Monday 21 February 2011

The mutualisation of news

1. Consumers are now becoming journalists, as they produce their own media.
2. Internet sites such as 'twitter' have enabled this revolutions to take place.
3. Consumers contact the producers- provide information etc.

useful quotes
"By continuing to go down this route, we will be more diverse, and genuinely more plural than other media organisations"

"The investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstrations in London was an excellent example of linking traditional journalism with information from the public"

Wednesday 2 February 2011

the impact of new and digital media case study

hegemony
"the last colony in the British empire"
freeth 1985:27

"social life, nothing is fixed, rigid or definitive. and nothing will be"
antonio gramski

marxism
"capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth"
'marxism and media studies'
1891- mike wayne

capital imperialism
"western nations dominate the media around the world which in return effects on the third world culture imposing their western views and therefore destroying native culture"
'communication and cultural domination'
herb schiller

globalisation
"media globalisation is tightly interweaven with world economy and market forces"
'children, young and the media globalisation'
cecilia feilitzen and ulla carlsson

post colonialism
"cultural studies must specialism but also actively from and resist the tyranny of the specialists"
'outside in the teaching machine'
spivak

cultural imperialism
"the Americanisation of world culture so often commented on and often deplored might be better described as the discovery of what world culture tastes actually are"

political economy on media
"a political economy of the new media insists on examination of the circumstances that give rise to any given distribution of power and of the consequences consumers and and citizens"
'robin mansell LSE,2004

convergence
"established companies will find in convergence and opportunity to operate more efficiently, increase returns on technology investments and realise other business benefits"
'opportunities and challenges'
stellios papadakis

one

i am an interested politics and media student wanting to focus on the Democratic side of media. this will include UGC, for example, YouTube videos, news blogs and interaction via consumers to the producers.

1.rodney king video - emedia - 3/3/1991
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DROn_9302UHg

2. BBC news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

3. sky news
news.sky.com/

main theorists to focus on:
1. david gauntlett - digital media
2. theodor adorno - socialist
3. alvarado - politics

BBC:
public service broadcaster
operates under Royal charter
funded by television license fee
chairman- sir michael lyons
director- mark thompson

methods used:
1. yourpics@bbc.co.uk
2. text- 61124
3. various international numbers

sky:
owned by Rupert Murdoch
operating since 1989
bskyb owned
internationally accessible
widened his company (increase producers)

methods used:
1. news@sky.com
2. newsonline@bskyb.com
3. skynewsinternational.com/carry/

- Internet has enabled companies to broaden their audiences
- these audiences have now the ability to interact directly with the channels
- consumers are now producers
- 'send in media'

two

- more consumers
- producers are now asking for the consumers to 'send in' media. this may include photos, stories and videos
- technological advances have made it more accessible ( as its cheaper) for most consumers to buy cameras, phones, other technological advances to share their productions.

S
more UGC
more journalists

H
decline in newspapers
more Internet news
more technology

E
license fees (tax)
earn money through your Media (you've been framed)

P
more democratic (everyone has a voice)
captures live events (sell these for money) or (distribute worldwide e.g. 9/11 attacks)

four

- larger audience
- cheaper technology
- news affects all
- all demographics are affected by news
- e.g. newsround for children below the age of 12
- ratings have increased as the political and economic lifestyle of the uk has changed. the uk has been foreced to adapt to this e.g. recession and now all consumers can access blogs and have their own views on the government, people and personalities.

five

bbc news website-->> 12+ 15+ 18+ newsround academic news

sky contact us website-->> 15+ 18+ academic news

six

- consumers have joined websites such as 'www.youtube.com'- now produce media
- youtube found in feb 2005
- available in 34 languages
- viacom regulated
- blocked in: china
morrocco
thailand
iran
pakistan
turkey
libya

.....

additional notes

2010 tution fees protest
-facebook enabled youths to interact with one and other and this in turn hlped stage the protests accross the uk and schools

uk uncut pressure groups
- protest against corporate tax evaders. the public staged protests by sitting inside stores e.g. vodafone, and then read books (not commiting any crimes) and effectively stopped people shopping there.

closing date 30/1/2011

targets include:
tesco
boots
philip green (topshop, burton, etc...)
vodafone

examples:
- philip green avioded £285 million in tax. this could pay for upto 20 000 nurses and 32, 000 students at £9000 per term fees.