Web 2.0 Participation and Hegemony

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 aquittal suggest about the power of new and digital media?
The traditional is that policemen, and public service workers get away with murder. The new and digital media created a different story due to introduction of user generated content in which people can now film events happening and this happened as this case was seen and uploaded on YouTube and as a result the policeman had to suffer some consequences. Even though he got done for manslaughter he still got away with it showing that the police will still get away with stuff and if we try to question their judgement we could be seen as breaking the law.
2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0? 
The author argues that alot of online media are corrupt. this is because of Yahoo displaying Nazi images, which is immoral in France and the indoctrination of people on social media.

3) In your opinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?

I think that digital media reinforce both views because people are trapped in the online world by google, but google give oppurtinites to allow people to make it in the online industry. The audince can challange them, but because the are so big and needed to make the internet the internet, regardless of the press they get, they still will be used and valued