Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism. Critically evaluate this argument and the evidence with reference to media monopolisation, social media, the future of journalism and the public sphere. ( article that question is based on is attached).

Please use the attached references from my subject unit and any extra references are to be Australian ones if possible.

Essay instructions:

Katharine Viner (The Guardian, 12 July 2016) argues that: Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism
Critically evaluate this argument and the evidence with reference to media monopolisation, social media, the future of journalism and the public sphere.

Please add this question to your paper when you submit it. Also follow the normal parameters applicable to essay writing in the Arts Faculty and in ASC346. Make sure you have 6-8 references from the unit. I have attached the article from Viner to assist your analysis.

-References to use( if relevant ) – please find these online.

-The Eavesdropper: in the field with Sherry Turkle as she fights to save the dying art of conversation by Garber, Megan 2014

-The sociology of habit: The perspective of Pierre Bourdieu – Swartz, David L Winter 2002

-Media/society: industries, images, and audiences – David Croteau, William Hoynes 2014
Book Please read pp 16-26 & 187-222

-Journalism studies beyond media: On ideology and identity – Mark Deuze 2004
Article Read pp. 275-293.

Media/society: industries, images, and audiences – David Croteau, William Hoynes 2014
Book Further Reading Please read pp 123-137 & 226-235.

The media we deserve: underachievement in the fourth estate – David Salter 2007
Book Read pages 17-42

News and the social life of words – Matheson, D. 2005
Chapter Prescribed Read pages 15-34

The framing of the mind – Manuel Castells 2013
Chapter