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What difference has the internet made to media consumption and production? 

Refer to at least two media sectors in your answer.

'So at CERN before the web they would be systems you'd have to connect to completely separately you wouldn't be able to really bring up the information from one thing at the same time as the other'

Before the web, people were unable to find the information as quickly and as a platform for information to be readily available. This has made media consumption easier to digest for audiences as it is easily accessible and available for audiences. People can now access particular themes and stories and this has led to the internet putting a positive spin on the media; allowing it to be easier for people to access the media. 

User Generated content, described like a mass amateurisation of culture has allowed people to be seen and heard as well as being able to have the access to create and distribute material on their own and in addition to this, they can be their own producers of the internet through citizen journalism and websites such as wikipedia and youtube.

The internet can be described as the 'stage' with the users as 'performers' being abel to create their own content, therefore the internet has changed consumption and production for the better - people are able to have their own freedom of speech and creativity, however there does need to be some gatekeeping and editors as freedom of speech can be taken too far and this could in turn, reduce the quality of the internet.

music video and magazine analysis

definitions

Aggregators – collects information eg. Online – headlines can be collected for a website

Blogs – a personal website/weblog/journal on the internet

Pagerank – a google patented method to measure page importance o relevance. Ranges from 0-10

XFN – a way to add metadata to links suggesting the relationship with that link (friend, co-worker, relative e.t.c) - XHTML

Folksonomy – a group/website that organises information into categories

Participation – to become involved/to share

Sharing – joint use of a resource or space to swap or provie information

Videocasting – video podcast is a term used for the online delivery of a video

Podcasting - audio programme that is broadcasted over the internet. Can be downloaded in some cases

Recommendation – the best idea/solution e.t.c of something

Audio – a sound

IM – instant messaging – allows people to talk electronically on the internet

Video – motion picture

Collaboration –2 or more people/systems coming together

Convegence – different systems coming together

Social Software -software/web service that allows people to communicate and collaborate while using the application

Wikinomics

A book by Don Tapscott and Antony Williams published in 2006

Peering - free sharing of material on the internet. EG. Music put on social networking websites such as myspace by bands so people can listen to them. But people can take the music and convert it to mp3 files on websites such as zamzar.co.uk

Free Creativity - The public can take files and remix them EG. Remix music and upload on a video on youtube

Media is democratised - EG. Ohmynews in South Korea for citizens to collect news, information and opinions that matter to them - gives them a free right of speech

Web 2.0 makes thinking globally inevitable - virtual space for discussion EG. Wikipedia/music forums/news website comments

Companies that do not use web 2.0 are not as popular - EG.

List of important words

Convergence - different technology systems come together

eg. Online news - written text (journalism), audio and video coming together

Red button on the TV

Web 2.0 - web development and web design and improves communication

Public Sphere - a virtual community where people can come together to discuss interests, news, events or information. eg. forums / comments on newspaper websites + music websites

Online Journalism - reporting of facts and information that is distributed on the Internet

Citizen Journalism - members of the public engage in journalism; 'participatory journalism'.

eg. Wikipedia

Social Networking - interaction between people online eg. facebook

Interactivity - public acting with each other/responding to users

Accessibility- Able to access easier

Interview of news consumption

Questions:

1. How often do you watch the news on TV?
2. How often do you read the news in a newspaper?
3. How often do you read the news online? eg. BBC News
4. Do you prefer to watch the news on TV, read it online or read it in a newspaper?
5. What type of news stories do you expect to read in newspapers?
6. What type of news stories do you expect to read online?
7. Do you ever use your phone to access a news website?
8. Do you watch/read a lot of news on the subject of politics?

Interview Answers

• People tend to watch the news either everyday or every couple of days a week
• The majority of the people i asked read the news in a newspaper everyday (5 out of 7)
• I received a variety of answers for how often people read the news online; my answers varies from twice a week, twice a day, every now and then and once a week. Another answer i received was if there is homework needing to be done for example; politics homework and coursework, this will most apply to students.
• 5 out of the 7 people i asked said they would prefer to read news in newspapers because it s the most updated way of receiving information. 2 out of the 7 people said they prefer watching it on TV.
• In newspapers, all of my interviewees expected to read about politics and current affairs. In addition to this, some mentioned sport.
• Online, people expected and read the same but also find more stories an topics on entertainment, celebrities and sport when online websites such as BBC.
• 2 out of my 7 people said they use their phone to access news websites every now and then. The other 5 said they didn't because of their phone model; they are not able to access the Internet or news sites
• 4 out of the 7 said they don't watch politics news, in this, one said they watch if it is on the news on TV but do not make a special effort to watch it. The others i asked said that they watch the politics news; all of these are politic students and therefore either watch it as it interests them or because they need it for homework or class discussion background knowledge.

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