M1
Analyse how changes in technologyaffect the gathering and presentationof informaiton in different media
Growth in IT
Increase in demand
Satelite and cable
Speed of reporting
ability to
collect from
transmit to
remote areas
AND IT ABILITY TO AFFECT EVENTS
Explain how the changes in technologychange the ability of the media to affectevents
Possible effects
public perceptions
moral panic
influence on riots
amplification spiral
public sympathy
changing public opinion
campaigns
Increase
Live reports from the scene
Greater emotional impact
Global news
learn more about the lives of others
Faster moving news
more opinions
More vivid presentation
more colour printing
Decrease
Blogs
citizen journalists
independent of mainstream
Fragmented
Many more sources and opinions
Contradictary information
Trust
Increasing lack of trust in mainstream
Internet rumours etc
Technological problems