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The internet in this case has assumed the role of a very effective uncensored news agency from which every broadcaster and news corporation have been able to freely source newsfeeds, raw from the scene.

Interesting! This makes me wonder if government-controlled media is an idea that will disappear in the coming years as social media grows. It might just become archaic and completely incompatible with the world situation. I feel like governments can only have so much power in this and as the world becomes even more connected, perhaps other countries will have similar revolutions. Iran? China?...even North Korea? (I think that one might take a long while though. They are pretty isolated).

Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley explains what changes are in store for the future of media.

About TASTE COMMUNITIES - in contrast to "(…) genre categories that assume that certain demographic groups like certain things… that 'hispanics' like certain things, that 'young' people like certain things, … This is far too simplistic!"

This is a really interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I like the very end of Blakley's talk when she mentions that the future development of media and advertisement companies will be based on understanding and working WITH the people's interests and tastes, rather than continuing to work on stereotypes and demographics, which are no longer valid, or maybe they have never actually been?!