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AND IT ABILITY TO AFFECT EVENTS
Decrease
Technological problems
Trust
Internet rumours etc
Increasing lack of trust in mainstream
Fragmented
Contradictary information
Many more sources and opinions
Blogs
independent of mainstream
citizen journalists
Increase
More vivid presentation
more colour printing
Faster moving news
more opinions
Global news
learn more about the lives of others
Live reports from the scene
Greater emotional impact
Possible effects
changing public opinion
campaigns
public sympathy
amplification spiral
influence on riots
moral panic
public perceptions
Explain how the changes in technologychange the ability of the media to affectevents
Analyse how changes in technologyaffect the gathering and presentationof informaiton in different media
ability to
remote areas
transmit to
collect from
Speed of reporting
Satelite and cable
Increase in demand
Growth in IT
