Creating politically educated citizens: Web 2 Creating politically educated citizens: Web 2.0’s struggle in Pakistan Ovais Ahmed Tanweer, DAWN NEWS TV
Functions of Media Inform Educate Entertain Opinionate Watchdog Business
Functions of Media Inform Educate Entertain Opinionate Watchdog Business
Functions of Media Inform Educate Entertain Opinionate Watchdog Business
Functions of Media Inform Educate Entertain Opinionate Watchdog Business
The functions are also applicable to Internet. Functions of Media The functions are also applicable to Internet.
The U.S. Example
Pakistan’s Story
Pakistan’s Story Audience democracy Politically inactive people Low voting
Statistics 1988: 43.1% 1990: 45.5% 1993: 41.00% 1997: 55.2% 2002: 41.8% 2008: 44%
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Political Parties PPP PML-N PML-Q MQM JI Tahreek-e-Insaf
Results Almost no interactivity options on websites of political parties Only Tehreek-e-Insaf offered blogs Very few politicians use social networking
Here Comes the Blogger Students Journalists Doctors Engineers Bankers
Ban on media by Fmr. President Pervez Musharraf Here comes the Blogger!! Ban on media by Fmr. President Pervez Musharraf
Here comes the Blogger!! Judicial movement
The Integrity Issue Integrity is the biggest issue. Measured by: Applause Popularity Search Engine Ratings NOT by critical content evaluation
What is happening to news channels? Blogs, RSS, Tweets are the source of news. TV channels need technology experts now Risk of loss of audience Limited research
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