P1: Explain the media market for different news providers Providers of the News
A lot of newspapers who used to be only papers now have an online presence as well to be more will the times and appeal to younger viewers. Citizen Journalists can only really be found online because it's easier for more people to connect and make opinions and have debates.
As Trinity Mirror is only based in the UK, I’m adding a separate map to where Trinity Mirror has its main newspapers and largest audience reach.
A video comparing The Daily Telegraph newspaper print and The Sun online and how they tell stories differently. The story I chose was the Oscar Pistorius case and his last court hearing before he was sentenced to only six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steencamp.
These aren't the exact links to the story that I was looking at however they give you the feel of each newspaper on the case and what they feel and well as the language each newspaper uses.
I included answers from various questions such as > Compare how the article is presented i.e. Words used, headline used, images used - do they tell the same story in the same way? 0:00 - 1:39 > Compare what each article trying to make you believe? 1:40 - 2:51 > Are the stories bias? What is their agenda they are trying to put across? 2:50 - 3:17 > Examine the same story in paper owned by the same company? Is the bias the same because it is owned by the same company? The difference between the two agendas and what they are trying to make you believe? 3:18 - 4:04
P2: Explain the media platforms used for News Distribution Media formats and Platforms
We Media - Twitter
News Provider - BBC News
News Provider - Daily Mail
Comparison of the we media site (Twitter) and the News Providers (BBC News and Daily Mail)
> Bias of the different providers (objective/subjective points of view) Firstly Twitter, there is going to be an awful lot of bias on twitter because it's numerous different opinions just shouted out from wherever possible. Twitter is a place where people express their views without consideration for any other sides of an argument or story. Also, Twitter is an instant platform, people throw tweets and opinions out on a subject without having time to mull over it and hear the full story before they throw biased comments. This is maybe different for a news provider because a news provider has to have that time to write the article so gather information in a concise way that leads to their final outcome. They also have more space to fully explain views and opinions and they are always being kept up with the latest developments. However, this doesn't mean that newspapers aren't biased in any way. Certain news providers are known for leaning towards one side of parliament so either right wing or left wing, this table shows which papers fall to which side if any
So as you can see the Daily Mail is conservative which means in some of their stories there could be biased leaning against labour party.
Bias in this story particularly was not that prominent because obviously there is no argument as to whether the act committed was in any way okay or worth fighting reason over because it was a horrific thing to do however, bias did come form people especially on Twitter putting down people of the Islamic faith saying that they are a threat to society and if one of them is dangerous, they are all dangerous. This is obviously untrue and biased because people don't see the other side of what they're saying/doing and how they are being extremely offensive. An example of this from the story would be this woman
This picture of a muslim woman was circulated round the internet with various people accusing her of not helping the victims because she was a muslim. They formed this opinion all on this picture alone with many people using sarky comments such as 'walk on by...' This is bias because without knowing the full story they assumed and pitted their opinion without thinking. The woman later released a statement saying she was horrified and shocked in knowing the picture had been circulated in such a way, she said that she had asked to help victims further down the bridge but there were already enough people tending to them and was calling her family members telling them she was okay.
> Media used to present the story (e.g. text, video, sound, images) The media used to present the story on Twitter as you can see were a lot of pictures and updates in short bursts (tweets) about what was going on. People also used videos of the aftermath of the attack and interviews taken from news websites. All the media help to convey the story because people can actually see whats going on. There was also information circulating about where not to go in terms of the areas which are blocked off and which roads to use instead when trying to get out of London.
On the news providers websites the media was about the same with many photos and videos being added to inform people more about the scale of the attack. Tweets from people were also shown on the news websites, this shows that in these sorts of stories, social media and news outlets can merge and things like tweets can be used to directly state certain people's opinions.
> What information was not included across some platforms? Certain information not included at the beginning when the news story fist broke were names of the victims and the offender this was because the news couldn't be certain yet who the victims were and didn't have permission to release the information. There isn't much information not included on Twitter because it is a social media site people to some degree can say what they want however, if something is offensive or is reported as a problem then Twitter themselves can take it down. > Look at the advantages and disadvantages of this type of distribution. Who do you think are the target audiences for these sites? Advantages of distribution on Twitter is that it is instant and news can break much faster on Twitter because anyone can put up a tweet and it get very big. Also, Twitter is worldwide and very much can, with the introduction of hashtags, become a community. For example, if you wanted to tweet or see tweets regarding the Westminster attacks, you can just search the hashtags associated with it at the time like #Prayforlondon or just #Westminsterattacks.
Daily Mail and BBC News may take a bit longer because an article has to be written for the information to get out however, the quality of information within the article is always more concise and truth worthy because the news providers have much better sources than just a bunch of people online.
I think the target audience for Twitter is quite a young demographic so probably around ages 15 - 30 and then some over that of course. I think this because it is a social media and they are much more prominently used by that younger age group also I feel that older people much more care about the facts and reading just an article and learning everything about a story instead of reading random updates or peoples opinions.
From this I then think the target audience for the Daily Mail would be older, so around 25 - 45 because the Daily Mail is tabloid so is read more frequently by younger people it is also seen as a 'womens' newspaper to some people because of the type of articles it chooses to convey such as fashion or celebrity branded articles.
Then BBC News is much more of a wider demographic because its language choice and appeal, although formal, is branded as being 'for everyone' and a real British company giving non- biased news so I would say quite a big age range like 30 - 60+ and both male and female readers as well.
M1: Compare and Contrast the benefits of using different media platforms