MEST3 Exam

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 prosumerisation, however, 

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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