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Module 6: New and Traditional Media
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
This module introduces teachers to the role that new and converging technologies are playing in the widening participation of
citizens in social, economic and political change. It explains how new digital and electronic forms of media (online news, blogs,
Wikipedia, YouTube, social networking applications, video gaming, etc.) have evolved from traditional media and how they are
enabling greater access to information and knowledge, Freedom of expression, good governance and participation in democratic
processes.
The co-existence of print media, broadcast media (radio and television), the Internet, mobile phones, etc. is also allowing media
content to flow across various platforms, widening access to information and creating a participatory culture where citizens not
only consume information, but actively participate in its production and distribution. New information and communication
technologies (ICTs), for example, have opened up opportunities for greater audience participation in information and knowledge
sharing, and are encouraging people to actively engage in the democratic process, causing more societies to open up.
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Unit 1: From Traditional
Unit 1: From Traditional
Media to New Media
Media to New Media
Technologies
Technologies
Unit 2: Uses of New Media
Unit 2: Uses of New Media
Technologies in Society –
Technologies in Society –
Mass and Digital
Mass and Digital
Communications
Communications
Unit 3: Use of Interactive
Unit 3: Use of Interactive
Multimedia Tools, Including
Multimedia Tools, Including
Digital Games in
Digital Games in
Classrooms
Classrooms
In effect, new media and converging technologies are creating new spaces for self-expression and participation in public discourse
on a wide range of social, economic and political issues. New media platforms are allowing citizens to consciously engage in the
democratic process in their societies, and helping to bring global news and issues much closer to local societies.
RESOURCES FOR THIS MODULE
Please note that these are mostly US examples included for illustrative purposes only. Trainers are expected to identify
relevant local and regional resources wherever possible.
Youth Protection Toolkit
Lenhart, A. 2009. It’s Personal: Similarities and Differences in Online Social NetworkUse between Teens and Adults.
Teens, Social Networking, Generations presentationat the International Communications Association Annual Meeting.
(May 2009).
Madden, M. 2009. Eating, Thinking and Staying Active with New Media. Health, Education, Teens, Families, Web 2.0
presentation at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (June 2009).
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