Dishant Media 1 Blog (exam)

1) Keith Perch used to edit the  Leicester Mercury . How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? At the Leicester Mercury paper the amount of staff it had employed at its peak was 130. In 10 years time Keith Perch says he expect to it will weekly be extremely expensive and have a very small circulation online. Keith Perch claims that many newspapers where caught up in the scandal that shoudln't have been. This meant that it should have been taken legally so that all newspapers wouldn't be affected when it comes to revenue. He believed that this form of regulation is unacceptable because each journalist chooses to report something different so all journalist shouldn't be hold accountable.  3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? IPSO stands for Independent Press Standard Organisation. They work by ordering any newspaper to print front page apologies to people it has disrespected or has told any false informat...

1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson: Conflict - Tension or surprise - "Brazilians began voting on Sunday in a polarised presidential race that could result in the election of a far-right former army captain." Progress - Triumph or achievement - "Theresa May says important progress made at EU summit" Disaster - Defeat or destruction - " Devastating Monsoon Floods in Kerala, India." Consequence - Effects on an individual - " Why does 'Stoptober' make it easier to quit smoking?" Prominence - The well-known -  Novelty - The unusual or emotional -  2) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? The example given by Gultang and Ruge is 'British servicewomen dies after Afgan bomb blast'. This is mostly to be ...

Blog tasks: The decline in print media The impact of Google Answer the following questions: 1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry? Google has led to the decline of the newspaper industry, because newspapers are no longer the firms primary source of advertising and have reallocated their funding towards larger companies where their advertisements will be seen by more viewers such as search engines like google, which has cut off the main funding to the newspaper industry, also when newspaper companies have attempted to move online they are expected to provide the news for free as this is what people would expect when they access their content online, the only other option to gain revenue would be through advertising and firms would rather put their adverts on google over an online newspaper for obvious reasons. 2) Find a  statistic  from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media. It’s important to note that the...

What are the arguments for and against statutory regulation of the newspaper industry?  Statutory regulation has been argued for years now and i believe that it will continue to be argued for a long time to come, as even the people who are fighting for either side must have acknowledged that there are both advantages and disadvantages of both sides and clear points which are being made.  Firstly we can see that there have been many instances of misconduct from the press and what they have done, which has invaded the privacy of the public regardless of whether or not they argue that it is in the public interest as they mainly target people who are of interest and have some sort of fame or status as this is the content which the public would be interested in and need to be aware of, however the methods which they use are not close to being ethically decent and sometimes may even be breaking the law. The press seem to be using the right of freedom of speech to allow them to ...

Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 165: The death of print media . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years? People have since had picked up the ability to end up makers of the media as they can get to all data for nothing with the flexibility of the web. Print media has gone from being one of the key or only sources of media for people and one of the only ways to find out the news and get information about what was going on in the world, however this new wave of online news and social media has meant that people are able to access their news almost instantly and that too at no cost, which has meant to the clear decline in print media, leading to a decline in profits and even forced some print media companies to close down. 2) Why is the  Independent  ...