1. Anti We Media Pro We Media
Theorists Theorists
Keen Gillmor
Turkle Gauntlett
Morozov Leadbeater
Byron Shirky
Popoudoplolus Buckingham
Jenkins

2. Essay Structure “We Media and
democracy”
• Introduction
– What is We Media?
• What examples can you give?
• Dan Gillmor definition
– How has technologies evolved?
• What examples can you give?
– Is it more democratic?
• What examples can you give?
– What are the two case studies you will be discussing?
• Citizen journalism
• Social networking sites

3. Para 1
• The evolution of technologies
– What technologies have changed?
• Web 1.0 – web 2.0
• Analogue to digital tech
• Leadbeater, development of technology
– How has technology allowed citizen
journalism?
– How has new technology advanced the way
we communicate?
• Social networking sites

4. Paragraph 2
• How has new technologies allowed ‘the
citizen to have a voice?
– Examples
• KONY 2012
• Riots
• How facebook changed the world?
– What effect does this have on the media and
democracy?
– Whose voice is it?
• Censorship and Clay Shirky

5. Paragraph 3
• Citizen journalism is democratic?
– Advancing technology
• How facebook changed the world
– People can share
– We think
– Pro theorists

6. Paragraph 4
• Citizen journalism is not democratic?
– Issues of censorship
– Whose voice is being heard (diversity?)
• KONY 2012 (western voices but Ugandan issue)
– Use all anti we media theorists

7. Conclusion
• What is your opinion?
• Key pro media theorist argument.
– Your opinion with examples
• Key anti media theorist argument
– You opinion with examples