J110 1ST Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I II III IV V The Internet The World Wide Web Principles Values of the Internet Internet Communication Net Neutrality a Promise V Reality Outline of Current Lecture I II III Promise V Reality Political Observatories Good news Promise V Reality Cookies small files stored on users computer allows tailored advertising Surveillance 1 NSA can get records from Google Verizon etc Political Observatories Walter Lippmann 1 Problem a Worried about state of journalism in 20th century b Journalism isn t serving the interest of democracy c Journalists were untrained amateurs not enough professional training d Schools should deepen curriculum e World has grown too complex f Increasing importance of administrative process over legislation g Too hard to report world accurately 2 Answer a Political Observatories i Organizations that provide journalists with information expert political intelligence using scientific instruments methods and cut looks ii Machineries of record b Examples i Stock market reports ii Baseball standings iii Research reports GOOD NEWS Michael Schudson 1 Internal government audits 2 Academic research 3 Non profit advocacy groups 4 Legislation since 70s more government audits 5 Required more transparency in government business operations 6 INTERNET exploded available databases packed with information
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