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8 ISJLP 625 (2012-2013)
The Blurring of Art, Journalism, and Advocacy: Confronting 21st Century Propaganda in a World of Online Journalism

handle is hein.journals/isjlpsoc8 and id is 632 raw text is: I/S: AJOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY FOR THE INFOR6ATION SOCIETY The Blurring of Art, Journalism, and Advocacy: Confronting 21st Century Propaganda in a World of Online Journalism RENEE HOBBS* I. If you see something wrong about the world around you and you want to make social change, rule number one is simple: get a megaphone and learn how to use it. Today, an increasing number of people are experimenting with both traditional and new media forms. Journalists, artists, advocates, fans and ordinary citizens are using drama, performance, film and video, blogs, social media, radio, music, graphic design, public art, and much more. Mainstream, market-driven news organizations are investing deeply in new forms of online journalism and are using photojournalism, infographics, forums, features, discussion boards, and chats to reach new audiences. Finally, journalists are letting go of their nostalgia for a monopoly past and finding creative ways to develop new ways to inform and entertain readers in a highly competitive online environment. In a world where current events, ideas and opinions are spread virally through news aggregators, Twitter, and Facebook, more and more people are recognizing that, to get noticed in an attention economy, you must use any means necessary. Everyone, it seems, has become a propagandist. Of course, broadcast journalists have long teased the local news with unanswered questions, like Are local restaurants poisoning the elderly? Find out at lo:oo. Online, journalists now write eye-popping and sometimes * The author is Professor and Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.

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