Shivani's Media blog 1 - Mr Halsey

1) Newspapers: The decline in print media 2) Newspapers: The death of print media Factsheet 3) Newspapers: The future of journalism 4) Newspapers: News Values 5) Newspapers: Regulation MM article 6)  Newspapers: Regulation essay 7) Newspapers: Daily Mail case study 8) Newspapers: Mail Online case study 9) Newspapers: The i newspaper and website case study

Blog tasks Go to the  Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students . The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shiky says.    Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this?  Clay Shirky gives an example of Father John Geoghan, a priest and a paedophile in the 60's who had raped or fondled with over 100 boys in his care. He argues that accountability journalism is important because it draws attention to people's wrongdoings a...

Newspaper regulation: blog tasks 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? The Mercury employed 130 journalists and Perch believes that in 10 years time, if the paper is still in print then it will be a weekly print, it will be extremely expensive, and would have a very small circulation. He suggests that if it is online only then it will not make any money and would only employ a small staff of 5 to 6 people.   2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? He believes that it was illegal and that it should have been dealt with by the police but it wasn't. He believes that far too many newspapers and ma...

Read  Media Factsheet 76: News Values  and complete the following questions/tasks.  Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets 1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson: Conflict - tension or surprise - Brexit Progress - triumph or achievement - England reaching far in World Cup Disaster - defeat or destruction - Hurricane Florence  Consequence - effects on individual or community - Brexit deal Prominence - the well known or famous - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry get married Novelty - the unusual or emotional - death of Aretha Franklin 2) 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? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ apr/20/british-servicewoman-lisa-headkilled- afghanistan...