This article discusses the recent murder of a 74 year old grandfather, Mr.Godwin, that was livestreamed on Facebook. The case has raised questions about the social networking site’s ability to moderate content, particularly when there is an active crime unfolding. Within the manifesto posted by Zuckerberg around 2 months ago, he explained how that his company is researching systems that use artificial intelligence to look at photos and videos to flag content for review. Perhaps this software may be useful in the future to tackle this issue. However, this is not the first time that Facebook has amplified a crime in real time. Last month a 15-year-old girl was raped by multiple people in Chicago, an attack that was streamed on Facebook Live. In January three men were arrested in relation to a similar incident involving the live-streamed rape of a woman in Sweden. Last year 23-year-old Korryn Gaines used Facebook to broadcast a standoff with police in Baltimore, which ended in the mother of one being shot and killed. This highlights how the social media site can easily be manipulated for dangerous uses. Essentially, social media removes the gatekeepers between performance and distribution.
I believe that more should be done about crimes taking place while livestreaming, as the platform is constantly being manipulated in a dangerous manner. Hopefully, the software that Facebook are developing will be useful, but I personally believe there should be some form of traditional gatekeeping.
This article discusses the threats that journalism faces in the age of new and digital media, and issues such as fake news and opposition from figures such as Trump. According to the article, traditional newsrooms which provided most original journalism are declining, news media in the past was much more simpler: gather an audience by providing content, including news. However, with the internet becoming the new dominant force how we consume our news has changed. The audience no longer assemble in the same concentrations. The family no longer gathers around the news on television. Most homes have multiple screens and news is absorbed as it happens. As the writer calls it “Appointment television” is nearly dead, at least for those under 50. The article continues to go on about how publishers and broadcasters have moved online, but how the advertising model had failed. Ads on websites earn a fraction of the amount that used to be charged for the equivalent in a newspaper or during a program break. Fake news is another issue, which seems to be damaging journalism. The article suggests that the nature of journalistic work has changed due to many journalists now work aggregating or producing digital content, never leaving their desks. Overall, the article suggests that social media companies will begin to invest in quality content, while traditional forms of media continue to decline.
- It is now estimated that of every dollar spent on advertising in the western world, 90 cents ends up in the pockets of Google and Facebook.
I agree with the article in terms of how traditional forms of news are declining, and how we are entering a new era where news is much more experimental. I do believe that good journalism is under threat and more should be done to preserve it.
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