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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>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?<br />
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== Readings == <br />
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* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/14/jay-rosen-on-open-source-journalism-2/ Jay Rosen, Open Source Journalism (video)] <br />
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp We The Media, Dan Gillmor] (only the [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/ch00.pdf Introduction] is required reading)<br />
* [http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html Jay Rosen, Bloggers vs. Journalists Is Over]<br />
* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118460229729267677.html Keen vs. Weinberger], from the Wall Street Journal<br />
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== Additional Resources ==<br />
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* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118460229729267677.html Rising Voices, Introduction to Citizen Media]<br />
* [http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9906163-80.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Dan Farber (CNET), Trying to cure blogorrhea]<br />
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/2008/03/mr/sambrook Richard Sambrook - Our Audiences, Ourselves: How participatory media has and hasn’t revolutionized the news]<br />
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== Class Discussion ==</div>Robf