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September 17, 2017

NDM News index

11/09/17 - Ryanair cancels flights after 'messing up' pilot holidays

11/09/17 - Doctors warn of online trolls targeting victims of terror attacks

18/09/17 - Uber loses its license in London

18/09/17 - Hacking warning: Kim Jong-un's henchmen to step up cyber attacks and target City of London.

25/09/17 - Women are allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.

25/09/17 - Las Vegas shooting.

02/10/17 - Netflix raises prices for first time in two years

02/10/17 - ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA - Government tells teachers to read ‘social media rights’ to teens who overshare on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

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Week 4 New/Digital Media

October 08, 2017

Year 13: Weekly New/Digital Media homework Netflix raises prices for first time in two years BBC - 05/10/17 This article notes about the increased Netflix subscription prices and the reasoning behind this. Rising competitors such as Amazon, Hulu and etc have contributed to Netflix increasing their subscriptions and focusing on Netflix original programmes. A standard UK plan will rise 50p to £7.99 a month. Premium subscription for four simultaneous users rises £1 to £9.99 a month. The standard US plan increases by $1 to $10.99 a month, with a $2 rise to $13.99 for the premium option. A basic subscription in the UK, which does not offer high definition viewing, remains at £5.99 a month. Netflix said in July it has 104 million subscribers globally , while revenues rose 32% in the second quarter to $2.8bn. Shares in Netflix closed 5.4% in New York, bringing the stock's gain this year to 56%. In my opinion, I think that this increase may aff...

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December 18, 2017

LR Feedback The development of new/digital media means the audience is more powerful in terms of consumption and production. Discuss the arguments for and against this view. Power in itself has been a direct result of new/digital media as the significant technological development of this has meant that audiences have more options in how they consume and produce media, such as the news. New/digital media has allowed there to be an advance throughout eras as content, focusing on the news, had to historically be accessed on multiple different platforms, such as print and broadcast, but has now converged and is available on one device - smartphones. This predominance of this global digital age is evident as the history of the internet started from December 1995 where 0.4% of the world population used the internet to, up to date, June 2017 where 51% use the internet. This has led to globalisation and includes advantages in the news such as variety and prosume...

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NDM News: MEST3 essay on blog The development of new/digital media means the audience is more powerful in terms of consumption and production. Discuss the arguments for and against this view. There is substantial evidence to why the development of new/digital media means that audiences may be deemed as more powerful in terms of consumption and production and also why they aren't. New/digital media has allowed there to be an advance throughout eras as content, focusing on the news, had to be accessed on multiple different platforms, such as print and broadcast, but has now converged and is available on one device - smartphones. In some ways, a rise in technology has lead there to be more of a digital age and has included advantages in the news such as variety and prosumerisation, however, included some disadvantages such as restrictions and lack of regulation. One advantage of the development of new/digital media in terms of consumption is that there is a variety of c...