Communications in the Modern World - Literature Review.
Communications in the Modern World - Literature Review Daniel Kaye News News in the twenty-first century takes many forms and is presented through a diverse range of mediums. This is mainly due to the huge leaps made in technological advances, from the steam press of the early eighteen hundreds to the present day where we see mobile text message news alerts and twenty-four hour televised and online news services such as Sky News and Reuters.com. News may be more readily accessible than ever nowadays, but there are many other factors that affect news. News has its own culture, ideology, and ethical principals. It is a form of media that appeals to a mass varied audience and therefore must always be concerned with viewers, listeners or readers. The primary concern of news is the initial reporting of pure fact; this then lays the foundations for additional features to be added. "Media Making" is a text that deals with a wide variety of problems and issues raised in the modern day media. It is different from other texts due to its examination of major media as a whole instead of as newspapers, film, television, radio and magazines. "Media Making" approaches the transfer of information in a dynamic, though sometimes ordinary, way. The content is primarily formal, however it is organised in a well paragraphed easy to read manner and includes many examples that the audience can
According to research, women journalists battle both for jobs and to be taken seriously. How (if at all) has this picture changed over the last few years and if it has, in what ways?
According to research, women journalists battle both for jobs and to be taken seriously. How (if at all) has this picture changed over the last few years and if it has, in what ways? Since 1975 and the introduction of second wave feminism, the world has been exposed to a major change with respect to the positions which women hold in society. Where the kitchen was once deemed the only place where a woman could reside and wile her days away, this has subsequently been replaced by, the once exclusively male dominated domain of, 'the office'. Changes in the social, economical, political, sexual and cultural powers which stood between men and women have shifted and now it appears that women can take on and even control previously male dominated industries. The media industry is no exception to this change. However, it did not give in quite so easily to the empowerment of women as other sectors, and it appears that problems still exist within the workplaces of this industry today. After the civil rights struggle and anti-war movement of the 1960s, women were able to find careers in many areas, here, specifically, journalism. While they were given jobs it appeared to be not because of their talents, but more due to the necessity to show that the industry was neither bias nor sexist. Before the changes listed above, reporting on the news was seen as being a job directed at males.
Media control - Something to tame the bewildered herd?
25/01/2002 Composition III Shane Denson Monday, 11-13 Maja Szydlowska Media control - Something to tame the bewildered herd? The events of September 11th have left an undeniable scar on our minds. No other event in the recent decades has found regard in the media to such extent as the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. According to the news, Bin Laden is the most hated man in the world, and the US army moves heaven and earth to find him and to finally settle up with him. But are the means used for this purpose really appropriate? And are we really well informed about what is going on in Afghanistan and in the rest of the world or do we have to simply believe that what we are told is true? In his pamphlet "Media control: the spectacular achievements of propaganda" Noam Chomsky argues that we live in a spectator democracy, controlled by an elite who manipulates media in order to create a special view of reality. As a consequence, the people living in this fake democracy will not get to know the truth about state affairs and political decisions. The media, which should properly inform the population and honestly present all details or at least both sides of a story, is controlled by trained members of the elite and used for means of propaganda. The reason for upholding such a democracy is the view that the mass of people is not intelligent enough to decide on
Media Analysis of: Train rape horror of student, 18.
Media Analysis of TRAIN RAPE HORROR OF STUDENT, 18 By Clive Crickmer Samantha Armstrong Crime Punishment Media and Society BA Humanities Media and Society Media Analysis For the purpose of the media analysis I have chosen to review an article based on the fundamental characteristics of crime reporting that have been reviewed within the first section of this course. The article is a report on a severe crime, rape, that carries with it not only the act of the sexual violence, but the gender and social boundaries that have been broken when a person violates another person. In this case the rape has been by a total stranger on a young girl. The article is headlined "Train Rape Horror of Student, 18" written by Clive Crickmer for the Mirror, February 25,1999. Within the analysis I will describe the visual layout of the article, by this I mean the position, page number, size and shared texts that are on the page along side the report. The layout and positioning are important as they reflect the attitude of the paper towards the crime. Within the text itself I will attempt to relate the paragraphs of the text to the guidelines that S.Chibnall1 theorised for the reporting of crime in journalism. The key aspects of these 'professional imperatives' are eight implicit guides that construct a news story, these are: . Immediacy (speed/the present) 2. Dramatisation
Semiological Analysis.
Reading Media Texts Assignment One Semiological Analysis Advertisements are created to sell a particular product. Those come across an advert could find the product appealing and immediately go out and buy it, or quickly skim over the page taking no notice at all. However, in this course, we have to do more than simply skim over media texts. Through studies we know adverts are culturally constructed in ways to provide meaning to the reader. These meanings are often a result of semiotics, which comes from the Greek word semeion, which means sign. This essay will be analysing the use of semiotics in advertisements and their associated meanings. The advertisement for a Venus shaver from Gillette was taken from the February 2004 issue of Cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan is read predominantly by females and therefore the major target audience for this magazine are young aspiring women from the ages over 18, anywhere to 30-year-old women. The target audience for the Venus shaver advertisement however is aimed at women in their twenties hence the age representation of the women displayed in the advertisement. To deconstruct an advertisement in order to uncover the hidden meanings and signs we need to consider denotation and connotation. These are two of the most important in semiotic analysis. Denotation and connotation refer to the first and second level of a meaning in a sign.
Print Media Analysis of 'Zoo' Magazine.
Print Media Analysis of 'Zoo' Magazine 'Zoo Weekly' magazine was first published in January 2004, around about the same time as it's rival, 'Nuts'. These two magazines saw the introduction of the weekly 'lad's mag', as opposed to the monthly magazines, such as FHM and Loaded. It is competitively priced as opposed to the monthly's, costing only £1.20 as opposed to Loaded for example, which costs £3.20. "They're normal blokes who mostly read a red top paper and probably a men's monthly from time to time. They drink beer, go to the pub, and watch football. They are relatively high spender's vs retail indexes in clothes, media, and home electronics" ("Zoo Weekly" portfolio on HYPERLINK "http://www.emapadvertising.com" www.emapadvertising.com) Zoo's readership is ABC1C2 16-30 year old men, with a median age of 24. The content of the magazine reflects this. A news section covers topics of news for men with an interesting spin and some features give a more in depth view about around girls, crime, conspiracy, and sport. It has everything a man in their outlined readership would want to read about. There are various similarities to tabloid newspapers such as The Sun and The Daily Star, readers of which would also be the main readership of Zoo magazine. For example there is a lot of emphasis on girls that men of 16-30 would lust after. Nuts magazine places
Media - "A newspaper is an institution, a reader is a person."
"A newspaper is an institution, a reader is a person." Roger Fowler1 The language used by the newspapers has undergone a substantial metamorphosis in recent times. In an increasingly competitive market the papers have been forced to go new ways in the fight for the readers, and in this essay I will try to identify some of the changes incurred by this, and also explain why the papers have felt the need to implement these changes. The most visible way in which the language has changed, is the increased usage of simulated conversation. This is most easily seen in tabloids, and that is why I have chosen to use a text from the Sun to help illustrate the points that I make during this essay. However, as this text will just be used for reference, I do not intend to analyse it properly. After that, I plan to look at how the broad-sheets have altered the ways in which they address their readers. REMOVING THE STIGMA OF INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE Newspapers have one great disadvantage : they are written, institutional discourse, as opposed to the conversational discourse we are most familiar with. To many, especially lesser educated people, this might have connotations considered undesirable by the papers. Writing is easily related to institutions, and bad experiences with institutions, examples of such being the civil service, housing agencies, and schools, are, unfortunately, a
Can journalism be objective?
Can journalism be objective? This is a very complicated question to answer because there are so many opinions regarding this issue. Some people believe that humans can not be objective so journalism will never be objective. Others are saying that the goal of journalism is not for the reporter to be objective, but for the process to be. If a reporter is truly to be objective, then news would be boring because each and every common fact would be reported as news. It is always good when some of the journalists are trying to be objective. Motivation is the key factor in order for a journalist to succeed his goal. Journalism is not necessary to be entirely objective thus; problems could be arising when there is a disturbance of the balance. Moving on, the rise and fall of objectivity plays a big role on history of journalism. A, lot of arguments made on these questions and lot of answers found. The main opinion is that journalists can not be trusted whether they are saying the truth or not. Historical speaking and based on the following, journalistic objectivity was known through three key points. Allan (1997) states that the emergence of the bourgeois public sphere in the eighteenth century, the development of the mass-circulation press as a business in the late nineteenth century and the institutionalization of professional norms of objectivity and impartiality in newspaper
Centre of academic writing
Name - Trishna Barodia SID - 2431299 Module Leader - Dr. Mary Deane Coventry University A100CAW Assignment Brief: Write a reflective commentary about your personal writing process with reference to a particular assignment you are undertaking as part of your degree programme. Identify what you do at each stage of the process and explain how you could improve by drawing on at least two sources or study guides. The word limit is 1,000 words. Consult the CU Marking Criteria for further guidance (see page 8 of your Module Guide). The process of writing inevitably leads to a reformulation, added clarity and ideas for further analysis (Miles and Huberman1994).The assignment I have chosen to analyse is from the level 1 module named PDP (Personality Development Planning) which is writing a weekly journal diary or blog about the content covered on the course on a week by week basis. This is a reflective writing consisting of the how the material from the course informed or annotated is helpful. In writing an assignment I always start with planning the whole layout and write the key points to elaborate later. I do find a bit difficulty to connect the ideas which have come across but I want my assignment to be very organised and presentable. I very well know what has to be written but putting them down in words becomes a task for me. In writing an assignment I often start
Mobile usage between Japanese and Australian Youngsters
USES OF MOBILE PHONE IN JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIAN YOUNG PEOPLE Uses of Mobile phone in Japanese And Australian young people . Introduction The condition is obvious since telecommunication becomes one industry that experiences fast develpoment in technology that shapes how consumers use technology to communicate with their friends and relativies. If in 80's, they only relied on voice communication, in 21st century, they can communicate one another via video call/conferencing. However, all advanced technology is useless if carriers or operators cannot employ the benefits of the technology to serve the market. In order to serve the market well, a carrier should understand what the customers want and needs. This condition also becomes a challenge for a telecommunication company. As each particular individual has a different need on using telecommunication services, therefore, two different countries will have different uses of using mobile phones. Concerning this issue, we will discuss how Japan and Australia differs when it comes to their mobile phone usage. This would focus particularly to young people who are more prone with this latest technological development. Prior to the comparing of two countries in terms of usage of mobile phones among the youth, this paper will elaborate the recent development of mobile phone industry and its significance in global media,