media audiences
SHIRKY

Shirky argues that the internet rollout has had a revolutionary effect on media consumption.
New media technologies, he tells us, place mass communication tools in the hands of audiences, democratising media production so that ordinary people can organise and communicate wide-scale social change.

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Shirky: everyone makes the media
Flipped learning/revision worksheet exploring mass amateurisation effects.

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19.5 Digital technology effects
Analysis sheet examining the 'bargains' produced by set texts.

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Shirky: everyday communities online
Help sheet exploring Shirky's concept of the bargain and online activism.

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19.3 Digital technology effects
Analysis sheet that explores digital technology effects on set texts.