Clay Shirky argues that accountability journalism is one of the most fundamental parts of journalism going as far as to refer to it as the "iron core of journalism" he talks about how accountability journalism has been able to hold the powerful to account for the citizens and powerless when they could not. Shirky believes that accountability journalism is a public good with his main example and focus being the 2002 Catholic Church scandal where the Boston Globe exposed the Church for sexually abusive behaviour towards children.
What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)?
Clay Shirky talks about how the relationship between newspapers and advertisers was not as good at the time, as advertisers were over charged for a service that was frankly not as useful or effective to them in terms of marketing and targeting their demographics. This was especially distressing for advertisers because at the time there were not many different platforms that they could advertise on and as such there was a lack of migration to other services. He mentions that websites such as Craigslist having replaced major revenue generators for newspapers as it was used as a huge source of people listing their job requirements and personal ads online instantly with no fees.
Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspapers in a different way. How does he suggest audiences are consuming news stories in the digital age?
Clay Shirky suggests that people are consuming and reading news in many different ways, one of the biggest way he describes is that audiences are not reading news by paper but by other members of the audiences. This suggest that audiences are much more likely to use social media compared to traditional print platforms, which ultimately could lead to a decrease in newspaper readership.
Shirky also talks about the power of shareable media. How does he suggest the child abuse scandal with the Catholic Church may have been different if the internet had been widespread in 1992?
Clay Shirky suggests that shareable and social media has a huge power as it allows for greater inter connectivity of people and allows the news and media to have a higher global reach as it would travel a lot faster. He suggest that if the internet had been as widespread in 1992, it would have meant that society would be reusing and sharing the news stories about the Catholic Church scandal a lot quicker which could have led to the individuals in the church as well as the church itself stopping the criminal activities.
Why does Shirky argue against paywalls?
Shirky argues against pay walls due to the fact that he believes journalism to be a "public good" he believes that without using paywalls it can be easily accessed by anyone but by creating these paywalls, this beneficial service would be heavily restricted to people and would then in turn have a huge negative impact on society as a whole.
What is a 'social good'? In what way is journalism a 'social good'?
Journalism is seen as a social good as it essentially benefits a large number of people in society in the best possible way in the form of providing news and information but also by holding to account the corrupt and powerful when the powerless citizens cannot. This is evident through the 2002 Catholic Church scandal as well as the Watergate scandal where the Washington Post was able to expose Richard Nixon and led to his impeachment.
Shirky says newspapers are in terminal decline. How does he suggest we can replace the important role in society newspapers play? What is the short-term danger to this solution that he describes?
Clay Shirky talks about the utter importance of accountability journalism and how this has an overall positive impact on society, he talks about how there are different methods we can replace and keep this idea of accountability journalism alive through methods such as crowdfunding even if it is a small percentage of journalism, as long as it is still alive. However he talks about how this will not stop the decline in journalism and newspapers and could mean that accountability journalism will decline a lot more faster.
Look at the first question and answer regarding institutional power. Give us your own opinion: how important is it that major media brands such as the New York Times or the Guardian continue to stay in business and provide news?
I believe that these brands need to stay in business and provide news as they are important factors to society remaining open minded and away from ignorance which means that society will continue to grow as a whole. The access of free news and information means that society will be easily educated but also it means that people in society will be a lot more aware of what is going on in their worlds. Furthermore it is also important because of investigative journalism, which means that journalists will still be around to hold the corrupt and powerful governments to account if they do not have the best interest of society and the population in mind.
Clay Shirky suggests that shareable and social media has a huge power as it allows for greater inter connectivity of people and allows the news and media to have a higher global reach as it would travel a lot faster. He suggest that if the internet had been as widespread in 1992, it would have meant that society would be reusing and sharing the news stories about the Catholic Church scandal a lot quicker which could have led to the individuals in the church as well as the church itself stopping the criminal activities.
Why does Shirky argue against paywalls?
Shirky argues against pay walls due to the fact that he believes journalism to be a "public good" he believes that without using paywalls it can be easily accessed by anyone but by creating these paywalls, this beneficial service would be heavily restricted to people and would then in turn have a huge negative impact on society as a whole.
What is a 'social good'? In what way is journalism a 'social good'?
Journalism is seen as a social good as it essentially benefits a large number of people in society in the best possible way in the form of providing news and information but also by holding to account the corrupt and powerful when the powerless citizens cannot. This is evident through the 2002 Catholic Church scandal as well as the Watergate scandal where the Washington Post was able to expose Richard Nixon and led to his impeachment.
Shirky says newspapers are in terminal decline. How does he suggest we can replace the important role in society newspapers play? What is the short-term danger to this solution that he describes?
Clay Shirky talks about the utter importance of accountability journalism and how this has an overall positive impact on society, he talks about how there are different methods we can replace and keep this idea of accountability journalism alive through methods such as crowdfunding even if it is a small percentage of journalism, as long as it is still alive. However he talks about how this will not stop the decline in journalism and newspapers and could mean that accountability journalism will decline a lot more faster.
Look at the first question and answer regarding institutional power. Give us your own opinion: how important is it that major media brands such as the New York Times or the Guardian continue to stay in business and provide news?
I believe that these brands need to stay in business and provide news as they are important factors to society remaining open minded and away from ignorance which means that society will continue to grow as a whole. The access of free news and information means that society will be easily educated but also it means that people in society will be a lot more aware of what is going on in their worlds. Furthermore it is also important because of investigative journalism, which means that journalists will still be around to hold the corrupt and powerful governments to account if they do not have the best interest of society and the population in mind.
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