beginning of media

Question 1

what is media

Answer 1

predominant means of communication

Question 2

what is an example of technology communicating with mass audiences

Answer 2

social medias
radio
newspaper

Question 3

what are the characteristics of new media

Answer 3

“digital technology and the internet”

interactive digital technology
involves moving image
involves sound and screens
can involve user generated media content

Question 4

what are the characteristics of old media

Answer 4

communicated mass uniform messages in a one way, non interactive

Question 5

what is an example of new and old media

Answer 5

new- social media, tv

old- radio, newspaper

Question 6

what is a virtual community

Answer 6

a network of individuals who share information across an online community

Question 7

how does the old media exist in the new media

Answer 7

print media is slowing down, therefore newspapers can become online

Question 8

why may people be wary of the new media

Answer 8

child safety
hacking
scamming

Question 9

what are the 4 features of the new media

Answer 9

digitality
interactivity
hyper textuality
dispersal

Question 10

what are the two features of interactivity

Answer 10

participatory culture- media content is chosen by consumer

collective intelligence- can create buzz between users

Question 11

what is hypertextuality

Answer 11

web of connections between different parts of the media- everything is linked

Question 12

what is dispersal

Answer 12

when new media is adaptive to individual choices and less centralised

Question 13

why may users living rurally be non media users

Answer 13

they may have bad network

Question 13

what is digital underclass

Answer 13

people who cant access the new media/ internet therefore lack knowledge which is shared online

Question 13

What is “Boyle” statement on age differences with the new media

Answer 13

young generation have grown up with new media due to school and peers

Question 13

what is the statsistic of young peoples consumption of media

Answer 13

young people are 10x more likely to use media than those 55+

Question 13

what did ofcom find when regulating media

Answer 13

16-24:
spend more time online
own a smartphone
more aware of technology
see interenet as a past time

Question 14

what are the problems with getting news from the new media

Answer 14

unreliable/ unapproved sites
can expose to harmful uncensored content- damaging to young viewers
can contain dangerous links

Question 14

What is OFCOM

Answer 14

Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory system- regulates media

Question 14

why is it bad for 16-24 to be so reliant on the new media

Answer 14

can cause antisocial behaviour
can increase convictions of cybercrime for young people

Question 14

Jones- agrees with Boyle about age, however social class also impacts usage of new media.
Low social class people cant access media.
What are the disadvantages of not using the media

Answer 14

poor efficiency of money management- cant access online banking

don’t know latest news- politics, news, missed content

may become more suscpetible to to internet harm, as they arent familiar to dangers

Question 15

gender differences in new media “Li and Kirkup”

what did they discover between Chinese and British students

Answer 15

men are more likely to have positive attitude to internet
more confident in it
men are less likely to use it for studying