J110 1ST Edition Lecture 12Outline of Last LectureI. The InternetII. The World Wide WebIII. Principles & Values of the InternetIV. Internet & CommunicationV. Net Neutralitya. Promise V. RealityOutline of Current LectureI. Promise V. RealityII. Political ObservatoriesIII. Good news!Promise V. Reality- Cookies: small files stored on users computer, allows tailored advertising- Surveillance1. NSA can get records from Google, Verizon, etc.Political Observatories- Walter Lippmann1. Problema. Worried about state of journalism in 20th centuryb. Journalism isn’t serving the interest of democracyc. Journalists were “untrained amateurs”, not enough professional trainingd. Schools should deepen curriculum e. World has grown too complexf. Increasing importance of administrative process over legislationg. Too hard to report world accurately2. Answera. Political Observatoriesi. Organizations that provide journalists with information, expert political intelligence using scientific instruments, methods and cut looksii. “Machineries of record”b. Examplesi. Stock market reportsii. Baseball standingsiii. Research reportsGOOD NEWS!- Michael Schudson1. Internal government audits2. Academic research3. Non-profit advocacy groups4. Legislation since 70s = more government audits5. Required more transparency in government & business operations6. INTERNET: exploded available databases packed with
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