News

6/3/20                                                             What is news?

L/O: To explore the nature and ownership of the news industry.



What is the purpose of the news?

Inform
Educate
Entertain
Profit
Influence/persuade

Stephens 

News was not spectators sport

We can now access news anywhere which is a 'wonderful thing'

printing press was created

The gap between the professionals and other people got smaller, but wasn't always a good thing as news could be lower quality.

Media Barons - owned by wealthy individuals or proprieties. e.g Rupert Murdoch

Trusts - a legal arrangement that transfers funds from the owner to a 'trustee' to manage and control the running of the paper.

Cross-media converged conglomerates - global institutions that own numerous media outlets. 

1. The news is there to inform, educate , entertain, profit and persuade people.

2. A disadvantage to a news being a commercial industry is that

3. The advantages to news being a commercial industry is that it helps the economy

fake news is something that isnt real.

By searching up the news

Because more people have availability to the internet

13/03/20                        Newspaper Ownership, Funding and regulation

LO: To explore the impact of newspaper ownership, funding and regulation on the printed press.

Tabloid - the sun , daily mirror.

Broadsheet -  financial times, the independent, daily telegraph, the times.

Hybrid - the guardian, the express, daily mail.

How do newspapers make money?

Circulation

Advertising

Paywalls and membership

Events and other sales 

Sponsored content

• Rupert Murdoch (owner of News International)
• Richard Desmond (who was the owner of the Express)
• Viscount Rothermere (owner of of the Mail)...
• and the two Barclay Brothers (owners of the Telegraph)

how does media ownership contribute to news bias?

 Commercial advertising ties

Political opinion of owner 

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