- Web empowers to an extent
- 2 sides - political and trivial
- Political challanges and more serious, empowers audiences
- Trivial - a joke, entertainment purposes
- Power still in hands of traditional media institutions.
- Political - Ian Tomlinson, Arab spring
- dumbed down "age of the ameture
- Traditional and ugc run side by side
- Web 2.0 empowers
- Traditional media being viewed in different ways
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Notes from article
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Weekly Media Story - Week 9
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/leveson-inquiry-12-months-378-testimonies-four-optionsone-judgment-8360642.html
- The leveson inquiry is almost finished
- Inquiry looking into the phone hacking scandal at news of the world
- Finishes after 12 months
- With likely result in changes to the way that the british press is regulated
Virtual Revolution - Ep2
Driving the perfection of information
Twitter - social networking - 2006
Iran June 2009 - Peaceful protest
- Ban on Media
- Turned to Twitter to share
- 200,000 tweets per hour at peak
- Youtube report news
1/4 population connected
"It will have a more profound impact than the printing press"
Gives power to people to challenge old power centres
Negative - State control
Unmediated
Interactive
We change our tools and our tools change us - Jeff Bezos
No central control - cant be shut down
Wiki Leaks - provide information - Julian Assange
UK fight on climate change
Protests - organised online
Express views on politics easily
"empowers anyone that needs it"
Authority of the state
State vs citizen
China - 60 years cimunisum
253 million onine
Tech drive economic growth
Censorship
Want to block dale Lama
30,000 police web
Great fire wall of china
Block western sites that critise
Survellience
China Earthquake
Citizen journalism
50 cent army - 300,000 - internet commentators - promoting communism
Block and redirect
More open = More democratic
Rise of political consisness
Leaders of china + Russia responsing to bloggers online
BBC/NY times blocked
Al Queda - Shock tactics - propeganda
Divide humaity not join
Portable homeland
Appluade it for voice and power, can be used for good or ill
Estonia - 2007
Most wired country
97% banking transactions done online
Russia vs Estonia
2 night riots over statue movement
Cyber attack vs Estonia
Denial of Service - State doesnt know who
Government websites
Bank websites
Paypal - Peter Thiel
Paypal - New world currency
Facebook - 350 Million/ would be 3rd biggest country in the world
"web collapses distances"
"cyber balkanization" - lots of little internet communites hating each other
Twitter - social networking - 2006
Iran June 2009 - Peaceful protest
- Ban on Media
- Turned to Twitter to share
- 200,000 tweets per hour at peak
- Youtube report news
1/4 population connected
"It will have a more profound impact than the printing press"
Gives power to people to challenge old power centres
Negative - State control
Unmediated
Interactive
We change our tools and our tools change us - Jeff Bezos
No central control - cant be shut down
Wiki Leaks - provide information - Julian Assange
UK fight on climate change
Protests - organised online
Express views on politics easily
"empowers anyone that needs it"
Authority of the state
State vs citizen
China - 60 years cimunisum
253 million onine
Tech drive economic growth
Censorship
Want to block dale Lama
30,000 police web
Great fire wall of china
Block western sites that critise
Survellience
China Earthquake
Citizen journalism
50 cent army - 300,000 - internet commentators - promoting communism
Block and redirect
More open = More democratic
Rise of political consisness
Leaders of china + Russia responsing to bloggers online
BBC/NY times blocked
Al Queda - Shock tactics - propeganda
Divide humaity not join
Portable homeland
Appluade it for voice and power, can be used for good or ill
Estonia - 2007
Most wired country
97% banking transactions done online
Russia vs Estonia
2 night riots over statue movement
Cyber attack vs Estonia
Denial of Service - State doesnt know who
Government websites
Bank websites
Paypal - Peter Thiel
Paypal - New world currency
Facebook - 350 Million/ would be 3rd biggest country in the world
"web collapses distances"
"cyber balkanization" - lots of little internet communites hating each other
Developments in new/digital media mean that audiences can now have access to a greater variety of views and values. To what extent are audiences empowered by these developments?
Developments in new/digital media mean that audiences can now have access to a greater variety of views and values. To what extent are audiences empowered by these developments?
Audiences are able to access more texts due to the birth and continued growth of web 2.0 ( Tim O'Riley). Web 2.0 is described as a medium that allows audiences to become producers of media texts. As a result of audiences being able to produce media texts, they are able to promote their own views and values. There are huge amounts of views and values available on the internet through "web-based software such as blogs". This is supportive of pluralism, which is a society of competing groups and interests, none of them predominant. To an extent this is correct when regrading web 2.0 and new/digital media.
Audiences have been empowered by the ability to challenge organisations and get the truth out of situations where it wouldn't necessarily of been known to the public. For example Ian Tomlinson's death was initially reported down to him collapsing and first aiders not being able to resuscitate him, whereas the truth was that he was hit by a policie officer and had a heart attack as a result. His family has since been able to seek justice as a result of the user generated content. Another example of how audiences have been empowered by the developments in new/digital media is the Arab Spring. Arab spring is where several North Africa countries held a series of protests, aimed at their displeasure at the governments of their respective countries.
Audiences are able to produce media texts, but one view on this is that they are only able to imitate and replicate media texts of traditional media. This view supports the marxist view, that the media is controlled and dominated by a few. Web-based video websites such as youtube, allow for both ammuatures and traditional media to run parallel with each other. Some of the amateur content is described ans "trivial" and "dumbed down". This once again supports the marxist view that the media have dumed down their output. Even though amateurs are allowed to produce and publish content, the majority of views of web-based services such as youtube are still for traditional media outlets, for example catch up television or music videos. The way that the media texts are being consumed are changing but people are still consuming the same traditional media.
Audiences have been given power to an extent, but the power is still being held by the few dominant in the media industry.
Audiences are able to access more texts due to the birth and continued growth of web 2.0 ( Tim O'Riley). Web 2.0 is described as a medium that allows audiences to become producers of media texts. As a result of audiences being able to produce media texts, they are able to promote their own views and values. There are huge amounts of views and values available on the internet through "web-based software such as blogs". This is supportive of pluralism, which is a society of competing groups and interests, none of them predominant. To an extent this is correct when regrading web 2.0 and new/digital media.
Audiences have been empowered by the ability to challenge organisations and get the truth out of situations where it wouldn't necessarily of been known to the public. For example Ian Tomlinson's death was initially reported down to him collapsing and first aiders not being able to resuscitate him, whereas the truth was that he was hit by a policie officer and had a heart attack as a result. His family has since been able to seek justice as a result of the user generated content. Another example of how audiences have been empowered by the developments in new/digital media is the Arab Spring. Arab spring is where several North Africa countries held a series of protests, aimed at their displeasure at the governments of their respective countries.
Audiences are able to produce media texts, but one view on this is that they are only able to imitate and replicate media texts of traditional media. This view supports the marxist view, that the media is controlled and dominated by a few. Web-based video websites such as youtube, allow for both ammuatures and traditional media to run parallel with each other. Some of the amateur content is described ans "trivial" and "dumbed down". This once again supports the marxist view that the media have dumed down their output. Even though amateurs are allowed to produce and publish content, the majority of views of web-based services such as youtube are still for traditional media outlets, for example catch up television or music videos. The way that the media texts are being consumed are changing but people are still consuming the same traditional media.
Audiences have been given power to an extent, but the power is still being held by the few dominant in the media industry.
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Weekly Media Story - Week 8
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/20/news-corp-legal-threat-brooks-coulson-charges
- Under new US laws News Corp may come into trouble due to bribery.
- News corp is getting ready to split its self into 2 divisions, tv and broadcasting and then the newspaper and publishing side.
- Shares have risen over 34% in the last year
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
News corp and it charging for news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8186701.stm
This article is from back in 2009, Murdoch said that free news would be over, this was in the wake of his company, news corp, announcing big losses. Since then subscriptions have been introduced amongst all news corp websites, and since then they have seen an increase in revenue, thanks to this introduction. So it has benefited News Corp, and the drop in demand that there is likely of to been, hasnt been too bad.
This article is from back in 2009, Murdoch said that free news would be over, this was in the wake of his company, news corp, announcing big losses. Since then subscriptions have been introduced amongst all news corp websites, and since then they have seen an increase in revenue, thanks to this introduction. So it has benefited News Corp, and the drop in demand that there is likely of to been, hasnt been too bad.
Letter to Mr. Murdoch -.-
Dear Mr. Murdoch
I am writing to inform you of my displeasure at the news that your some news organisations that your news corporation owns are going to charge for news. I understand that the world we live in is driven by money, but is it really necessary to charge for newspapers and then also online? I guess its your decision ultimately but is the customer not always right? I feel that news online should be free because if your going to charge for it someone else is going to provide pretty much the same story for free, and then you loose demand gradually, reduced revenue, lower if any profit levels and eventually news corporation closes. At the end of the day I'm looking out for myself, but in a sense I am also looking out for you. I would be open to coming and meeting you once your done with all of that phone hacking stuff that you got caught up in. I wouldn't mind getting a job also, you can hit me up on my mobile, its the one that ends in 472. Also is it the best idea to charge for news online just after your firm gets some of the biggest negative publicity in newspaper history?
Yours sincerely
Kanye East
I am writing to inform you of my displeasure at the news that your some news organisations that your news corporation owns are going to charge for news. I understand that the world we live in is driven by money, but is it really necessary to charge for newspapers and then also online? I guess its your decision ultimately but is the customer not always right? I feel that news online should be free because if your going to charge for it someone else is going to provide pretty much the same story for free, and then you loose demand gradually, reduced revenue, lower if any profit levels and eventually news corporation closes. At the end of the day I'm looking out for myself, but in a sense I am also looking out for you. I would be open to coming and meeting you once your done with all of that phone hacking stuff that you got caught up in. I wouldn't mind getting a job also, you can hit me up on my mobile, its the one that ends in 472. Also is it the best idea to charge for news online just after your firm gets some of the biggest negative publicity in newspaper history?
Yours sincerely
Kanye East
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