Today's Learning

All - in today's lesson, we are learning to:
- gather, understand and share case studies of We-Media in action
- understand and describe arguments to support or deny the idea that We-Media are leading to a more democratic society

We are learning this in order to help prepare for an essay next week, with the title:
Assess the claim that We-Media are making society more democratic.

Task:
- select a clear, defined area of the Media, eg the Music Industry, News, Advertising, Politics, TV, Reality TV
- Use the web to investigate your issue, looking for the following:

1) What evidence can you find of we-media being used or present in your area? Try to come up with at least 5 examples.
2) What evidence can you find of institutions controlling or mediating we-media - how are institutions trying to use this new form for their own benefit or gain?
3) What evidence can you find of unmediated we-media on your topic, meaning examples of we-media engaging with the topic without large corporate institutions being involved?

You should aim to produce a THREE SLIDE presentation on this topic, answering the above questions.

How do we do this well?
Skilled work will
- Address each of the three points
- find clear examples

Excellent work will- address each of the three points with increasing precision and sophistication
- show an increasing range of relevant examples, considering a range of we-media and platforms
- Make increasingly thoughtful and sophisticated points about whether or not the we-media is creating more or less successfully functioning democracy - is it increasing levels of freedom, choice, knowledge and power for individuals?

Have fun! Please be ready to present your findings in next Wednesday's lesson,
Mr Boulter