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 acquittal suggest about the power of new and digital media?
Ian Tomlison was walking home during the G20 protest in 2009 where one of the police officers had assumed he was apart of the protest where he was then assaulted by the police officer and later killed after being attacked. This was recorded by a man from New York who had just got himself a new video recorder and luckily managed to get this on tape for it to be published.
2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?
The internet doesn't just offer one view point, it can offer many and vary from professional journalism or articles to peoples opinions or views which are not as of a high standard.
3) In your opinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?
I believe that hegemonic views are reinforced through the ndm platform because people are reading certain articles that they find online and don't bother questioning it and when there's a dominant hegemonic view which is being reinforced people will be more inclined to believe it rather than challenge it due to a panic/awareness being created.
4) Do recent world events such as Brexit or Donald Trump's election in the US suggest dominant hegemonic ideologies are being challenged or reinforced? There are arguments for both sides here - explain your opinion and why.
Both Trump and the issue on Brexit had hegemonic ideologies reinforced because there were promises that were made which would apparently give America its independents back and also with England as well. This was done so that people would've voted for them because of the reinforced dominant hegemonic view.
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