Social Media as Free Territory

Sead Dzigal – Skopje, 22 May 2012

Free Territory, New Media Mantra or Abstract

Freedom?

SOCIAL MEDIA

On the surface SM are free territory, but the effects practicing

of this freedom are mixed.

Unlimited networking with people

Everybody is a medium

Decentralized system of communication

No Gatekeepers

What are the key variables in this process?

a) Medium is the Message

SM are becoming PR tools downgraded to singular level...

b) New Media still can not replace the role of Classic Media vis-a-vis Public Sphere

New Media predominantly function is extensions of Old Media...

The Old Model of Media Gatekeeping is Gone...

c) “Benevolent” Institutional Regulation

Macedonian Experiences...Protests vs TV trash talk shows (MoI, directorate for Protection of Personal Information...)

d) Political Interventionism and Censorship

Jasmine RevolutionIran

ChinaTurkey

e) Regulation of Internet

It will establish the logistics of its control (IP addresses, surveillance systems, cookies...). The more the influence of SM grows the more the Regulation Cope will be stronger...

f) Virtuality Effect

Armchair activism, Facebook ethics, etc...

SOCIAL MEDIA

BECOMING THE NEW ARENA OF THE OLD

BATTLE FOR THE TRUE FREEDOM OF MODERN

MAN.