Is the media more democratic as a result of new technology?

Is the media more democratic as a result of new technology?

I believe Web 2.0 has opened up more doors to democracy in today’s society we have the ability to become producers as well as consumers, which is known as ‘Citizen Journalism’. For example an ordinary person can make a newsworthy story by simply posting a picture up on twitter and it becoming viral this was done when the plane landed into the Hudson River . User generated content such as YouTube allows ordinary people to broadcast newsworthy stories as well so people can view a less mediated story than what we are shown on the news,  an example of this would be the Ian Tomlinson case.  The web 2.0 is only available to some people due to the digital divide even though there is an increasing rise of modern new technology being used by people who are less fortunate than people who are wealthy, it still wouldn’t matter as the type of software they use would be more sophisticated than those who are less wealthy. I believe that Web 2.0 has given people more of a voice , and opportunity to share their thoughts by creating blogs, creating user generated content , having social networking sites with the ability to post something newsworthy with the chance of it going viral. This makes the media more democratic as people have the power to say what they want without laws or any other authority to stop them.