Shivani's Media blog 1 - Mr Halsey

Mail Online - Scammer stole £113 million from High street customers - thanks to corrupt employees who sold their details for £250 a time  By the age of 24, Feezan Choudary, had acquired a lot of wealth. As he would boast about his wealth and not where it came from, people started to question where he was funding this lifestyle. After looking into the matter, they found out that Feezan Choudary was actually a criminal mastermind, he was 'Britain's biggest ever bank transfer fraudster'. He had a gang with members all around the UK and in just two and a half years he managed to steal £113 million from 750 victims. I think this is an example of quality journalism because it explains what exactly happened and the article includes several images. This is done to inform readers of what exactly happened and so that they are aware of these sort of scams. This article is an example of hard news and  appeals to an audience in terms of surveillance as people want...

Rupert Murdoch will be smarting over the lower Sky bid, but his influence remains immense I think this article is an example of hard news because it is about the industries and about global giants in the media. This is important because the ownership has a major influence in the way Sky would work and it is right for the audiences to be informed about what is going to happen with Sky if it is sold. I think the audience pleasures are surveillance because the audience is learning new things about the company but also personal relationships as there are some people who only follow Sky and therefore would develop a liking towards them and would want to be informed of any changes. I think this is an example of quality journalism because this article revolves around global media giants and influential people like Rupert Murdoch. 

The i newspaper website   What do ‘hard Brexit’ and ‘soft Brexit’ mean and how are they different?  This article is an example of hard news and  appeals to an audience in terms of surveillance as people want to be informed and educated about things that go on in their local area.  There are now six months to go until the official Brexit date, and as yet there isn’t an exit deal. The UK and the European Union are still haggling over the details of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc and what that will entail.  The two different terms essentially refer to the kind of relationship and level of participation the country will have with the EU’s Single Market – the free movement of people, goods and services – and the Customs Union – the bloc’s trade and tax agreement.  

1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years? Print media was one of the main sources of information for audiences. The introduction of digital media has had the largest impact on print media and not just newspapers. 2) Why is the  Independent  newspaper such a good case study for the decline in print media? The Independent is a good case study because it has recently 'died' in the printed form (1986-2016).  The Independent was a broadsheet newspaper established in 1986. In an age where Rupert Murdoch has reduced printing costs, and his papers reigned supreme, the Independent offered a fresh and non-aligned perspective. 3) What was the  Independent  newspaper famous for?  At the time of its launch, the Independent used the advertising slogan “It is. Are you?” which reflected the direct and challenging approach to contemporary splash headlines of the time. The newspaper’s selling line was, until 2011, “free from political bias, free from prop...

The impact of Google 1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry? Google has taken a large sum of money (billions) from the advertising revenue of media businesses over the past decade. This means that newspaper companies do not receive the money they should and therefore struggle to remain an active business.  2) Find a  statistic  from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media. Google critics note how much advertising money has disappeared from the newspaper business over the past decade or so — more than $40 billion, or  about 60 percent of the ad revenue  the industry generated at its peak in 2000, according to figures from the Newspaper Association of America. 3) Looking at the graph featured in the article, what period has seen the steepest decline in newspaper advertising revenue?  The steepest decline in newspaper advertising was between the years of 2002-2008. 4) ...

Mail Online - Hit and run driver swerves at worshippers outside London mosque in 'anti-Muslim' attack Outside a Mosque in Cricklewood (North West London) a driver ploughed into pedestrians while shouting Islamophobic remarks such as   'dirty Muslims' before speeding off.  Three people - including two men in their 20s and a man in his 50s - were taken to hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Taunts of 'dirty Muslims' could be heard coming from the car, which contained three men and one woman, according to Hassan Naddi, head of security for the group.  'There were 1,500 people out on the street. If cars weren't parked up blocking the way he would have 15 dead minimum, women, children and old men.  'The police are saying this was not a terror attack - look at what happened, it's clear that it was. A man was hit badly, he was 78 years old and he damaged his hip and head.' I think this is an example of q...