The Rise of Citizen Journalism by jfrost https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd Social Media - power to the people en-us 2017-10-26 09:49:04 UTC 2017-10-26 10:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com According to Clay Shirkey there has been a huge transitional change in how we, that is YOU, access current news information. We are no longer dependent on professional news providers, broadcasters like, CNN, Sky, BBC et al are being supplanted by individuals on social media. Here is a Power Point that explores some of the issues surrounding how e-media and social media has changed everything jfrost9 https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200731011 2017-10-26 09:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200731011 Here is a TED talk by Clay Shirkey which sets out his main arguments for the transformational effect of social media on public news consumption jfrost9 https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200733795 2017-10-26 10:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200733795 Here is an interesting website ClickZ which gives some interesting stats and data related to how we now use social media to access news for more than traditional platforms like newspapers and mainstream broadcast networks. jfrost9 https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200735962 2017-10-26 10:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200735962 The Pew centre also offers some interesting results regarding the effects of Social Media and our consumption of news. jfrost9 https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200736778 2017-10-26 10:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jfrost9/gfl67w4qiwjd/wish/200736778