Going digital

How has social media changed in the years you have been using it? Discuss in small groups and make a list of landmarks you consider essential in its evolution.

What sort of trends of media use do you think will be expanded on in the future?

Now watch the video below and make notes of any trends you have not mentioned. 

Using your notes, write 5 open-ended questions for your classmates, the answers to which can be found in the video.

How do you think digitisation and social media in particular have changed journalism?  Is it a change for the better?

What sort of skills do you think journalists need to have nowadays to do their job well?