1) Research the Ian Tomlinson case. What would the traditional, hegemonic view of the police be in a case like this? How did new and digital media create a different story? What does the police officer's subsequent aquittal suggest about the power of new and digital media?
The hegemonic view of the police before the video was shown would be that a police officer was just doing his job and protecting society from disorder which Ian Tomlinson was apparently creating, the police officer would have been as just doing his job, he did all he could do in his power to make the G20 summit as peaceful as possible as that was his job and no one would have said anything to him, but new and digital media showed him out to be a criminal and proved that he should be charged for his actions, Ian was just standing there and minding his own business and when although it was obvious he was not protesting, but Ian Tomlinson was drunk. This video went viral and new and digital media gave a case for the defence to fight, it also shows that new and digital media does have power, as this took a case all the way to crown court.
2) Do you agree that new and digital media challenges the traditional, dominant hegemonic views? Why?
New and digital media alters the way people behave and challenges ideologies of certain things and it puts the power of dictatorship to the audiences hands. it allows people to comment on videos or articles that they agree or do not agree with. The comments allow on-line users to show there views and people can be encouraged to get their views across.
3) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?
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