Mass Media - New Media Flashcards
What is the percentage growth of households with computers between 2001/2 to 2007?
21% from 49% to 70%
How many households with the highest income have a home computer?
95%
How many households have a computer in lowest income groups?
35%
What did Negrine in 1994 say about new media?
That broadcasters fill their channels with cheap imported programmes which are constantly repeated, which actually reduces consumer choices.
What is user generated content?
Where people can upload stuff to the Internet like photos, blog, videos, etc.
What is it like to control new media content?
It is very difficult to regulate and control, especially in foreign digital channels.
Who can produce new media who could not before in the old media?
The consumers.
What term did Bowman and Willis coin in 2003?
The term citizen journalism - the public “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news and information” e.g taking photos of an event and uploading them to the internet.
What did Postmodernist Turkle in 1996 say about the internet?
That people can relate to a simulated virtual world as well as they can in real life.
What is ‘Convergence’?
When the old media takes advantage of the new media.
How as the old media taken advantage of the new media?
Old Media companies use the internet to advertise and market their products as well as sell their products online as both a ‘hard copy’ and a digital download.
Companies also form partnerships to form bigger companies.
How do broadcasters utilise new media?
They interact with their audience through social networking and microblogging sites.
How do news organisations utilise citizen journalism?
By asking them to send in their stories, photos and videos, causing it to become ‘collaborative journalism’.
