Networked Journalism & Citizen Journalism

Discussion Questions:

• Who gained and who lost power in the citizen journalism revolution?
• How does "news as a commodity" affect the idea of "freedom of the press"? Does it matter, and why?
• What is the evidence to support the following opposing quotations, and which one feels closer to the truth in your experience?
• “The network is like a truth serum: Put something false online and it will eventually be revealed as a lie. Digital technology is biased against fiction and toward facts, against story and toward reality. This means the only option for those communicating in these spaces is to tell the truth.” - Douglas Rushkoff
• "...it is threatening the very future of our cultural institutions. What the Web 2.0 revolution is really delivering is superficial observations of the world around us rather than deep analysis, shrill opinion rather than considered judgment. Moreover, the free, user-generated content spawned and extolled by the Web 2.0 revolution is decimating the ranks of our professional critics, journalists, editors, musicians, moviemakers..." Andrew Keen