from lecture to conversation
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Father of Citizen Journalism, Dan Gillmor talks about the democratisation of the media and the social change it has brought.TRANSCRIPT
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From Lecture to Conversation
Dan Gillmor
Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Center for Citizen Media
Highway Africa
September 8, 2008
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Media Shift
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Media 0.1
Media 0.5
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Media 1.0
Media 1.1
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Media 1.5
Media 2.0
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Media 2.5
Media 3.0
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‘Democratized’
!Not in the sense of voting...
!...but Participation
–Production
–Access
A Read-Write Web
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Consumers <==> Creators
Creators <==> Collaborators
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Who is a Journalist?
(More Important: What is Journalism?)
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AND, not OR
Lecture
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Conversation
The First Rule ofConversation:
Listen.
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Traditional Media Use Democratized Tools
Staff Blogs/Comments
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Database Journalism
Web 2.0
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Combinations
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Multimedia Combinations
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“Help Us Investigate...”
“Cover the Hurricane”
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“Leser-Reporters”
Remember: Even if MediaDon’t Ask...
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...People Will Do It Themselves
They Have Done it Before
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Good News:
Experimentation is Inexpensive
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Low Cost Innovation:
Best opportunity in history to be a
journalistic entrepreneur
Bootstrapping
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New Media Startups
For Profit
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Not for Profit
For People
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Trust, and a New Role For All Journalists
Too Much Information
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Is It Accurate? Trustworthy?
Not Necessarily, in a
‘Photoshop’ World
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(New) Media Literacy
Teach Basic Principles(For Audience)
!Skepticism
!Judgment
!Research
!Free thinking
!Techniques
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Teach Basic Principles(For All Journalists, Pro and Citizen)
!Thoroughness
!Accuracy
!Fairness
!Independence
!Transparency
Contact:
+1.650.868.7528
dangillmor.com