New Technology, New Rules for Journalism and a New World of Engagement
This is an incremental analysis of technology's impact on journalism and public engagement, relevant for media professionals and researchers.
The paper addresses how technology has transformed journalism and engagement by enabling interactive discourse, but notes unintended consequences alongside potential for addressing global challenges.
The ways in which people learn, communicate and engage in discussion have changed profoundly during the past decade. As Jenkins related in her book, The Convergence Crisis: An Impending Paradigm Shift in Advertising, Millenials do not want to be told the whole story. Rather, they want someone to begin a conversation that will engage others to become participants in the development of that story (2015). Technology now allows that to happen, sometimes with unintended and/or ill consequences, but technology also generates a dynamic potential to create international and interactive discourse aimed at addressing shared global challenges.