MASS MEDIA- JOURNALIST CONSTRIANTS 3

Question 1

financial cost

Answer 1

budget cost> decline in expensive forms of news reporting such as foreign affairs and investigative reporting. abc now faced budget cuts since gov froze the cost of tv license> only large scale things now reported and quantity over quality

Question 2

financial cost: Williams

Answer 2

journalism is now about digging up dirt of footballers and royals

Question 3

financial cost: Franklin

Answer 3

entertainment over info, we now have infotainment, it attracts large audiences so more advertising revenue, thus more profit. now lost been sensationalism and gossip, however guardian focus around facts

Question 4

pluralist- wc newspapers

Answer 4

news is created for audience, won’t buy if dont like.
wc news papers tend to respond to audience needs eg five news short snappy bullet lines as its aimed at young people (+ Bernstein speech codes lack intellectual dev/sun)

Question 5

pluralism: time of day

Answer 5

tv news change depending of the time of day, lunch time broadcast aimed at stay at home parents diff to 6pm (corporate job mc ends)

Question 6

time and space

Answer 6

diff news org have different space in papers or times on tv eg 2000 channel 4 1 hour and bbc 30 min
now: 24horus for bbl news and itv

Question 7

deadlines

Answer 7

their is a rolling system (24h) so can present news as it happens, have all up to date info - newspapers can’t do this, deadline around 10mp so they can print or distribute papers

Question 8

journalist ethics (pcc)

Answer 8

press complaints commission> voluntary code of conduct, not powerful enough to regulate repotting by journlast.
whilst commission set up by gov to regulate media , journalist dont always follow ethnic rules fo harassment of opp to reply

Question 9

journalist ethnics a02: phone hackling scandal

Answer 9

news of the world hacked into voice mails of Milly power after 2002 abudction> deleted message, invasion of privacy

Question 10

journalist ehtncis; levenson inquiry 2012

Answer 10

fines on news org investigation into ethnics> coalition gov refused to take on reccomnedations, set up own press watch dog- no one signed up to it

Question 11

news regulation: for

Answer 11

press abuses/tabolids
incentive paparazi invasions of privacy lead to mental health issues

Question 12

news regulation: against

Answer 12

free society means free press, self reg works
journalist should feel free to challenge or expose the powerful