The Interface of Social and Meinstream Media - Sead Dzigal @ Glocal: Inside Social Media

Sead Dzigal

Mainstream Media

TV & Press are dominant

News agencies Online Press agencies Radio News Sites TV/Radio Paper Online

Social Media

Online

Mainstream Media uses:

Social Media as a topic

Social Media uses:

links comments discussion follow ups context. elaboration

CRITICISM

CURIOSITY +

TRIVIA

MAIN APPROACHES BY MAINSTREAM MEDIATOWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA

Instrumental approach

Applicative approach

Social Media ante Portas?

On the other hand Social media is becoming a meta-medium for mainstream

media content…

MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS STILL USING HIGHLY SELECTIVE MODELS of COMMUNICATION

HATE SPEECH, FREEDOM OF SPEECH-ABUSE , VERBAL ABUSE

Social Media Revolution:

Egalite (we are all equal in social media)

Fraternite (sharing)

Liberte (we all have voice in social media)

Social Media vs

Mainstream Media

Will you ever question using a car?

How many conferences have been held against using cars and buses? (50,000 a year are killed in traffic accidents in US every year)

Will you argue that walking is much better than using the vehicle?

Benefits of the Efficient Technology

+

Intensive Using and Practicing of Technology

=

Makes the discussion of negative sides

pretty academic and formal

- Conformisim- Conservativism- Fundamentalism- Inertia- Fear of Unknown- Avoiding Responsibility for your own choices…

RETRO-COMPARATIVE LOGIC THAT GOVERNS FUTILE CRITICSM OF

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Discussion should be focused on more realistic terms, such as regulation and prevention of hate speech, verbal abuse, media bias, etc…

We are all responsible for our (miss)using of the Social Media as we are responsible for (miss)using any other technology…