L/O: To explore the nature and ownership of the news industry
Purpose of news: Inform, Entertain, Educate, Make money, Persuade
1)'News was not a spectator sport' what does Stephens means by this?
2)What developments 150yrs ago made it possible for people to make a business selling now?
3)We can now access news anywhere, form out own ideas and opinions and even contribute ourselves. Stephen says this is "mostly a wonderful thing". Why? Do you agree?
1) He means that before news people would just talk about it when they are just passing by each other instead of hundreds of newspapers.
2) Printing press machine. Telegraph enabled journalists in different countries to transfer news quickly.
3)This is because there is a lot of fake news. It lessened the gap between the professional media and 'normal' peoples news. This meant that you don't know if it's reliable and accurate.
News paper are not PSBs they are commercial publications which means that they don't need to follow certain rules that others such as the BBC needs to follow such as promoting a fake news.
Over three quarters (77.8%) of the British press is owned by a handful of billionaires. Over a quarter (27.3%) of the press is owned by Lord Rothmere and (24.9%) by Rupert Murdoch - between the two men they own 50% of the press.
Newspapers and their online publications are not legally obliged to provide and unbiased information service.
There are ethical and moral codes of press conduct but the printed press is self regulatory industry.
In the UK there are 3 ownership models:
Media Barons: one by wealthy individuals or proprietors
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.
Write a brief definition of what news is
News is information that is spread through companies that provides newspapers.
What are the disadvantages to news being a commercial industry?
The news can be biased because the only goal is to make money so the quality and the accuracy of the news can be bad. Fake news can be shared because they don't have to abide by certain laws that say they can't.
What are the advantages to news being a commercial industry.
Own opinions can be shared so readers can see multiple perspectives. More competitive, means that the newspapers will become cheaper and the quality will be better.
What are the disadvantages of newspapers/online newspapers being self-regulatory?
They can be biased. They create a lot of power for the owners.
What are the advantages of newspapers/online newspapers being self-regulatory?
Readers can see what the writers really think about a story.
Why is ownership important?
It's important because different opinions can be shared. Half of the newspapers are owned by 2 people so their concentrated opinions are influencing the news.
Fake news is news that has been made up.
You can check if the news is fake by seeing if other news outlets have posted about it.
There is the internet so the news companies can easily get the story out to a lot more people around the world.
Newspaper ownership, Funding and Regulation 13-3-20
L/O: To explore the impact of newspaper ownership, funding and regulation on the printed press
Tabloid: Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Sun, Metro,
Hybrid: The Sun, The Express, The Daily Mail
Broadsheet: The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, The Times,
Q1) ^Q2) Observer 1960s was a broadsheet newspaper.
Q3) Is is now still a broadsheet style however, the overall size has changed to a tabloid; swell as adapting a couple tabloid traits
How do newspapers make money?
-Ads
-Sales
-Sponsored content
-Endorsements
-Inserts
-Subscriptions
-Donations
-Paywall: have to pay to read the rest of paper
-Event & Other sales
How does media ownership contribute to news bias?
-Commercial advertising
-Personal political opinion of owner
-Business interests of owners/friends
-Profit newspapers are not psb news they are made to make money
Newspapers are not normally profitable, but are seen as a means of gaining political power.
Guardian and Observer are owned by Trusts. Set up in 1930 to protect newspaper from individuals bias agenda. Makes them neutral.
Political BIAS:
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