NDM: News Values

NDM: News Values

2) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson:

·                     Conflict

Syrian war

·                     Progress

US election

·                     Disaster

Hurricane Matthew

·                     Consequence

Brexit

·                     Prominence 

US election

·                     Novelty

England manager sacked

3) 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?

An example news story in which the factsheet employs to signify Galtung and Ruge’s news values is the one of the British soldier getting killed. This affected the audience in which were British as this story relates to them it is appropriate story to use as it is linked with British culture and their views and ideologies.

4) What is gatekeeping?
Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.

5) What are the six ways bias can be created in news?

v  Selection and omission

v  Choice of words

v  Headline

v  Photos, captions, and camera angles

v  Placement

v  Through use of names and titles

6) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published?

There are many ways in how online sources such as twitter and Wikileaks   have changed the way in which news is selected. These online sources allow news to be published without being looked at professionally in terms of regulations.

7) Give an example of a news story from the last 12 months that was reported as a result of online technology - Twitter, Wikileaks or similar.

The video of the black people being killed by the police.

8) Complete the task on the last page of the Factsheet regarding Sky News and Twitter:

·                     What does this reveal about how Sky views Twitter as a news source?

There are more individuals who are more likely to publish something on new and digital media than give to a big institution.

·                     What does it say about how news is being produced?

This showcases that there are a small amount of professionals producing news. Audiences will most likely to go online to consume their news. This is due to rise of people taking the news into their own hand. This is called citizen journalism.

·                     What role does the audience have in this process?

The role that audiences have is that they have the freedom to decide where to consume their news whether the online or on traditions TV News bulletins.

·                     Why might this be a problem for journalistic standards?

The reason why this would be a problem for journalists’ standards is that quality of news will be questioned due to the accuracy of some news such as citizen journalism. Someone might only show a few seconds and not the whole video.

Final tasks

9) In your opinion, how has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values? 
 In my opinion Galtung and Ruge’s news values is essential as showcases how news stories of published. It has changed in order to support the way news is delivered online compared to the BBC News.

10) How would you update them for 2016? Choose FOUR of Galtung and Ruge's news values and say how each one has been affected by the growth of new and digital technology.

Immediacy

There is no need to go through a long process in order to present the news.

Familiarity

An example news story in which the factsheet employs to signify Galtung and Ruge’s news values is the one of the British soldier getting killed. This affected the audience in which were British as this story relates to them it is appropriate story to use as it is linked with British culture and their views and ideologies.

Elite nations and people

This will indicate the news will travel faster online such as the US election and the incidents that have occurred during that.

Frequency

News with frequent stories such as black people in the USA covers a lot of the news due to citizen journalism.

Week 8: Story 16- 'Local newspaper content too full of listicles and clickbait - lecturer'

 

Local newspaper content too full of listicles and clickbait - lecturer

 https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/oct/26/local-newspaper-content-too-full-of-listicles-and-clickbait-lecturer

  

 This story talks about how some journalist are not recieving credibility that they once perhaps had. this is the case as some believe they don't offer news values

•  “The idea of a critical or rational press so clearly defined by Jurgen Habermas cannot, surely, be consistent with editorial policy that counts generating click-bait as part of its schedule. 
•  “Four reasons why listicles and click bait are killing real journalism”. In his polemic

 I personally believe that the article is correct as I do some news that I would consider not newsworthy however a click bait as the story is indeed interesting. This makes the credibility of journalism as a whole being overshadowed.

Week 8: Story 15- 'Lessons to be learned as the Buenos Aires Herald goes weekly'

'Lessons to be learned as the Buenos Aires Herald goes weekly'

https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/oct/26/lessons-to-be-learned-as-the-buenos-aires-herald-goes-weekly

This showcases how Buenos Aires Herald are making their journalists redundant due to  

their struggle to stay on as a successful newspaper. They have changed from a daily to a weekly distributed platform. 

• “as many as 2,000 journalists may lose their jobs in the country in 2016, a staggering number which will damage the profession greatly”
•  That was a reference to the paper’s defiance of the brutal regime in the 1976-83 period by reporting on its abductions of people who came to be known as “the disappeared”

I believe that this symbolizes that new and digital media has shaped the way in which we consume our media and how its affecting large news print companies. It illustrates how print media is dying. This has a negetive impact on journalist and those studying to be one as there will be less jobs being offered.

 

 

 

NDM News: Citizen Journalism and hyper-reality

NDM News: Citizen Journalism and hyper-reality

The Rise and Rise of UGC

Examples:

·        People use devices like phones to record live events and use the internet to post the content.

·        Facebook

Theory (audience reception etc.):

·         They will feel like they will be getting more coverage as there’s

Benefits to institutions:

·         This will benefit big institutions such as the BBC as news channels can now use the user generated content to show their audiences evidence to a report through television or their website.

·         This could save them time as they wouldn’t have to the scene in which it happened.

Benefits to audience:

·         They will feel like they will be getting more coverage

·         They will have first-hand proof.

Wider issues and debates:

·         The problem with user generated content is that it doesn’t provide any opinions. However, is does allow us to challenge the position of power as they could be exposed.

SHEP:

·         Due to the raise of user-generated content it could risk journalist losing their job.

·         This would mean that massive institution could save money as they wouldn’t hire that many journalists.

3) What is meant by the term ‘citizen journalist’?

Citizen journalism refers to the reporting of news events by members of the public using the Internet to spread the information. Citizen journalism can be a simple reporting of facts and news that is largely ignored by large media companies. It is easily spread through personal websites, blogs, micro blogs, and social media and so on. Some types of citizen journalism also act as a check on the reporting of larger news outlets by providing alternative analysis.

4) What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?

Rodney King was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’ as he was brutally beaten by the police in LA which was recorded by police in the early 1990’s.

5) List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.

Chat rooms, message rooms and online blogs.

6) What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?

Professional footage will almost defiantly be first shown on the TV whereas USG will go viral on social media first.
7) What is a gatekeeper?

A gatekeeper is someone who decides and regulates what is or isn't news and what will or won't be broadcast.

8) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?

I believe that the role of the gatekeepers hasn’t much changed. This is the case as people now use online blogs where they can share their opinions on issues and debates.

9) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
Lots of Jobs will be lost due this matter.

10) Offer your own opinion (critical autonomy) on the following:

What impact is new/digital media having on:

·                     news stories

allows institutions to show evidence of news stories to increase trust with audiences

·                     the news agenda (the choice of stories that make up the news)

·                     the role of professionals in news

Hyper-reality and the digital renaissance' 

Examples

·         Use of social media such as snap chat and Facebook  in which allows news institutions to provide updated news for people to see

Theories 

·         Blumer and Katz- Uses and gratifications, personal identity

·         Hyperaemic needle

Positive aspects of new technology (or 'digital renaissance' 

·         It allows citizen journalism (Citizen journalism refers to the reporting of news events by members of the public using the Internet to spread the information)

Negative aspects of new technology on audiences and society  

·         Journalist could lose their jobs

Wider issues and debates 

·          This could affect people in a negative way as it could lead to cyber bullying.

3) The article was written in 2009. Offer three examples of more recent social networking sites or uses of technology that support the idea of a 'digital renaissance'.

·         Twitter,

·         Instagram

·         Facebook

4) How do live streaming services such as Periscope or Facebook Live fit into the idea of a 'digital renaissance'? Are these a force for good or simply a further blurring of reality?

The way in which it fits into the idea of the ‘digital renaissance’ as they offer more realistic view on some issues.

5) How can we link the 'digital renaissance' to our case study on news? Is citizen journalism a further example of hyper-reality or is it actually making news more accurate and closer to real life?

The idea of citizen journalism provides a way in which people can identify what’s happening as it is happening. However news is recorded to symbolise a specific point of view.

Clay Shirky on news: don’t build a paywall around a public good

1)Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this?

Clay Shirky believes ‘accountability journalism’ it is essential as he believes stories to enables massive stories to be published. An example of this is of the Catholic Church scandal.

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.)?

 Shirky as believes that advertising and marketing has a massive role in the success of newspapers as it could determine whether or not they are making good revenue. This is beneficial as it would help newspapers to pay their journalists.

3)Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspapers in a different way. How does he suggest audiences are consuming news stories in the digital age?

He illustrates that the future it will become digital because people are so use to the way that the news is just handed to them for free that now it seems weird to pay for something which is supposed to be a public good. 

4)Shirky also talks about the power of shareable media. How does he suggest the child abuse scandal with the Catholic Church may have been different if the internet had been widespread in 1992?

Shirky says that the Catholic Church scandal of 1992 died down at the end as the story got old. He believes that if the scandal occurred in the era where there was social media and internet the story would have been much worse.

5)Why does Shirky argue against pay walls?

Shirky believes that it isn’t a good idea he feels that the public shouldn’t be used for them to create money.

6)What is a 'social good'? In what way is journalism a 'social good'?

‘Social good’ is when people share the content.  This has a relation with journalists as the internet makes everything easily accessible which makes it easier for people to come together and share the story. This makes it a social good as it’s for everyone to share and see rather than only certain individuals.

7)Shirky says newspapers are in terminal decline. How does he suggest we can replace the important role in society newspapers play? What is the short-term danger to this solution that he describes?

There is no denying that newspapers are indeed declining rapidly and even though this is the case they are not replaceable as the news which is received is published by journalists so the news is regulated whereas news online is just given out without being regulated but it is down to the consumers to keep alive the newspaper industry.

8)Look at the first question and answer regarding institutional power. Give us your own opinion: how important is it that major media brands such as the New York Times or the Guardian continue to stay in business and provide news?

I believe that massive papers such as ‘The Guardian’ and ‘The New York Times’ is very powerful and influential in this generation. They provide a wider range of issues. This is the case as a short video cannot give us the full insight into the struggles of Britain leaving the EU