1. Mainstream Media : Is the old model bust?

2.  Journalist as sole gatekeeper  High entry costs  Scarce resources  Support of paid advertising

3.  Journalists no longer gate keepers – multiple consumer experience/bypass old media  Citizens are their own editors  Minimal entry costs  Challenge to journalists as storytellers

4. OLD MEDIANEW MEDIA  Local paper reporting on pot holes  Parliamentary reporting  Journalism providing information/data  http://www.fixmystree t.com/ http://www.fixmystree t.com/  http://www.theyworkf oryou.com/ http://www.theyworkf oryou.com/  http://www.everybloc k.com/ http://www.everybloc k.com/

5. One way communication Journalism as elite – behind closed walls ‘letters to the editor’  Many to many  Crowd sourcing http://www.guardia n.co.uk/uk/g20- police-assault-ian- tomlinson http://www.guardia n.co.uk/uk/g20- police-assault-ian- tomlinson  The Future is Mutual

6.  Model of ‘free’ media – newspapers online  First is cheap/ Right is expensive – Sky: Never wrong for long!  Raw and crafted journalism – rumour/opinion- constantly amending updating but can break stories vs properly sourced and checked  http://order-order.com/ - http://order-order.com/

7.  News is a ‘public good’ – role of subsidy?  Public Service Broadcasting - Public Service Reporting ?  4 th Estate – role in political system – less scrutiny more corruption

8.  New possibilities-participating/ organising although more watched citizens..  Evading censorship and control? Iran twitter or Burmese images.. But Chinese jamming and Cuban controls.....not necessarily more democratic (RSA) Digital divides – within nations and between