Audience are empowered to digital media as to having citizen journalism on there side as for the CNN example as to the news organisation has a twitter account and when they would tweet people would go with against it or even say something about it showing there view on what they think. CNN what other people opinions and people opinions do urn into a big article as to what they think of a situation. However from looking from a different view you could say that the power of audience being able to film a situation and going on news mean that they have power to make organization show this and give the power that they pick they want show something important on line. A Marxism view would be that organisation have the control and can pick what they want as to yes audience would say all these things but they can be shut down and they can be stopped by not letting people comment or even with citizen journalism its not powerful. Such as he death of Eric Garner and someone filming it got in jail after because apparently he was stopping it from happening but all he was doing was taking a picture.
Another point would be the reason of media big institutions have the control as to the hackgate scandal with Rupert Murdoch and what happen is that he hacked into people phone and also people phones who passed away. This was showing that a powerful man can control this and pick what he sees. This would be a form of Marxism as to showing that this elite man has the control of seeing what is not allowed. He breaks the rules of boundaries and does not have a big enough punishment to what has happened. However audience have the power that they can access all the information they want as news is free and they can get it. The information that can be accessed is good as to giving what audience want which is keeping up to date and knowing the information. However the information given cant always be correct and would be a problem as to people thinking they know information but don't. Marxism view is that media is controlled by one person and they pick what they want to show.
Example of this would be Murdoch having the power and that he can pick what ever he wants. Such as for the hacking of phones he did do it but there wasnt a big punishment. it is shown overall that power for one person can be bad because everyone has this one thought not different. In a conference i went to it was a lecture on how media is failing as to what Owen Jones said as to the information given as for example people are confident with information nut they have been mistaken by the information. 20% were thought to be Muslim in the UK but its just 5% they have been given the wrong statistics thinking that there is too much people. This could be a Marxist view as one powerful person has changed the media to give information which is not accurate. Also with Rupert Murdoch saying 'The internet has given readers much more power...The world is changing and newspapers have to adapt' This would be a parlist view as to the market and the readers of this it could also be away of Murdoch to hide that he is in power and can control people as he is an elite person..
Monday, 9 November 2015
Friday, 6 November 2015
News UK chief refuses to rule out scrapping Times paywall in future
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/04/news-uk-chief-refuses-to-rule-out-scrapping-times-paywall-in-future
David Dinsmore, News UK’s chief operating officer beilieves that times should stay with the paywall and should not do what the SUN did which was change and take there paywall he thinks it would be a bad move to do and he backs up the move that they would lose more readership and people would treat it as what they treat the BBC website. “I’m not sure the Sun’s share of voice in terms of loudness in the market place had decreased much, he said this as the declining of newspapers and that the readers of the SUN wont have quality.
1. Thinks the SUN should not change pay wall.
2. Lose subscribers
3.Dinsmore argued that the Sun has not lost its market power, the print edition is the UK’s largest, despite its digital presence being just a fraction the size of rivals who remained free online.
I believe that Dinsmore is correct on what he says, why would you change? This is a big effect if SUN does this as to being treated a place to read but it could mean less money as before it used to be 3 million people who read the SUN and now in 2015 it is 1.5 million. This would be a pain for SUN because they may need it back.
David Dinsmore, News UK’s chief operating officer beilieves that times should stay with the paywall and should not do what the SUN did which was change and take there paywall he thinks it would be a bad move to do and he backs up the move that they would lose more readership and people would treat it as what they treat the BBC website. “I’m not sure the Sun’s share of voice in terms of loudness in the market place had decreased much, he said this as the declining of newspapers and that the readers of the SUN wont have quality.
1. Thinks the SUN should not change pay wall.
2. Lose subscribers
3.Dinsmore argued that the Sun has not lost its market power, the print edition is the UK’s largest, despite its digital presence being just a fraction the size of rivals who remained free online.
I believe that Dinsmore is correct on what he says, why would you change? This is a big effect if SUN does this as to being treated a place to read but it could mean less money as before it used to be 3 million people who read the SUN and now in 2015 it is 1.5 million. This would be a pain for SUN because they may need it back.
Twitter is replacing favourites with likes – but does anyone heart it?
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/03/twitter-replacing-favourites-with-likes-does-anyone-heart
Twiiter has changed its favourites icon the star to a like icon which is the love heart. This articles explains the different views of people and what they think about it this would be because liking the tweet would mean that they have a good point and that you like what the person did. Many different twitter accounts dont like it or have made a survey about it.
1.Twitter thinks its more expression
2. Some people think that it is pointless to have
3. should be a unlike button
In my opinion its not a big deal for twitter to do this its just changed its favourite icon to not a big thing. This is just a minor change which could go to a big one and twitter is trying to develop it self so it can stay with its followers. However for them doing this has made a big controversial argument that they shouldnt of done this making sound like it was a regret as twitter believe that the people are wrong headed on this.
NDM: Marxism, Pluralism and Hegemony
Starter
I've got some reading to get you started. There is a reference to hegemony in a Guardian article about last year's Hunger Games film that could also be linked to feminism - read the article on the Hunger Games and at least 15 comments below the line. How does this link to what we've learned about hegemony?
Different views on Hunger games as to Jennifer Lawrence character is represented a alternative stereotype of a female character role who always needs saving. From the comments they discuss that they have been many female characters who are big role models for teenage girls like Buffy the vampire slayer or Uma Thurman Kill Bill character. This disccuses that Jennifer Lawrence character is a big ideal to all girls. As the movie being about the ruling the class trying take the working down.
Main task
Read the Media Magazine article ‘Web 2.0: Participation or Hegemony?'. Go to our archive of Media Magazine issues and click on MM39 - the article you need is on page 58. Answer the following questions:
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 hegemonic view would be about police offers to get no questioning and due to new and digital media the story had come bigger. This would mean that audience actually give an impact of knowing what happen. This gave views and it would grow and grow until they sorted this problem. In society the police have still not charged and it would represent that not always that digital media works. It gives the meaning that with law digital media is strong enough to make a change.
2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?
The author argues that the evolution in new and digital media has challenged hegemony with blogs as they allow audience to have there own views and put it on the web. Without News and digital media we would have to keep fighting for a voice and because we have it just makes it easier to be heard and that what we want want to be heard. It challenges hegemony because you can get people together and be this big power of protest and can make a change with matters by all different views made. Like comments is the big thing as to how people talk to each other and agree with what they say.
3) In your opinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?
My opinion is that new and digital media is going again hegemonic views as to the reason of how many people have blogs,vlogs and express there feelings towards the net abut society. However we would still need work on this as technology is evolving and so is people as to finding ways to get there words across. I believe that hegemony is being challenged but it will take time to do this and that it would take more of digital media and people to make views like this get rid of.
I've got some reading to get you started. There is a reference to hegemony in a Guardian article about last year's Hunger Games film that could also be linked to feminism - read the article on the Hunger Games and at least 15 comments below the line. How does this link to what we've learned about hegemony?
Different views on Hunger games as to Jennifer Lawrence character is represented a alternative stereotype of a female character role who always needs saving. From the comments they discuss that they have been many female characters who are big role models for teenage girls like Buffy the vampire slayer or Uma Thurman Kill Bill character. This disccuses that Jennifer Lawrence character is a big ideal to all girls. As the movie being about the ruling the class trying take the working down.
Main task
Read the Media Magazine article ‘Web 2.0: Participation or Hegemony?'. Go to our archive of Media Magazine issues and click on MM39 - the article you need is on page 58. Answer the following questions:
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 hegemonic view would be about police offers to get no questioning and due to new and digital media the story had come bigger. This would mean that audience actually give an impact of knowing what happen. This gave views and it would grow and grow until they sorted this problem. In society the police have still not charged and it would represent that not always that digital media works. It gives the meaning that with law digital media is strong enough to make a change.
2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?
The author argues that the evolution in new and digital media has challenged hegemony with blogs as they allow audience to have there own views and put it on the web. Without News and digital media we would have to keep fighting for a voice and because we have it just makes it easier to be heard and that what we want want to be heard. It challenges hegemony because you can get people together and be this big power of protest and can make a change with matters by all different views made. Like comments is the big thing as to how people talk to each other and agree with what they say.
3) In your opinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?
My opinion is that new and digital media is going again hegemonic views as to the reason of how many people have blogs,vlogs and express there feelings towards the net abut society. However we would still need work on this as technology is evolving and so is people as to finding ways to get there words across. I believe that hegemony is being challenged but it will take time to do this and that it would take more of digital media and people to make views like this get rid of.
BBC says public back its online journalism even if it hurts papers
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/05/bbc-says-public-back-its-online-journalism-even-if-it-hurts-papers
This article explains the BBC will still showing there news content should be the same level as newspapers as they are good at giving the news. BBC director general Tony Hall said: “Of course we are happy to engage and debate what the BBC does online, but impartial online journalism is important alongside what newspapers do. This quote explains that the BBC wants work side with newspapers and think that they wont be a problem as the public needs to know about the news and that its important for the public to know. There was a survey which said that 95% of the public believe that the BBC should be publishing stories and to update the public even if it is destorying newspapers.
1.The BBC has offered to provide 100 reporters to create content that could be used by regional newspapers.
2. Only 6% said they thought the negative impact on newspapers meant the BBC should stop publishing online, and 83% said the BBC should continue its current approach to putting news online.
3. Tony Hall believes that the newspapers and BBC online newspaper can work together.
In my opinion I believe that BBC should be doing there online news even if newspapers are declining because we need to be updated and if newspapers cant keep being published they will go. However we do need newspapers because they are a need for the world as its news of yesterday from real journalist who worked hard on there work but now from my research i learnt that the cut of journalism has left journalist in a hard place as to doing 17 stories and i learnt that maybe need to work. From what i have read i agree that BBC should keep going but newspapers may need go to show how much need them.
This article explains the BBC will still showing there news content should be the same level as newspapers as they are good at giving the news. BBC director general Tony Hall said: “Of course we are happy to engage and debate what the BBC does online, but impartial online journalism is important alongside what newspapers do. This quote explains that the BBC wants work side with newspapers and think that they wont be a problem as the public needs to know about the news and that its important for the public to know. There was a survey which said that 95% of the public believe that the BBC should be publishing stories and to update the public even if it is destorying newspapers.
1.The BBC has offered to provide 100 reporters to create content that could be used by regional newspapers.
2. Only 6% said they thought the negative impact on newspapers meant the BBC should stop publishing online, and 83% said the BBC should continue its current approach to putting news online.
3. Tony Hall believes that the newspapers and BBC online newspaper can work together.
In my opinion I believe that BBC should be doing there online news even if newspapers are declining because we need to be updated and if newspapers cant keep being published they will go. However we do need newspapers because they are a need for the world as its news of yesterday from real journalist who worked hard on there work but now from my research i learnt that the cut of journalism has left journalist in a hard place as to doing 17 stories and i learnt that maybe need to work. From what i have read i agree that BBC should keep going but newspapers may need go to show how much need them.
BBC Store offers chance to buy and download episodes of classic shows
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/05/bbc-gives-fans-of-classic-shows-chance-to-buy-and-download-episodes-doctor-who-dads-army
This article explains BBC are playing classic shows like Doctor Who or Dad Army, BBC plan is to offer these classic shows for a price and you can download them. The content is 7000 hours worth of content and would show all classic which were on BBC.Marcus Arthur, UK managing director for the broadcaster’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. Arthur said BBC Store would be an “opportunity to create new revenues”, he said it would not make a huge contribution to the £1.2bn Worldwide has promised to return to BBC offers over the next five years.The launch is part of a shift towards making more BBC content available to buy and own in a digital format. It is intended as a long-term replacement for DVD sales, The market for which has halved in the last three year.
1. BBC moving forward to show old content which people would want.
2. global analysis firm IHS, said: “By 2019, download to view will only be worth half the value of the DVD business and, once you add in Blu-ray, about a third of the physical disc business.
3.Programmes will become available to buy in digital format on BBC Store within hours of appearing on television and Cooper said the immediacy was exciting.
In my opinion I believe that BBC showing there classic content is a good idea as it will bring more of a viewership for there older demographic. This is not a new idea but a good financial idea as to they can get downloaded for the right price would have a lot of older people buying it to watch the shows they liked when they were young and this would also be bought by Dcotor who fans which want to know about the Tom Baker times and it would bring the mainstream viewers. This is also good because i researched before that the Doctor who episodes when started got burnt but luckily they have found it. They said they will add more further and further into the future and it will be good because it showing that downloading can be more efficient.
This article explains BBC are playing classic shows like Doctor Who or Dad Army, BBC plan is to offer these classic shows for a price and you can download them. The content is 7000 hours worth of content and would show all classic which were on BBC.Marcus Arthur, UK managing director for the broadcaster’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. Arthur said BBC Store would be an “opportunity to create new revenues”, he said it would not make a huge contribution to the £1.2bn Worldwide has promised to return to BBC offers over the next five years.The launch is part of a shift towards making more BBC content available to buy and own in a digital format. It is intended as a long-term replacement for DVD sales, The market for which has halved in the last three year.
1. BBC moving forward to show old content which people would want.
2. global analysis firm IHS, said: “By 2019, download to view will only be worth half the value of the DVD business and, once you add in Blu-ray, about a third of the physical disc business.
3.Programmes will become available to buy in digital format on BBC Store within hours of appearing on television and Cooper said the immediacy was exciting.
In my opinion I believe that BBC showing there classic content is a good idea as it will bring more of a viewership for there older demographic. This is not a new idea but a good financial idea as to they can get downloaded for the right price would have a lot of older people buying it to watch the shows they liked when they were young and this would also be bought by Dcotor who fans which want to know about the Tom Baker times and it would bring the mainstream viewers. This is also good because i researched before that the Doctor who episodes when started got burnt but luckily they have found it. They said they will add more further and further into the future and it will be good because it showing that downloading can be more efficient.
Sunday, 1 November 2015
NDM: News values
Galtung and Ruge
(1981) defined a set of news values to explain how journalists and
editors decided that certain stories and photographs were accepted as
newsworthy, while others were not.
The following list is adapted from their work:
Immediacy: has it happened recently?
Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain?
Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?
Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?
Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?
Predictability: did we expect it to happen?
Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?
Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?
Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people?
Negativity: is it bad news?
Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.
Classwork/Homework
How has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
How would you update them for 2015?
The following list is adapted from their work:
Immediacy: has it happened recently?
Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain?
Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?
Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?
Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?
Predictability: did we expect it to happen?
Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?
Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?
Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people?
Negativity: is it bad news?
Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.
Classwork/Homework
How has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
How would you update them for 2015?
Immediacy: With technology devices advancing over time, we have changed audiences and news life style as to making news available in many different platforms. This would be on social media or even apps, we can look at news on websites looking for information we want. With this information it comes with different audience interests as to you want sport news you can get that nothing gets missed out.
Familiarity: Audiences have a whole worldwide and mulch-cultural news on the internet. We can look into news whatever we are interested in fashion, sports and music. This is shown in different countries and ways as to being delivered from different countries giving use sources we want and then putting them on social media. News gives a selection where the audience can pick what they want as to not needing to go through the parts they dont find interesting and they can look for there specific parts that relate to them.
Amplitude: From News being on the internet and online to access, million of people can read them and get the sources they want. The million of people get these sources from either User Generated Content as to whatever they want. Big events would be connected to all people online as to big stories that they find out and it would be come a thread on twitter to facebook groups and it would show the hugeness of a audience.
Frequency: Updates are always given now if you go on Google and go to what you want to know it updates every time you refresh this would mean by giving different sources and waht they say. This would also work with updates on transport as people use their digital devices to know when the next train or bus is coming it would keep on task if any road have been closed.
Unambiguity: With news being very good and a big source of information, it can be wrong it can have the wrong details. With how much news there is there can always be mistakes and lies. With journalists it can be right but because we evolved to look at news online some people do blogs or just write a statement on twitter it would go as a thread and people would thing that its true like celebrities who have been said that they passed which they havent.
Predictability: News can be predictable because they want a impact in news and we do get the regular news as to someone being arrested or doing something illegal. People are predicted to make a big moral panic of this.
Surprise: News can be impact by a headline and can be a surprise to people with the right images. Example of this would be audience as to how they create threads and they communicate with other people on there opinions on what they think. There is shown a surprise by people as to the comments and sharing the stories online. However it shows that digital media gives more of a impact on this.
Continuity: Online news is continued as to the updates happening the audience wanting to know more about whats happening so this would mean that they attracted to this and just leaves news to be wanted more. Example of this would be treading and sharing on twitter and facebook people do that because they want other people to know and get interested therefore making a continuity of people knowing more.
Elite nations and people: From newspapers they have changed too maybe not having big nation impact to writing about celebrities or sports and its because of what people are interested in. Online newspapers now talk about celebrities like there divorces or something that has upset fans because they want a impact and a story to tell which will get people gripped.
Negativity: In my opinion there will always be bad news at some point because not everyday there is drama. Newspapers or digital news will find anything and this will be the same of celebrities as to finding something dark about them or just making a big headline so they can get there readers. They dont have great news because of the value to as for example they could have good story but bad layout of it and thats because its either online or someone whos not journalist and had experience did it.
Balance: There is need for balance as to showing the good and bad of stories and showing stories like for example good one would be giving information of a accident happening and that it was no one fault as it just happen., However a bad story would be blaming someone who didn't do anything and then making a big deal of it. They dont want to carry out anything in a negative way because they would be making a inncent man look bad if they dont have the facts.
Familiarity: Audiences have a whole worldwide and mulch-cultural news on the internet. We can look into news whatever we are interested in fashion, sports and music. This is shown in different countries and ways as to being delivered from different countries giving use sources we want and then putting them on social media. News gives a selection where the audience can pick what they want as to not needing to go through the parts they dont find interesting and they can look for there specific parts that relate to them.
Amplitude: From News being on the internet and online to access, million of people can read them and get the sources they want. The million of people get these sources from either User Generated Content as to whatever they want. Big events would be connected to all people online as to big stories that they find out and it would be come a thread on twitter to facebook groups and it would show the hugeness of a audience.
Frequency: Updates are always given now if you go on Google and go to what you want to know it updates every time you refresh this would mean by giving different sources and waht they say. This would also work with updates on transport as people use their digital devices to know when the next train or bus is coming it would keep on task if any road have been closed.
Unambiguity: With news being very good and a big source of information, it can be wrong it can have the wrong details. With how much news there is there can always be mistakes and lies. With journalists it can be right but because we evolved to look at news online some people do blogs or just write a statement on twitter it would go as a thread and people would thing that its true like celebrities who have been said that they passed which they havent.
Predictability: News can be predictable because they want a impact in news and we do get the regular news as to someone being arrested or doing something illegal. People are predicted to make a big moral panic of this.
Surprise: News can be impact by a headline and can be a surprise to people with the right images. Example of this would be audience as to how they create threads and they communicate with other people on there opinions on what they think. There is shown a surprise by people as to the comments and sharing the stories online. However it shows that digital media gives more of a impact on this.
Continuity: Online news is continued as to the updates happening the audience wanting to know more about whats happening so this would mean that they attracted to this and just leaves news to be wanted more. Example of this would be treading and sharing on twitter and facebook people do that because they want other people to know and get interested therefore making a continuity of people knowing more.
Elite nations and people: From newspapers they have changed too maybe not having big nation impact to writing about celebrities or sports and its because of what people are interested in. Online newspapers now talk about celebrities like there divorces or something that has upset fans because they want a impact and a story to tell which will get people gripped.
Negativity: In my opinion there will always be bad news at some point because not everyday there is drama. Newspapers or digital news will find anything and this will be the same of celebrities as to finding something dark about them or just making a big headline so they can get there readers. They dont have great news because of the value to as for example they could have good story but bad layout of it and thats because its either online or someone whos not journalist and had experience did it.
Balance: There is need for balance as to showing the good and bad of stories and showing stories like for example good one would be giving information of a accident happening and that it was no one fault as it just happen., However a bad story would be blaming someone who didn't do anything and then making a big deal of it. They dont want to carry out anything in a negative way because they would be making a inncent man look bad if they dont have the facts.
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