What's New About Wikileaks

What’s new about Wikileaks?
Charlie Beckett
POLIS, LSE
@charliebeckett
c.h.beckett@lse.ac.uk
www.charliebeckett.org

It’s traditional journalism
It takes a source (leaker) to make a Wikileak
It has an editor and a newsroom and a brand
It’s selective – they chose what to release
It has a motive – to expose abuses
It needs a platform with an audience
It can be sued, censored and it needs revenue
http://futureoftheinternet.org/wikileaks-cable-faq

It’s a new challenge to power

Its’ a new challenge to power
“What WikiLeaks is really exposing is the extent to which the western democratic system has been hollowed out.”
John Naughton

It’s a new challenge to power
That’s why they are attacking it
It gives evidence for abuse of power
It protects sources and disseminates beyond normal legal sanctions
It exposes how power works, not just what it does
It is ideologically motivated
It is a challenge to networked power (Castells)

It’s a new challenge to journalism
“It….forces journalists and news organisations to demonstrate to what extent they are now part of an establishment it is their duty to report.”
Emily Bell

It’s a new challenge to journalism
It is independent
It is non-profit
It is ideologically motivated
It is disruptive of normal media/power relations
It has a different risk calculation
It is not accountable to usual media regulation

It’s networked data journalism
It relies on user generated content (the leakers!)
It is working with mainstream media
It is putting material online for public to use
It is supported by the public
But:
Is it transparent?

Where does it end?
Transparency as default
Endless accountability
Or:
Privacy premium
Digital vaults
Uneven Internet

What’s new about Wikileaks?
Charlie Beckett
POLIS, LSE
@charliebeckett
c.h.beckett@lse.ac.uk
www.charliebeckett.org

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What's New About Wikileaks

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