The death of new news and the new role of the journalist: about 'Media Valley', an experimental platform grounded in Sittard february 2016. Presentation given during Maastricht Conference The Loop at the Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technologie (MAMDT).

1. the death of news: smart citizenship, journalism and media valley

2. who is theo ploeg (@theoploeg)?

3. media valley: experimenting with journalism and media

4. due to social media news is everywhere

5. understanding the impact of media

6. making news? very easy

7. ‘this is what war looks like’

9. 9social media as tools for peace

10. 10social media as distortion of truth

11. lanier, rushkoff, morozov & keen: internet is wrong

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16. triodos bank: ’we live in a wonderful time’

17. marshall mcluhan (1911-1980)

18. ‘understanding media’ (1964)

19. in Playboy (1969)
‘The computer thus holds out the
promise of a technologically
engendered state of universal
understanding and unity, a state
of absorption in the logos that
could knit mankind into one
family and create a perpetuity of
collective harmony and peace.’
the electronic age

20. mcluhans advice: don’t drown in the media ‘mahlström'

21. narcissus narcosis

22. observe, take distance, find patterns

23. gutenberg galaxy: if it’s in the paper, it’s true!

24. 24disrupter #1: television

25. disrupter #2: 9/11 and the rise of blogging

26. disrupter #3: economic crisis and the rise of social media

27. ‘Professionalism is environmental.
Amateurism is anti-environmental.
Professionalism merges the
individual into patters of total
environment. Amateurism seeks
the development of the total
awareness of the individual and the
critical awareness of the
groundrules of society.’
mcluhan in ‘the medium is the message’ (1967)

28. so what about smart citizens?

29. it’s not (only) about tools

30. tools
world view
values and
meaning
three phases of smartness
paper
social
media
video
magazine
website app
smart service
tablet
information

31. the new role of journalism

32. thought #1: forget news

33. thought #2: tell stories

34. thought #3: curate and engage

35. thought #4: we are post-digital

37. the journalist als creator of meaning

38. jojournalism in 2015: wisdom of the crowd or shire?

39. smart citizens versus immersive journalism

40. good example: refugee republic (click)

41. thank you!