Why the BBC is worth saving

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/12/why-the-bbc-is-worth-saving



 This is an edited extract from a speech given by former BBC special correspondent Allan Little for the Hetherington Lecture at Stirling University

 'The corporation faces vested interests who want to see it dismantled, but its public service broadcasting is part of the bedrock of our civic life'

The article explains  that BBC is a good news sources, that it follows the job of what the audience wants. This articles strongly agrees that the BBC is a good way of broadcasting. People give the negative side as to the reason of not showing important broadcasting shows like British bake off or Doctor Who. However in the article still pushes the point that the BBC is part of history and was information from wars as it first aired in 1922.

1. 31 years at the BBC in news, current affairs and foreign reporting, covering events ranging from the Gulf war to the break-up of Yugoslavia. As sopecial correspondent, he reported on devolution and led the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum.

2.  BBC’s critics argue that a public service broadcaster has no business doing things

3.  Before social media we had the revolution of 24-hour, real time, television news. Around the time of the second Gulf War, of 2003.

In my opinion i believe  that the BBC is what stands for information that people want. It gives the news and it gives entertainment. it educate informs and entertains as its three main rules. Because we are in a time of technology advancing we do not know hot to act yet. BBC is shown to be this amazing broadcast of information and ti is but it is critics who making it feel negative because of newspapers and how its going down but its not only BBC doing this.

Development in New/digital media man that audiences can now have access to a great variety of news and values. To what extent are audiences empowered by the developments?

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..

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.

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. 

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.

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.