NDM STORIES INDEX

NDM STORIES INDEX

1. 17/09/2015: Social Media Is Harming The Mental Health Of Teenagers.
2. 17/09/2015: Is It Safe To Turn Your Children Into YouTube Stars?
3. 27/09/2015: It’s time the media treated Muslims fairly
4. 27/09/2015: BBC apologises after suggesting partially deaf Tory MP had fallen asleep
5. 1/10/15: Netflix Create The "Netflix & Chill Button"
6. 1/10/15: UK mobile ad spend 'to overtake print and TV'
7. 8/10/15: The Great British Bake Off final gets biggest TV audience of the year
8. 8/10/15: Rupert Murdoch sorry for suggesting Obama isn't a ‘real black president’
9. 16/10/15: Sun website traffic slips by 14%
10. 16/10/15: Harrowing film recorded from inside the car reveals the last minutes of drug-drive friends who sped through the countryside at 90mph before crashing into a church and dying
11. 06/11/15: Ofcom is not currently equipped to regulate BBC, says trust director
12. 06/11/15: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 campaign verdict – is Call of Duty devouring itself?
13. 06/11/15 Facebook ads are about to get even more personal
14. 06/11/15 Playing video games doesn’t make you a better person. But that’s not the point
15. 06/11/15 Newspapers go on the hunt for a safe place to pay
16. 06/11/15 Can dropping the paywall and upping the story count boost Sun’s website?
17. 13/11/15 Sun website traffic recovers as Mirror slips back
18. 13/11/15 Why the Daily Mirror pulled its exclusive story on The Voice
19. 03/12/15 Is mobile making media all the same?
20. 07/12/15 Daily News: The News Says He's A Terrorist, But So Are These Guys...
21. 07/12/15 BBC3 TV channel to be switched off by February, BBC Trust confirms
22. 11/12/15 Just how big is Apple?
23. 11/12/15 Can broadcast TV match streaming’s big budget shows?
24. 14/12/15 Thinking machines: the skilled jobs that could be taken over by robots
25. 14/12/15 Why the Paris attacks got larger UK coverage than other tragedies
26. 14/12/15 YouTube tipped to strike licensing deals for TV shows and films
27. 14/12/15 Rise in UK web users blocking ads, research finds
28. 14/12/15 BBC to confirm it will extend 10pm news by 10 minutes
29. 14/12/15 What are Facebook and other social media doing about Donald Trump?
30. 14/12/15 Facebook rolls out live streaming video service

Thinking machines: the skilled jobs that could be taken over by robots

Machines cannot disrupt the world of art and music, where creativity flows direct from the soul, right? But if that is the case, then how did Tupac perform at the Coachella festival in 2012 – 16 years after his murder in Las Vegas? By way of a hologram, of course.

The rapper’s hologram was one of the most prominent examples of technology undercutting artists and performers, but it was by no means the first. Generative art, for instance, pushes the work of creation back a step. No longer are artists creating a specific music or painting: instead, they make a bot that can endlessly create, outproducing any human artist.

The notion of pilotless commercial airplanes would be horrific for most passengers and that is the main reason why we will not be seeing passenger-only excursions to Magaluf any time soon. But it is feasible. Any modern Airbus or Boeing aircraft can already be landed in thick fog without a pilot, while the advent of military drones underscores how pilotless flight has entered the geo-political mainstream. Will it enter the realm of commercial travel? Passengers, and of course regulators, are the main barrier.

Why the Paris attacks got larger UK coverage than other tragedies

They have pointed to the fact that last Thursday, 44 people died in suicide bombings in Beirut. In August, 67 people were killed by a truck bomb in Sadr City in north-eastern Iraq. In April, 147 people, most of them students, were shot dead at Garissa University in north-eastern Kenya.

All of these horrific incidents were reported by the British media. But they didn’t get much more than a newspaper headline and a couple of minutes on TV and radio bulletins.

Although the downing of the Russian plane in Sinai, in which 224 people perished, got a reasonable show in papers and on TV, neither it nor the other tragedies received the wall-to-wall coverage granted to the Paris attacks.

YouTube tipped to strike licensing deals for TV shows and films

YouTube is preparing to strike deals with Hollywood studios and television firms to bring films and TV shows to its YouTube Red subscription service.

The online video service is keen for its $9.99-a-month service to compete more directly with rivals such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, according to the Wall Street Journal.Its report suggests that YouTube is in the “early stages” of these talks, but that it hopes to commission original shows and films rather than simply license existing content.

Rise in UK web users blocking ads, research finds

More than 1.3m people have adopted technology that blocks online ads since June, with young people more likely to turn off intrusive pop-ups and videos

Though the rise is modest, it suggests dissatisfaction with ads is growing, especially among the young, with 35% of 18- to 24-year-olds saying they blocked ads, compared to just 15% of over 55s.

Though most of the coverage of ad blocking has focused on mobile devices, few are blocking ads on their smartphones: 4.1% now compared to 2.9% in June. Just 23% of people using ad blockers do so on their smartphones, compared to 71% who say they block ads on a laptop.

BBC to confirm it will extend 10pm news by 10 minutes

The BBC is to extend its 10pm news programme by 10 minutes, beginning in January, in a move which will increase regional and national news in its flagship bulletin.

The longer bulletin, which will run from Monday to Thursday, comes after a five-month trial in the run-up to the general election which proved popular with viewers, according to the BBC.

“Through research, our audience has told us that they want more from our evening news service. The format we first tried before the election allows audiences to see more regional stories and gives us the opportunity to get under the skin of the issues alongside content that reflects arts and culture in different parts of the UK.”

This hsows how social media and online news has not only created a decline in newspapers but also starting to kill TV news broadcasts.

What are Facebook and other social media doing about Donald Trump?

The US woke up on Friday to the news that Donald Trump was a full 20 percentage points ahead of Ted Cruz, his nearest rival, for the Republican nomination, and a good 16 percentage points higher than America’s top political analysts thought he would be.

Running on a platform of “making America great again”, his campaign has been noteworthy for Trump’s egregious widespread insults and total fabrications, on a gargantuan scale. The most recent of which was him claiming to have seen “thousands of Muslims” dancing in the streets of New Jersey after 9/11. No evidence exists of this, because it never happened.

Donald Trump has so far spent a mere $217,000 on broadcast advertising, compared to the eye-watering $28.9m spent by Jeb Bush, currently languishing at 3% of the poll compared with Trump’s 36%. Trump is allowing the evolved ecology of TV coverage and the new power of the social web do the work for him, live tweeting along the way.

When it is possible to remove all traces of a campaign claim which is completely untrue, and demonstrably so, by building verifiability into the algorithm, will social platforms and search engines go ahead and do it? 

What he meant was, should reporters report something even if they know it to be false?

Facebook rolls out live streaming video service

Facebook has begun rolling out a new feature on its social network which allows users to stream live video.

A select group of celebrities and high profile users have been able to use the service for several months.
Live streaming via mobile phones has become one of the big technology trends of the year, with Twitter-owned Periscope and Meerkat proving popular.
Last year, Amazon paid $1bn for live streaming game site Twitch.
Initially Facebook's live video feature will be available only to a small percentage of people in the US and will be limited to iPhones.
The tech giant said that "over time, the company plans to bring it to all users" but it did not give specific timescales.

NDM News Index:

1) Institution: the impact of Google on the newspaper industry
2) Audience and Institution: how news consumption has changed
3) The future of newspapers: Build The Wall analysis
4) The decline of newspapers: the effect of online technology
5) Citizen journalism: Media Magazine article and questions
6) News Values: theory and updating them for digital media landcape
7) Marxism & Pluralism: Media Magazine article and questions
8) Media Conference: notes from speakers
9) Marxism and Pluralism: views and values question
10) NDM Section B essay on blog - consumption and production question
11) Marxism and Pluralism: Alain de Botton on the news - lecture and questions
12) Globalisation: questions and blog task
13) Globalisation: Media Magazine - Google Glass, techno-panics and data mining
14) News on the Tweet report and questions
15) Audience and Institution article and questions
16) Institution case study: NDM and News Corporation

NDM: The key concepts of audience and institution

1) What was the relationship between audience and institution in the pre-digital age?
"In the past, this relationship was seen as a power relationship, where most of the power was in the hands of the institutions. This model was based on the idea that the audience was passive and received information from powerful institutions."

2) The article gives a lot of examples of major media institutions. Choose three examples from the article and summarise what the writer is saying about each of them.
Google, Netflix, Facebook.
Google now owns youtube, Netflix now produces its own TV shows & facebook bought oculus rift. Shows how these mass companies are continuing to expand and adapt making them much more globalised, it suggests that we will be consuming media from a smaller variety of institutions.
3) The article ends with a section on the digital age. Summarise this section in 50 words.
The article suggests how organisations have to adapt to survive, they are finding more and more creative ways to stay in the market but to also attract more audiences.survive. "It is clear that not all traditional media forms, outlets or institutions will be able to maintain their place in the media marketplace. As audiences reject traditional TV programming, newspapers and cinema exhibition."

4) How do YOU see the relationship between audience and institution in the future? Will audiences gain increasing power or will the major global media institutions hold sway?
I believe that institutions will always be most dominant between the relationship with audiences. As these companies start to become more and more wealthier, smaller companies on the rise give in as these big companies will buy them outright. I believe this will continue to happen in the future as companies like Google, Facebook & Apple are far too powerful in the industry.

Can broadcast TV match streaming’s big budget shows?

Netflix and Amazon can focus on blockbusters but others have schedules to fill.

“We have to provide something that is not normal telly – something that is going to surprise and delight our customers, and very often it’s different because it’s bigger,” says Chris Bird, film and TV strategy director for Amazon Video UK.

This article shows how new and digital media such as netflix and TV streaming has taken over TV as a whole. This is because they are making their own TV shows, which are different and unique. This is due to the high budgets they are spending on these TV shows, something broadcast tv isn't doing. This means that more and more TV viewers may be switching to Tv streaming as they are able to get exclusive, brand new TV shows that are actually very good. Good examples would be Narcos, House Of Cards & Better Call Saul.

Just how big is Apple?

How much cash has Apple got?

It had $194bn in cash reserves as of March 2015

How many iPhones does it sell?

It sold 47.5 million iPhones in the three months to June 27, 2015

What about iPads?

It sold 10.9 million iPads in the same period, down 18pc on the year before

How important is China to Apple?

Apple sales were worth $13.23bn in China in the second quarter of 2014-5

Does it still sell Macs?

Indeed, it does: 4.6 million of them in Q2 2015

Apple sales breakdown:

70%: iPhone

10%: Macs

9% iPad

9% services (such as iTunes)

2%: other products (iPod, Watch)

This table shows just how much people are continuing to grow into the new and digital era. Smartphones are now becoming a norm, this means loads more people are likely to become users of social media. Also, it shows how strong globalisation is, Apple sell so many iPhone that it is one of the leading smartphones on the market, if everyone has one it limits peoples choices down.

NDM case study: News on the Tweet

Why are respected news brands good news for Twitter?

Respected news brands are good news for twitter as many people search for breaking news via twitter, so if they wanted to find out about genuine, real news, trusted news brands like the BBC will only publish verified stories.

Why in turn is Twitter good for respected news brands?

As twitter connects everyone together, it allows for followers of these news brands to interact with institutions and allows intuitions to interact with their followers. It also allows for much more web hits as twitter only allows for 140 characters, meaning if users are intrigued in a story, they will have to click on the full article.

The report suggests that old and new media “are not, in fact, in direct competition, but often work extremely well together to enhance both the media eco-system and the consumer experience”. What evidence do they provide to support this idea? Do you agree with it?

The report says that newsbrand followers believe that twitter has allowed them to interact with news brands like never before, this means that twitter and the internet has helped traditional news as followers are more likely to read stories they may not have read in print, online.

On page 24/25 of the report, the focus turns to 'gossip' or 'banter'. What example tweets from journalists are used to illustrate this? 

Do you think the increasing amount of 'gossip' or 'banter' is harming the reputation of news and journalists?
This section adds some comedy and entertainment for news, it shows how news is evolving and adapting to new and digital media. They are aiming to get as much readers as possible, so by adding this section of tweets, it can bring a new audience. 

What does the report say about trust in Twitter and journalists (look at pages 34-39)?

62% of twitter users voted that news brands are the most trusted accounts when looking for news, they may not believe what other people have posted. Also, 69% of people voted that twitter has allowed viewers to interact with journalists like never before.

Finally, do you think new and digital media developments such as Twitter have had a positive or negative impact on traditional newspapers?
I think that twitter has still given a negative affect on traditional newspapers, this is because everyone has switched to new and digital media and traditional newspapers aren't making as much revenue.

BBC3 TV channel to be switched off by February, BBC Trust confirms

Corporation’s governing body rubber-stamps decision to move youth-oriented channel on line, but calls for more youth programming on BBC1 and BBC2

This article discusses how a popular youth channel, BBC Three is being shutdown and transformed to an online only show. The channel aired programmes like; Dont Tell The Bride, Family Guy, Top Gear, American Dad etc. This bites into new and digital media as the youth may not have time to watch TV any more, they are more likely to spend they're free time online, socialising with friends. Also, a high number of youth tend to watch theyre TV on their laptops, phones and tablets due to services like catch up TV and Netflix, therefore BBC three moving on-line could be a good move. This shows how large institutions are evolving to changes by new and digital media.

Daily News: The News Says He's A Terrorist, But So Are These Guys...

This front cover is important as its one of the first to give in to the amount of propaganda the news industry offers, it takes a different approach that other news outlets do as they put the word terrorist and Islam together with ease, but when someone that isn't Muslim or even Asian / middle eastern, they somehow suffer from mental health. News institutions are the ones that created islamophobia and have played a major role in getting people to believe in this. This article provided by the Daily News finally takes a different approach, this proves how the affect of cyber protesting on-line can change the way in which news create news, hopefully other will change.

MM47: Google Glass

1) Why was Google Glass controversial?
As moral panics started stirring up as the feature of being able to record what you see and share live instantly can allow for people to record other people without permission and in a way where people may not even know that they're being recorded. This can cause a problem with privacy and personal space. Secondly, it is possible that google may be able to see what we see, for example they could analyse what we look for in a supermarket & what we dont, then sending a bunch of marketing towards us.
2) What are the positive elements to Globalisation that the article highlights?
That google are able to connect people online & are growing to get more and more people access to the internet. Google? In a sense the world becomes more accessible, and people are enriched by getting to know and understand it better. Increased choice and opportunities empower people, while access to information can enhance not only the ability to make informed decisions but even the democratic process.

3) What are potential negatives to Globalisation?
Smaller companies have little, or no hope of making an impact on in the market as they wont be able to compete. This means that are choice is very limited by a limited number of companies who dominate the global market, and, in the main, only distribute the majority of the world’s wealth amongst themselves. Google is 15 featured on the FT500 list, eight out of the top ten of these are American owned.

4) What is a techno-panic? How does it link to moral panics?
A techno-panic is therefore a moral panic that centres on fears regarding specific contemporary technology or technological activity. Questions are forming that ask whether Google glass will begin to make people less engaged in conversations. This is because people may not know whether someone wearing glass will be paying attention to what is going on around them, it could be like trying to  talk to someone with headphones in.

5) What is your opinion on the privacy debate and major corporations being able to access large quantities of personal data?
I think that as corporations like Google still continue to grow and grow, it makes it a lot easier for us to grow our carbon footprint. This means that Google is more able to access our data and personal information, and in most cases, we never check long pages of terms and conditions so we may never know what Google do with this information. They can easily find out what we search, shop for, upload, email and even where we are going because of Google maps. In some cases, it may just be a moral panic due to conspiracy theories, but i guess we'll never know.

Is mobile making media all the same?

"As phones grow to become an overwhelming majority of traffic, content has become increasingly aimed at playing the numbers game"

The internet was meant to be an amazing engine for invention and diversification in media. With the barriers to entry toppling, anybody could become a publisher, and, thanks to the blog revolution, thousands of people did. In the mid-2000s, especially, the dream of web-based nanopublishing was alive and well: if “freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one,” as AJ Liebling famously said, then suddenly hundreds of millions of people had a printing press at their fingertips. Arianna Huffington, and her investors, made a small fortune from aggregating what those people had to say: “self expression is the new entertainment,” she said, and she wasn’t wrong. And then came smartphones.