Jordy Blake gsce media : News

Thursday 14th March 2019

What is news?

The purpose of news

to inform
educate
make money
entertain
influence/ persuade

Fake new is stories that people have created to trick people into believing them.

1. News was spread around by people.
2.printing press
3.

Monday 18th March 2019

History of the news industry

LO: critically evaluate the impact of technology in the newspaper industry.

News is stuff thats happened somewhere and is being told to other people in the world. you can listen to news through Radio and tv. You can also read about news online and in newspaper.

Disadvantages of the news being a commercial industry:

Money is more important to them then their audience.
They go with story that will sell.

Advantages

They get the latest news quickly

Brief context of news:

Impact of technology with the printing press - newspapers first produced in Germany in the 1600s the first being printed was in 1605.

Q1. I don't think newspaper will survive the next 20 years. For them to keep making money

Q2.

Monday 25th March

1960s news paper case studies.

LO: critically evaluate the impact of social, cultural, political and historic contexts on newspapers. ( 1960s )

LO: identify examples of 1960s political segmentations.

Differences between Tabloid and Broadsheet Newspapers.

Tabloids are less formal and have more pictures. Tabloids offer news as entertainment. They give news about celebrities and less serious news.

Broadsheets are more formal and produce more serious news. Broadsheets use very little pictures and less headlines.

Newspapers in the 1960s was threatened by TV. They could watch the news instead of buying and reading a newspaper.

Sunday newspaper circulation figures had dropped by 30%.