Newspapers, Section B Flashcards
What is the purpose of newspapers
To inform
To help voting decisions
Act as the fourth estate (to criticise and expose gov)
Make money/profit
Engines of social/political change
Sell audiences to advertisers
Bring their owners power/profit
To entertain
How are newspapers funded?
Sponsored content
Advertisement
Subscriptions
Cover price
Challenges facing newspapers financially
Young people
Energy and print costs
Audience engaging more with digital products
Lack of advertisers
What is News corp?
A US conglomerate that owns News UK
What does News UK own?
The Times
The Sunday times
The sun
The sun on Sunday
Wireless group: owns talksport, talk radio and virgin radio (licence from Richard Branson)
What does Reach Plc own?
Owns 130+ brand including:
The mirror
The Sunday mirror
The express
The daily star
Sunday people
What is a USP?
Unique selling point
What is corporate synergy?
When corporations interact with one another
What is digital convergence?
When you can access multiple media formats on one device
What is the editors code?
Descriptions should only be used when it is relevant to the story
Why is the editors code neccessary?
It helps to avoid the demonising or labelling of groups of reinforcing negative stereotyping
What is impress?
The official recognised regulatory body
How many newspapers are on this body?
200 because they follow all 92 of the recommendations made from the Levenson inquiry
What is IPSO?
Another regulatory body, not official as it doesn’t follow all the recommendations
Do newspapers have to join?
No it is optional
Who subscribes to IPSO?
The Daily Mirror and The Times
How do they become apart of one of these regulatory bodies?
They have to pay a fee
If someone has a complaint where should they go first?
Newspaper
Where do they go after that?
To the regulatory body
What do the regulatory body do when they receive a complaint?
If they feel the code has broken they will ask the paper to deal with it or investigate the issue themselves
What can the outcome be?
A complaint can either be upheld or the regulatory body will write to the complainant and say that no breach has been found
Censorship vs Regulation
Fine line between the two
Regulation could be seen as taking away from freedom of speech
Who is IPSO funded by and why might this be a problem?
Funded by the newspaper industry itself, which also sets the rules under which it operates
What are some challenges when it comes to online regulation?
No parental blocks, anyone can access any content
What is the problem of consistency?
A system with two regulatory bodies yet neither is compulsory
What are some global issues?
Different countries have different regulatory practices and now that papers are global they can be read wherever and by whoever
What is the fine if a paper breaches the rules?
£1 million
How many fines have been made since the creation of the IPSO?
None
Is Impress more reliable?
Yes they investigate a high proprotion of complaints than IPSO
What is impress’ focus?
Protecting vulnerable groups and ensuring responsible journalism
How is IMPRESS perceived as more independent?
It is not funded by the industry
What triggered the Levenson inquiry?
A 13 year old girl was murdered and her voicemails and texts were hacked and deleted
What newspaper did this?
News of the world
What would have happened it they had not done this?
There wouldn’t have been enough evidence for porsecution
What is the Leveson inquiry?
A review of the ethics and standards of the British press
How long did the court case last for?
9 months
How many people were called to give evidence?
300 people including David Cameron, Theresa May and Jk Rowling
What did they find?
That the press wasn’t protecting the citizens
What did they do?
Come up with 92 different recommendations
What were some of the recommendations
Newspapers need to be regulated by aboard of people, not connected to any newspaper
What does “in the public interest” mean
If the newspaper deems something to be in the public interest then its okay to breach someones privacy and publish it
