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The profusion of low-cost media production and distribution has led to the rise of an alternative citizen-led media sector.  Is this a passing fad of enthusiastic amateurs or the beginning of a fundamental restructuring of the way media and news are produced and consumed?  Will the current trends lead to more information, better information, and better informed people or to an infinite stream of unreliable chatter?  Will it lead to a more politically engaged populace or to an increasingly polarized society that picks its sources of information to match its biases and ignorance?
==Readings==
TBD
== Additional Resources==
== Class Discussion ==
To read about "Disruptive Innovation", check out one of the best explanations (not in the video, but on the page) about it: http://www.claytonchristensen.com/disruptive_innovation.html
To read about "Disruptive Innovation", check out one of the best explanations (not in the video, but on the page) about it: http://www.claytonchristensen.com/disruptive_innovation.html


While the link from the main page calls this class [[New_and_Old_Media,_Participation,_and_Information]] the class introduction assignment calls this class (for March 2nd) [[Technology,_Innovation,_and_Internet|Technology, Innovation, and Internet]]. I believe to both themes, this link is quite appropriate.
 
== Links from Class ==

Revision as of 14:46, 16 February 2010

The profusion of low-cost media production and distribution has led to the rise of an alternative citizen-led media sector. Is this a passing fad of enthusiastic amateurs or the beginning of a fundamental restructuring of the way media and news are produced and consumed? Will the current trends lead to more information, better information, and better informed people or to an infinite stream of unreliable chatter? Will it lead to a more politically engaged populace or to an increasingly polarized society that picks its sources of information to match its biases and ignorance?


Readings

TBD

Additional Resources

Class Discussion

To read about "Disruptive Innovation", check out one of the best explanations (not in the video, but on the page) about it: http://www.claytonchristensen.com/disruptive_innovation.html


Links from Class