The media Flashcards

1
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Give 3 left wing newspapers

A

The Guardian
The Mirror
The independent

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2
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Give 3 right wing newspaper

A

The Times
The Telegraph
The Daily Mail

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3
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What are the 5 steps towards earning the public’s trust for a newspaper

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1.Provide evidence for your assertions
2.Beware of bad faith actors
3.Explain the decisions around the information you’re using
4.Tell a story people want to hear the end of
5.“be trustworthy”

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4
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Give the definition of an organisational or bureaucratic routine

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The processes in which news is collected may eventually lead to biases in what is being presented and reported

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5
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5 ways organisational routines are shown

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Source of news
Financial costs
Time or space available
Deadlines
Immediacy and actuality

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6
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What increases news-worthiness

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Extraordinariness
Threshold
Unambiguity
Reference to elite people
Personalisation
Negativity

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7
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Who own the Daily Telegraph

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The Barclay Brothers

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8
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What company oversees The Times, The Sun and the Sunday Times

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News Corporation - Owned by Rupert Murdoch

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9
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Who oversees the Daily Mail

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DMGT - Viscount Rothermere

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10
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Who owns the Independent

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Tony O’Reilly

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11
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Who owns the Daily Express

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Richard Desmond

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12
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What is citizen journalism

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the concept of members of the public “playing an active role in the process if collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news and information

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13
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What is the CPTPP

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The comprehensive and progressive agreement for Trans-Pacific partnership

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14
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Who are members of the CPTPP

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Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, UK

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15
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When did UK get accepted to join the CPTPP

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31st March 2023

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16
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What is a free trade agreement?

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A pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them

17
Q

Why is the CPTPP useful

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  • Harmonising regulations
  • Reduces tariffs
  • Labour rights
  • Environmental protections
  • State-owned enterprises
18
Q

What does MSM stand for?

A

Mainstream mass media

19
Q

How many daily newspapers are there in the UK?

A

104

20
Q

What are the big 6 media companies

A

General Electric
Walt Disney
News Corporation
Time Warner
Viacom
CBS

21
Q

Give the definition of a conglomerate

A

A large international organisation that owns a lot of companies in different media industries

22
Q

In terms of the media, what is the effects theory

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-The idea that the media can have an effect over its audience
-Thought of as what the media does to its audience

23
Q

What is the hypodermic needle theory

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The theory suggests that the media ‘inject’ its audience with its ideas like a passive patient rather than a critical and active consumer

The focus is on the fact that we don’t choose to believe certain things – the media chooses for us

24
Q

What does ofcom stand for and what is Ofcom?

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Office of Communications

  • Government approved authority that regulates UK communications, tv and radio stations
  • Promotes competition between the media
  • Handles complaints from the public about the media
25
Q

What does BBC stand for and when was it founded ?

A

British Broadcasting Corporation

1922

26
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What is the Human Rights Act 1998

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it allows the media greater freedom of expression to comment on matters of public interest and importance