Bill Thompson
internet:
innovative
creative
free expression
active citizenship
freedom of press
leisure
communication/comment
gather information
make contributions
voices in your head/ engaging
with people in the more greater and profound way
political action
campaigning
financial rewards
games-creative-learning
friendship
equal opportunities
Downfall
bulling
unwanted pornography
extremism
abuse/trolling->racist lady who lost job
scams/rip offs
fraud
conspiracy theories
the dark web
limit control (dumbing us down)
Natalie Fenton:
power over?
media content
audiences
jonalists
governments
to?
censor
mislead
set the adgenda
independent journalism should :
plurality
diversity
hold people in power to account
encourage dialogue
question and debate
delimiting the freedom of the press
allow social change -give power to audience
Mediated power-objectivity and impartiality 'permissive network'
the press swiftly come to their own conclusions to generate story for ££
'distorted of democracy' constraining and delimiting audiences
over 50% of national UK news papers sold are controlled by Rupert Murdoch and Jonathan Hansworth
pressure journalists, cut and paste, hegemony
8 news papers published inferences saying an innocent man is a murderer creating huge implications and difficulty in his social and economic life
commercial gain
Stuart Hall:
role of media in circulating 'common sense' definitions of majority and minority groups of 'deviance' and 'normality'
Miedia process as over reporting some and under reporting others.
what is not told to us by the media?
51% violent crimes- however decreasing
24% muslim- reality 5%
teenage pregnancies- 20%
moral panic/ increase islamaphobia or dislike towards working class or youth
'not vanquished or conquering'
'always contestable'
-where does the power reside?
power..
-what forms it exists, who has it, organise the distribution of knowledge and resources
since 1979 no UK gov has been elected without the Murdochs support
Rob Watson
Affect tone- who's point of view who is in every shot?
risk assessments
precuastions
Owen Jones
MYTH OF A 'CLASSLESS SOCIETY'
-media should look like the people in its country
-not just limited to the elite and rich
express your experiences and let them know
decline in newspapers
201 3 mil
2015 1.8 mil
citizen journalism, real time, twitter
-dont let us scrutinise the powerful, should be educating society about the current situations
-to make life easier fro the people in power, the elite
-generate jealousy with the people/working class rather than addressing the people creating or in charge
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