Ornela MEST 3 Exam

Build The Wall                                                       Article from the Economist on the future of newspapers 1) Do you agree with its view that it is ‘a cause for concern, but not for panic’? I personally agree to a certain extent as we are n ow moving into a age of technology where print is no longer necessary  due to the accessibility  that new digital  media allows us to have. 2) The article is 10 years old - an eternity in digital media terms. Have the writer's predictions come to pass? Use statistics from your Ofcom research to support or challenge the writer's argument. 3) The Economist suggests that high-quality journalism in the future will be backed by non-profit organisations rather than profit-seeking media corporations. Is there any evidence for this? How is the Guardian funded? What do major stories from the last year such as the Panama Papers suggest about how investigative journalism is conducted in the digital age? The article,

The New Day The New Day was a brand new newspaper launched by institution Trinity Mirror in 2016 - but it folded after just two months.           Media Magazine archive is here 1) What was the New Day trying to achieve?    to start a trend for audiences to download newspapers    2) List the key statistics on the first page: how many people buy newspapers in the UK? How has this declined in the last year? The  Independent was also launched in 1986  on 7 October, and continued  publishing until 26 March 2016, when  it folded (although its sister  publication, the i, remains, as does its  online presence). The European, founded in 1990 and lasting until  1998, was only published once a week. 3) What audience were the New Day trying to attract? The audience that New Day aim to target  were females and males aged 35-55. Due to these demographics, the publication were going for those who wanted a 'modern approach to news' as well as an unbiased one from a political sta

  Ofcom 2016 report on the consumption of news in the UK    Statistics- 69% of adults in 2016 watch TV in comparison to 48% who would use the internet. Only 6% of say to have use all four platforms of TV, radio, newspapers and the internet. Those aged 65+ are more likely than those aged 16-24 to use TV, newspapers and radio for news consumption, while the opposite is true for the internet/ apps.  Newspapers are used by 29% of people, not a significant decrease in 2015 where just 31% of people used newspapers to access news, which represents a decrease of nine percentage points since 2014 and 2013.   In 2015 41% said to have used the internet for news but this has increased in 2016 as it has raised to 48%   47% of those who use social media for news say they mostly get news stories through social media posts, compared to 30% in 2015. The most-used titles for news are: Daily Mail (26%), The Sun (22%), the Daily Mirror (11%), followed by 9% using each of the Metro, The Ti

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Stress and social media fuel mental health crisis among girls This article talks about the effects stress and social media have young teenagers which leads to mental health crisis. NHS data shows 68% rise in hospital admissions because of self-harm among girls under 17 in past decade Cases of self-poisoning among girls – ingesting pills, alcohol or other chemical substances – rose 50%, from 9,700 to 14,600 between 2005-06 and 2015-16.  Similarly, the number of girls treated in hospital after cutting themselves increased, from 600 to 2,400 over the same period, NHS Digital figures show. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  How the changing media is changing terrorism hanging media is changing terrorism This article talks about how the media is having an effect on terrorism. An example used is a 23 year old man who used his laptop to edit a 24 minute clip which included images