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“New Media and National Development - the Ethical Challenges ”

“New Media and National Development - the Ethical Challenges ”. Presentation By Segun Adeoye Alfred Friendly Press Fellow, USA. Academic Seminar Thursday, June 6, 2013. University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

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“New Media and National Development - the Ethical Challenges ”

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  1. “New Media and National Development - the Ethical Challenges” Presentation By SegunAdeoye Alfred Friendly Press Fellow, USA. Academic Seminar Thursday, June 6, 2013. University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

  2. “The cock that crows in the morning belongs to one household, but his voice is the property of the neighborhood.”- Chinua Achebe,Anthills of the Savannah, 1987.

  3. Keypoints • What really is new media? • Contrast between traditional media and new media. • Some new media tools for journalists – micro-blogging, multimedia content (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo), computer-assisted-reporting e.g. batchgeofor infographics, social media platforms, Meograph, Google Mashups, Google Maps etc. • Utilizing new media for national development vis-à-vis digital media in areas of education, agriculture, health, journalism, etc. • Ethical challenges – lack of privacy, susceptibility to errors, professionalism easily compromised. • Conclusion/Recommendation.

  4. WHAT REALLY IS NEW MEDIA?

  5. The Old vs The New Once famous NOKIA 3310 The NOKIA LUMIA 920

  6. “New Media is a new kind of public communication, in which everyone is everyone else’s audience.”- Prof. Norbert Bolz,Lecturer, Technical University, Berlin, Germany.

  7. In a Nutshell • New Media has its bedrock on the ability to share instantly at the tap of a finger/click on the mouse. • It is hinged on new methods of communication in the digital age, with evolution in the digital industry, emergence of variety of mobile devices, and technology in general. • It provides platform for online sharing and communication via web or digital platforms, using texts, images, videos, podcasts, vodcasts, slideshows/audioslideshows. • It gives opportunity for more people to have a voice of theirs, thereby making the world a global village.

  8. Basic Traditional/Old Media Consumption Tools • Newspapers • Television (once upon a time the 9 o’clock news on NTA) • Radio • Magazines

  9. Some Modern Media Consumption Tools

  10. New Media Platforms • Blogging/Micro-blogging tools – Wordpress (wordpress.com), Blogger (blogger.com), tumblr (tumblr.com) • Media sharing tools – Youtube, Vimeo, Flikr • Social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Skype, ooVoo, Google+, LinkedIn • Digital platforms – apps on mobile devices • Geo-location – Facebook places, Foursquare

  11. MOJO

  12. MOJO MObile JOurnalist

  13. Typical MOJO Tools

  14. Areas of Utilizing New Media on National Stage • EDUCATION • ELECTION MONITORING • AGRICULTURE • ENGAGING THE PUBLIC

  15. Challenges to Ponder On • Know-how on how to utilize the devices and the technology • The problem of Privacy especially with social networks (The AP case study of hacked Twitter account on death of Obama) • Error in reporting in the haste to be the first to get the news out there (CNN case study, cases of false news about death of a prominent individual in the society)

  16. THANK YOU

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