Seagravy’s Blog
Just another WordPress.com weblogArchive for May 8, 2009
Irish citizens only semi-media literate
A report claims that Irish citizens have only a “vague understanding of interactive media”, varying by age and access to technology. A research report commissioned by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) and carried out by the Dublin Institute of Technology’s Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER) has made a series of recommendations regarding the development of public policy for media literacy in Ireland.
So how can our print media be said to be collapsing at the feet of the phenomenon that is online journalism? Levels of experience and awareness (in Ireland) with new interactive media were said to be “only an informal awareness”.
The report makes a series of recommendations, including the establishment of an Irish media literacy expert group to advise on definitions, strategies and new developments in relation to media literacy to keep up with this media crazed 21st century. Read the rest of this entry »
A Simple Resolution for traditional ways
Yes perhaps the collapse of the traditional newspaper was ominent, even foreseeable however, the closure of institutions such as the Rocky Mountain News and Seattle Post – Intelligencer still came as a shock. Equally alarming is the modern assumption that “serious journalism” looks set to disappear hand-in-hand with these metro newspapers. Read the rest of this entry »
Seagravy's Blog 