers of color, who once wrote on independently operated individual or collective blogs, now have regular columns in large news and opinion blogs.