unit 7 and 16 media prep

Task: Create a podcast, using your own original article. This podcast focuses on your creation and use of sound.  To prepare for this, listen to some podcasts in your own time. Sound within different media industries: Film - TO ENTERTAIN Tv programmes - TO EDUCATE/ENTERTAIN Computer games - TO EDUCATE/ENTERTAIN Animation - TO SELL/PROMOTE/ADVERTISE/EDUCATE/ENTERTAIN Audio visual advertisements - TO PROMOTE/ ADVERTISE Radio drama - TO ENTERTAIN How are sound elements used across media industries? Wild tracks - audio recording intended to synchronise with the video, but recored separately. recorded outside. Atmospheric sounds - also known as ambient sounds, refers to the background noise present at a given scene or location. Sound effects - these are artificially produced to emphasise content. Dialogue/ speech - conversation between two or more people/individual spoken words. Music - theme tunes, incidental music. How do these elements create different effe...

Definition: Press sub-editors, or subs, check the written text of newspapers, magazines or websites before they're published. They're responsible for ensuring the correct grammar, spelling, house style and tone of published work. Subs make sure that the copy is factually correct and suits its target market. They also lay out the story on the page, write headings and captions, and may be involved with overall page design. Like other journalism roles, sub-editing is demanding and requires constant attention to detail in a fast-paced working environment. Responsibilities: To be a good sub, you must be an all-rounder - you need to know media law, have a keen eye for detail and be able to put a story together with speed and style. Depending on the nature of your role, and the extent to which production and layout work falls within your remit, your tasks will typically involve: Editing copy, written by reporters or features writers, to remove spelling mistake and gra...

Sources:  Sources are vital too all news stories. Without research, journalists have no stories - and can leave themselves open to legal action. Usually, journalists will wait for information to be confirmed by two sources - unless that source is a witness or an authoritative provider of quantitative data ( like the government). Definers are used by journalists as key types of sources. Primary definers : These are individuals who have power, expert or academic knowledge and/or control whom news institutions use as a source of information to support an argument. Articles will often quote primary definers to add value to a point of view. Secondary definers : These are individuals, often the public, whom provide opinions. Public opinion is often quoted in articles aimed at a mass audience in order to convey a populist point of view. This sort of opinion can be gathered quickly on social media or online blogging sites and forums. Research methods :

IPSO: is the independent press standards organisation. Is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. They hold newspapers and magazines to accounts for their actions  protect individual rights  uphold high standards of journalism  help to maintain freedom of expression for the press IPSO took over from previous press regulator - the Press Complaints Commission - after the PCC was shut down following complaints about their poor handling of the News of The World's role in the 2011 phone hacking scandal.  IPSO provides a set of rules to regulate journalism and press standards in the UK - The Editors Code.  Some areas covered in The Editors Code: Accuracy  Privacy Harassment  Intrusion into grief or shock Reporting suicide  Children  Hospitals  Reporting of crime  Clandestine devices and subterfuge Victims of sexual assault  Discrimination  Financial journalism Co...

Two media theorists (Gatlung and Ruge) developed a system for classifying how 'news-worthy an event is" Frequency : negativity  unexpectedness unambiguity  personalisation meaningfulness reference to elite nations  Reference to elite persons:   conflict  consonance  continuity composition  competition predictability  time constraints  The language of this article portrays many frequencies. The unexpectedness in the title of the article suggests that the Uk experiences about 20-30 earthquakes minor each year. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS). A few hundred smaller ones are recorded by sensitive instruments. Similarly, this article was written to inform and educate the British population on unusual weather patterns.  The composition of this article was written under a time constraint as it is breaking news and had to be published in order to inform the world of a potentially deadly virus that w...

5Ws and 1H of journalism: W ho is the story about? This may be covered in more or less detail dependent on how important each person is to the story and how much the journalist can safely assume the reader already knows about each person. W hat has happened? Key details about the event. The level of detail here depends on the significance of the event, the level of the background/context needed to understand the event as well as how much the journalist can safely assume the reader already knows about each person. W here did the event take place? Could be as detailed as a street or vague as a country or even planet - largely decided on how familiar the journalist can safely assume the reader is with an area. W hen did the story happen? Breaking news needs to be broadcasted immediately to notify people, whereas general news can be released at any given time with no pressure that people need to know. W hy is the story significant? In what ways is the story significant to the rea...

Mode of address: simple means how a media text communicate with or addresses the audience. It is expressed in three words. Either direct or indirect  Either formal or informal  + A third adjective - another word to describe how the text talks to the audience. It might be aggressive, friendly, hostile, humorous, serious, sensationalist... or any other descriptive word.  Purpose: what is the intention of the story and how does that impact the structure? Is it to give overview of a story, to tackle it in depth, to give an opinion, to provide a balanced viewpoint, to introduce it? Audience: Who is the story for? particularly in terms of age, socio-economic group, interests and level of education? How does that impact the complexity, content and length of the story?  Context: What has happened previously in the story and around the key people in the story? Is it the beginning of a news arc (i.e the first event for example the reporting of a murder), the en...

We media is a way to begin to understand how ordinary citizens, empowered by digital technologies that connect knowledge throughout the globe, are contributing to and participating in their own truths, their own kind of news. The major example of this is citizen journalism. WIKINEWS:  the headlines are quite lengthy it can be edited by members of the public  free content news source  Citizen journalism: level 1: providing content for corporate/professional providers level 2: reporting events using open source platforms level 3: creating then reporting the news using open-source platforms to sway the opinion of or mobilise the public. Citizen journalism case study: HongKong riots The riots were filmed by protestors and by standers which were then uploaded onto western social media to show what was really going on. This first hand footage was used by news channels such as BBC to get a better understanding of the situation in Hong Kong without any room for ...

Ways news is distributed: hard copies  social media  dedicated news apps  radio  tv  Role of Gatekeeper : Is in charge of controlling, managing and transferring the knowledge. They have control over which news stories go to which newspapers. They decide what information should move to group or individual and what information should not.   Features of a traditional news company :  Owned by a large conglomerate Has many news subsidiaries, often specialising in as specific audience or geographic area  products available across a range of distribution platforms  clear political ideology. News Corp is a mass media company that operates in  How many types of media does it operate in? tv  internet  advertising  branding & tech  radio  news & magazines - digital and print  How many different countries does it operate in? Australia  Tasmania  Papua...

What types of news do you consume? BBC News  Radio news  Daily Mail via snapchat  The Guardian t Unit 7: Journalism & The News Industry 1. Research news genres, platforms and ownership  2. Analyse articles then research, plan, write and sub-edit your own 3. Evaluate article in terms of writing and regulation  Unit 8: Photography for Digital Media Products 1. Analyse work of professional photographers  2. Research, plan, consider legal.ethical issues and then take creative photos  3. Edit, organise, produce a portfolio of and evaluate photos  Serious reportage : 'proper' news which deals with serious issues that have significant consequences (genres include crime, politics, education, business). Dealt with in a serious tone by journalists. General interest : Less significant news, often more popular with mass audiences (genres include sports, arts & culture (music, film, tv) ,celebrity gossip). Often dealt with ...