Psc 1113 1st Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I The Modern Media II Feelings About Old Media III The How of New Media Outline of Current Lecture I Second Screen Phenomenon II The Broken Branch Current Lecture I Second Screen Phenomenon A Think back to a major event from the past 8 10 weeks examples SOTU Super Bowl Oscars Grammys and how you watched these events 1 Internet and TV usage simultaneously 2 Popular not just in news 3 Especially popular during live news events debates elections SOTU i How similar is what s being discussed online to what s on TV Are you getting even more info because you re also online ii Example Over 1 in 4 Americans did this Election Night 2014 iii Different purposes a Example debate viewers report using internet to fact check get media friend opinion rather than just trying to get more info 4 Old media is trying to fight this by putting tweets on the TV screen to resist this phenomenon but we still do it 5 In what ways are you finding yourself a part of the second screen phenomenon i Osama bin Laden 6 How might this phenomenon affect news consumption and learning i It can be a spoiler ii It can distract you from the TV iii It can give you misinfo a They can also contradict each other 7 Information Democratization These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute i The increasing involvement of private citizens in the creation distribution exhibition and curation of civically relevant information a Maybe what gets covered is chosen largely by us b Someone might put a recording device in a Mitt Romney private fundraiser and something he says during it becomes big news for example ii Historically information has been very top down a Public as weak players receivers only iii Now the model is changing a Messages increasingly bottom up b Technology facilitates this cost wise c Creates greater diversity in messages d What active citizenship means is changing e Concern does it lead to misinformation at times 1 For example last Spring 2013 when we thought there was an active gunman but it was really a truck backfiring III The Broken Branch A Is there anything we like about Congress 1 Sometimes they get things done and sometimes the things they get done benefit a large part of the population B What don t we like about Congress 1 They may be in it more for themselves than the people 2 A lot of times it feels like they aren t doing their jobs 3 They spend a ton of time fundraising but to be fair they have to i They re fundraising in a way that makes them interact with a small group of people 4 They work fewer and fewer days each year i We have a harder time conceiving what they do with their time over time 5 Congress As Public Enemy Hibbing and Theiss Morse i Clearly the least liked branch ii The concept of congress is well liked but the reality of it is strongly disliked iii Recall earlier in the semester diffuse vs specific support iv Common complaints a Unable to represent diverse interests b Unable to solve big problems c Inefficient d Too removed form ordinary people e Too heavily influenced by interest groups f Too focused on Washington v The roots of the Broken Branch idea a Congress appears broken Mann and Ornstein b Many problems partisanship centered c Hurts the ability to get along in general d Hurts the ability to formally work together e Hurts the speed and reception of outcomes vi Other key variables at the center of the broken branch idea a Congress blind to the need for reform 1 Too focused on themselves and not on the broader branch of government b Decrease in oversight 1 In a lot of cases congress doesn t go back and follow up to see what s working and what s not working c Decline in deliberation 1 Not actually completely knowledgeable on what they re voting on