“The influence of the established and social media”

NATO Defense College13.9.11

Charlie BeckettDirector, Polis, LSE

E: c.h.beckett@lse.ac.ukTwitter: @charliebeckett

Blog: www.blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis

The (not so) Brief

• 1. The influence of the media on public opinion and on shaping NATO and national policy

• 2. Compare and contrast how news is edited

and reported on traditional and new forms of media

• 3. Outline a future vision of media – norms,

roles and influence

Networked News

• On demand – the consumer controls• Interactive and participatory• Networked into the mainstream media• Autonomous or connected into non-

traditional media providers

WikiLeaks: News In The Networked Era(Polity Press, December 2011)

Transparency battleground?

http://www.cablegateroulette.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQrHtsvkjDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxUIEWR8mY

Future Slogans

• Age of Uncertainty• Transparency and Immediacy On

Demand• Verification is Value• Interactivity is Accountability• Change is permanent, complexity is

normality

“The influence of the established and social media”

NATO Defense College13.9.11

Charlie BeckettDirector, Polis, LSE

E: c.h.beckett@lse.ac.ukTwitter: @charliebeckett

Blog: www.blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis

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