HAVE A LOOK AT THIS CARTOON – what do you think it is trying to say/critique?
Self censorship: most powerful?
Free Speech:
WATCH Waleed Aly present on Free Speech
Australia – we don’t actually have a bill of rights that protects free speech – key difference from America – so a bit of a grey area, since we do not have specific legislation to protect!!
Free Speech after Charlie Hebdo:
If time (or in your own time) Watch this – Riz Ahmed makes the link between representation, and information.
Have a look at: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/about/
Where do you get your information from?
Do you trust it?
Peer Feedback on Case Studies – some useful links:
Strategies to enhance peer feedback
Guidelines for students – peer review
The course is centred around two aims:
To examine strategies and campaigns to address global inequalities in media and information flows; and
To explore the rights and responsibilities of global media citizenship through case studies of media regulation, and citizens’ media initiatives.
It is a good idea to keep coming back to these ideas, and refer back to them as a touchstone throughout the semester, as you write your case studies, and plan out your activities for peer teaching. Ask yourself – how do the examples you have chosen relate back to these aims?
The digital divide – Broadband access in India. Watch this:
What did you learn from this?
How might it relate to the issue of the ‘digital divide’?
Have a look at this report on digital inclusion in Australia.
Renée Middlemost 