The digital age has triggered a revolution in how news is produced and disseminated.
\nIn the United States, 15,000 journalists working for traditional news media lost their
\njobs in one recent year.
\nIn South Korea, the circulations of formerly influential dailies have shrunk to less
\nthan half of a decade ago while a new generation of digital-savvy readers now organize
\nmass demonstrations via social media electing one president and impeaching another.
\nWhile on the one hand, Internet news sites and social media have given voice to previously
\nmarginalized news consumers, on the other, \u201ccitizen journalists\u201d demonstrate little
\nunderstanding of journalistic ethics.
\nSurveys indicate that while trust in the traditional media may be low, in the Internet
\nmedia it is even lower. Is this the dawn of a new era of media freedom, or are we headed
\nfor digital anarchy?
\nThe purpose of this symposium is to seek answers to this question.<\/p>\n
Title:Journalism in the Digital Age \uff0dPromoting Democracy or Facilitating Fake News?\uff0d<\/p>\n
Organized by: the Waseda University School of Journalism and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)<\/p>\n
Date: October 31, 2018 16:00-19:30 (doors open at 15:30)<\/p>\n
Venue: Ibuka Masaru Memorial Hall, International Conference Centre (Waseda University, Tokyo\uff09<\/p>\n
\u203bAdmission free\/ Reservation is not required.
\n\u203bEnglish-Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided<\/p>\n