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MEST 3 Question

MEST 3 Question Does your case study suggest that  new and digital media  have had a  positive impact  by offering audiences more  diverse range of values and ideologies ? It is evident that new and digital media have offered a diverse range of values and ideologies to audiences through platforms via the news and the music industry. The benefits and drawbacks of this will be examined in these case studies to offer the exact effect that such technological advances has had on those that consume it. In terms of the news, the rise of a diverse range of values and ideologies has encouraged citizen journalism. Within the music industry, a diverse range of values and ideologies has been the result of music reaching historically harder demographics. However, there are several drawbacks to this. In the news there is lack of legitimacy of several news articles and within the music industry hegemony is still apparent.  Citizen journalism as an outcome of new and digital medi
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Identities and the Media: Post-colonialism & Orientalism

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Identities and the Media: Post-colonialism & Orientalism 1) Watch the opening of Yasmin (2004) again. Does it offer a positive or negative view of British Muslims? To what extent does it reinforce or challenge Edward Said's theory of Orientalism - that the west is superior to the exotic or uncivilised east? 2) Summarise the three theorists we have looked at this week: Alvarado, Fanon and Said. 3) Finally, choose  ONE  clip for  EACH  of the theorists and explain how you could apply that theory to the clip. Pick your clips from YouTube but feel free to use TV, film, music video or advertising - whatever you think is most powerful and relevant. Embed the clips in your blog before writing your analysis under each clip.  Note:  this means you need  THREE  clips in total on this blogpost. 1) The opening of Yasmin (2004) Offers both positive and negative views of British Muslims. Some positives include the fact that Yasmin is an independent woman that drives a fast car how
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LR Feedback

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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Essay Feedback

Essay Feedback WWW: Wow Rayelle - I think this is the best piece of writing that I have read from you. It is focused throughout on the essay title, deals with all the different perspectives and is definitely moving towards an A* in terms of your confident, assured style, use of embedded, relevant quotes and the depth of your paragraphs. You have really listened to my advice about forming a Thesis statement in your introduction paragraph and each topic sentence is clear and defined in terms of your argument. The inclusion of You have also included paywalls, Clay Shirky and much of what we have covered in the last 14 weeks in terms of examples. Good application of pluralism to consider the decline of the newspaper industry. You have written a very strong essay with superb use of quotes and you've sourced your statistics well. EBI: You are not lacking in quotes and theories but you could include: News values, David Simon's ideas on paywalls and Alain de Botton, mo
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NDM News: MEST3 essay on blog

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
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NDM: the effect of online technology on newspapers

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NDM: the effect of online technology on newspapers Based on the handout you've read ( Newspapers: The effect of online technology )  and the links provided, a nswer these questions on your blog with  detailed ,  in-depth paragraphs . Remember, critical autonomy means forming  your own opinions  on these issues. 1 ) Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should not be allowed to provide free news online? Why? From an institutional aspect, I do agree with James Murdoch that the BBC shouldn't be allowed to provide free news online as this paves the way for consumers to become more accustom to receiving free content. As the BBC is a well established brand, this would make it harder for other institutions to put up a paywall as consumers may feel that there is no need to pay for their stories due to the BBC having free content. However, I do believe that every consumer should have access to the news to know what is going on in the world as people in a lower class may
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Build The Wall Analysis

Build The Wall Analysis Your main work is some in-depth reading which will provide excellent preparation for  university . David Simon, creator of critically acclaimed TV series The Wire and a former journalist, has written a passionate defence of the newspaper industry in the face of the new and digital media onslaught. This will easily take you  a couple of hours  to complete - make sure you put the time in. The article, Build The Wall, is available here on the Columbia Journalism Review website . Your tasks are as follows: Read the article in  full  and c reate a  blogpost  on your MEST3 Exam Blog called 'Build The Wall analysis'.  1) Summarise each section in  one sentence : Section 1 (To all of the bystanders reading this…) This part of the article reviews how consumers should pay for the content that newspapers and online articles provide so that the company could benefit and extensive journalism could be done.  Section 2 (Truth is, a halting movement towar
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