Shabd's Media Blog 1 - (Mr Bush)

What are the arguments for and against statutory regulation of the newspaper industry?  Statutory Regulation of the newspaper industry is the idea that is highly debated of  whether or not the news should be regulated and the status of which how much it should be regulated. This is a highly debated topic as many people believe that if the government were given the power to chose what was shown corruption would be ablaze in the news and day to day lives of the people yet if the control is only given to the editors and publishers it would mean anything could be published with unlimited control it could lead to news stories being made that are an invasion of privacy.  One of the large debate for statutory regulation in the news is that boundaries can be set, which would mean that these news companies cannot go to wherever they want and choose to publish who or what so ever that there are limits to how news can be obtained. With a history of the industry already publis...

John and Clay 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? He states that journalism is accountable of supplying all different types of media platforms news as they often use them to give them the source of the news which would lead to it being much more difficult to relay the news off to people. He also mentions how journalism is able to focus on multiple stories and is a way all types of an audience can get what they want. 2) What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)? He mentions how advertisers that are more common and broad are being shown on the newspapers due to most popular advertising companies now being with big internet companies such as Google and their AdSense company which is a factor that pa...

Media Magazine reading 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? It allows people to speak freely and have a voice where you can create campaigns etc. It is also a good way to get information and it stores tons of valuable information. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? There are quite a few negatives to the internet such as spamming which can be very annoying. The internet allows people to access and post pornography much easier and it also contains illegal trades with drugs etc. 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’? It allows all of the different voices on the internet to be heard which will be difficult to control. 4) Bill Thompson outlines some of the challenges and questions for the future of the internet. What are they? Does open technology mean that free software can be used, changed and...

The I CSP The I analysis:  Use your notes from the lesson to answer the following questions. 1) What are the front page stories on the 21 September edition of the I? The stories that feature the front of the I paper are The Salzburg disaster that is also featured on the daily mail cover for the day but then I paper also features news stories such as some media based topics such as Emma Stone's new show Maniac, M.I.A The artist who has a voice to be heard and Christine and the Queens a French pop band who are breaking through to stardom with their new album release. There is also an editorial feature from Patrick Cockburn- on the future of Iraq. Other stories feature a study on what happens to an octopus that takes ecstasy, A Croydon cat killer being revealed and a small sports feature on Arsenal's Aubameyang with a double win.   2) From your analysis in class, what other stories and topics ...