Week 8 Summary

On Monday 19th March the class was split in to two groups.

In the Social Media Revolution class, the following was covered:

The presentation and reading is available in the Blackboard.

"How Facebook Changed the World"

The BBC production about The Arab Spring and how the protestors and activists used social media.

A discussion on how mobile and social media is used in current and political protests around the world.

Reading of newspaper articles and a debate on the following questions:

1. How were the activists of The Arab Spring able to report on their situation?

2. What methods were used for their revolution to begin?

3. What are the dangers of online activism?

4. How has The Arab Spring changed how social media can be used in activism and protest?

5. Identify and discuss 3 benefits there are to citizen journalism.

6. Identify and discuss 3 issues there are with citizen journalism.

The homework for this class is to write a new blog post on the title: How has the Internet changed journalism? More details here.