Write a 350- to 700 blog entry discussing the relation of mass media and computer mediated communication.
include an example of computer mediated collective action that was reported in the mass media with discussion of the following:
- Whether or not the communication between people using technology was successful or unsuccessful in relation to the desired action
- How mobile tools affected communication
- Whether or not the action was a part of a larger movement or agenda and how this agenda was affected
- How the collective action was reported in three different types of mass media; what changed from type to type
- A description of how you personally consume news online and how you first hear of a news story
- A description of how consuming news online differs from reading a newspaper, watching TV, or listening to the radio
- A summary of how computer mediated communication has affected information exchange that considers the following:
- What has been lost and gained in the shift away from old media, such as newspapers
- How mobile technology has affected your consumption of news
- How not being able to get away from mobile news sources is changing human communication–consider attention spans, boundaries between work and life, and communication that relies on visuals
