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Christopher Williams. Weekly Response 7. A Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education Peter Levin. Imagining the Audience: language, creativity and communication in youth media production DAVID BUCKINGHAM & ISSY HARVEY. Highlights/Key Points.
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Christopher Williams Weekly Response 7 • A Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education • Peter Levin Imagining the Audience: language, creativity and communication in youth media production DAVID BUCKINGHAM & ISSY HARVEY
Highlights/Key Points Opportunity Forms of media Reality in media production Social Networks Factors for youth Society and media
Opportunity “social outcomes are more likely to be just when participation is equitable.” (Levin pg.120)
Standard forms of media • “it could be argued that the globalization of the media industries has resulted in the dominance of two or three principal 'media languages” (Buckingham & Harvey pg.175)
Reality in media production “Even if some kids are highly successful, most will not draw a significant or appropriate or responsive audience.” (Levin p. 130)
Social Networks “It is not yet clear that MySpace can serve those functions.” (Levinpg.132) Using Facebook. Is it a positive tool for teaching media literacy?
Factors for youth “Factors such as segregation and stratification are powerful determinants of how people use technology.” (Levin pg.133)
Society and media “Media languages are inescapably tied to social interests, and as such they are far from neutral.” (Buckingham & Harvey pg.183)