A level media exam blog

Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article  in our Media Magazine archive here . Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 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? Which once employed 130 journalists, Perch thinks that if it is still in print, it will be weekly, extremely expensive, and have a very small circulation; if it is online only. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? Far too  many newspapers and magazines have  been caught up in a regulatory system  that they shouldn’t really be caught  up in.  A small section of the press  was behaving in a totally unacceptable way, but it should have been dealt with  legally. 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? Independent press sta...

  Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read  this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK  and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular?   Social media is overtaking traditional channels for news among teens. Reach of print/online newspapers has seen a decrease from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%). Different age groups consume news very differently; I picked these three because they reflect the how the evolution of digital media is reflecting on the success of the print industry 2) Look at the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What are the key points on newspapers?  That people turned to TV channels for news at the start of the pandemic and then turned away as it progressed. Reach of print/online newspapers decreased from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%...

Daily mail 17/2:  Bribery case nyc mayor Eric Adams dropped DOJ Trump intervention Eric Adams the mayor of New York faced crimson charges with  conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and receiving campaign contributions from foreign nationals. He pleaded not guilty. Trumps acting attorney general claimed that the U S attorney framed Eric Adams for his own political gain.  Trump's Justice Department would take steps to end the criminal case against Adams. Guardian 17/2:   Kidnapped, tortured and jailed Ivan has been jailed and accused of being a Ukraine spy. He is set to stand trial. He spoke of the abuses he went through before being transferred to Jail. Daily Mail 24/02:  Trump shock update about taking over Greenland with military force Trump has doubled down on his offer to welcome Greenland into the USA. He claims that if Greenland agrees he will make the people very rich and safe as America has done since WWII Guardian 24/02:  R...

1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? The commercial success of newspapers and their linking of that to accountability journalism wasn’t a deep truth about reality.  Best Buy was not willing to support the Baghdad bureau because Best Buy cared about news from Baghdad. They just didn’t have any other good choices. 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.)?   Monster  and  Match  and  Craigslis t-  all have the logic that if you want to list a job or sell a bike, you don’t go to the place that’s printing news from Antananarivo and the crossword puzzle. You go to the place that’s good for listing jobs and selling bikes. 3) Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspape...