Conference notes

Bill Thompson

internet:
innovative
creative
free expression
active citizenship
freedom of press
leisure
communication/comment
gather information
make contributions
voices in your head/ engaging
with people in the more greater and profound way
political action
campaigning
financial rewards
games-creative-learning
friendship
equal opportunities
over 50% of national UK news papers sold are controlled by Rupert Murdoch and Jonathan Hansworth

Stuart Hall:
role of media in circulating 'common sense' definitions of majority and minority groups of  'deviance' and 'normality'

Miedia process as over reporting some and under reporting others.
what is not told to us by the media?

51% violent crimes- however decreasing
24% muslim- reality 5%
teenage pregnancies- 20%
moral panic/ increase islamaphobia or dislike towards working class or youth


Owen Jones

MYTH OF A 'CLASSLESS SOCIETY'
-media should look like the people in its country
-not just limited to the elite and rich
express your experiences and let them know

decline in newspapers
201 3 mil
2015 1.8 mil
citizen journalism, real time, twitter

-dont let us scrutinise the powerful, should be educating society about the current situations
-to make life easier fro the people in power, the elite
-generate jealousy with the people/working class rather than addressing the people creating or in charge