FUTURES THINKING
Digitisation Commercialisation Globalisation Individualisation Participation
Question 2 or 3: Factors that shape a Medium (or Media Industry) – Instructions: brainstorm, fill in the chart and debate findings
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR INDUSTRY (MEDIUM)
(EG DIGITALISATION,
OWNERSHIP, USER GENERATED CONTENT ETC)
WHAT IF QUESTIONS BASED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
· What would happen if…?
· What are positive or negative results of..?
· What long-term consequences can be seen by…?
· How would the organisation of the industry change if…?
POSSIBLE DISCUSSION POINTS:
· Short term long term consequences
· Positives/negatives
· Changes to production processes, ownership etc
Debate Topics
To get the students started thinking about the connection between media and society (Question 1)
(Topic 1 is adapted from a question posed by Kathleen Turner (University of Minesota) at the Atom conference in Brisbane Oct 2006)
Topic 1
Should a study of the media be more about Art (where the form or aesthetics of the text is most important) or about Activism (where the message is more important)?
Topic 2
Formal vs informal learning spaces
Are teenagers media literate but not media wise - can teenagers learn as much through using the media as they can in the classroom being taught about the media?
Think about this – how much time during the day do you spend on chat, on myspace/beebo , using mobile phone, computer, ipod, playing video games????