Friday, 28 March 2008
During the 1980s, a small number of publications failed in the view of many to observe the basic ethics of journalism. This reinforced a belief among many members of Parliament that the press council was not a sufficiently effective body. Some of them believed that it would be preferable to enact a law of privacy and right of reply as well as to set up a statutory press council wielding enforceable legal sanctions.In June 1990 Calcutt's report was published. Rather than suggesting new statutory controls, it recommended the setting up of a new press complaints comission in place of the Press council. This new comission would have 18months to demonstrate“that non-statutory self-regulation can be made to work effectively. This is a stiff test for the press. If it fails, we recommend that a statutory system for handling complaints should be introduced.”
fourth estate
The fourth estate is the press, one of the four estates proposed by Edmund Burke in the 18th Centuary (amongst parliament, religion and the courts) He said it is 'the most important estate of all'I think new media technology is mainly responsible for the decline of newspaper consumption. The fact that most news we want is available online at the touch of a button is one reason, another is that newspapers just dont have the same appeal as they once did. Before the rapid incline of digital technology, the only way for people to find out things such as weather, sport results etc was through a newspaper (teletext was present albeit limited) but now, all of this information is available online or on a 24hour satellite Tv station at will.Nick lacey says "maybe the internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate"?I believe this to mean that new media technologies such as internet and sattelite tv 'the new media' in general has come to replace 'the press' as the fourth estate in this modern age.
Thursday, 27 March 2008
terms
Digitality: Can be regulated on or off system which pulse through bytes. It is a new way of encoding information.
Interactivity – new ways of streaming information– compressing it through :- air (satellites), isdn cable (broadband) telephone cable, or cable cable enabling to send more than one form of data at once– Busiest on saturday morning as everyone uses it and only holds so much information– Can interact with each other– Can give and receive responses.
Hypertextuality– organisation in text– no longer linear– can jump from a-b to a-t– eg. difference from video to dvd– Able to jump from one text to another
Dispersal– how information is shared and communicated– increases the market
Vertuality– like iconography– how real something is– how representative it is– What is real?– Mimicking and representing the world
Convergence– technology merging into one new technology eg ipod with pictures– Relates to size.other aspects of technology to consider...
Audience – how does it use technology? How do they use it? Does it change the way they use it? Has it changed over time? Has it developed after consumer needs? Who has access to this information?
Regulation and control – is there any control over the technology we use? Who controls it? Should there be any control? Copyright? Is it realistically possible to control things? What impact is there on the government?
Ownership – who owns the technology? Does that make a difference? How do they compete?
Personalisation a characteristic of many NMTs is their ability to offer users a personalised experience. For example, Sky+ allows users to personalise their viewing schedule including the ability to pause live TV and automatically record their favourite programmes. Ipods and the Itunes store allow music to be more personalised than ever, with users enjoying the ability to buy just the tracks they want from an album and then listen to them anywhere.
Linear/ Non-Linear Linear experiences are those that move in a straight line from start to finish. Watching a film at the cinema is a very linear experience in that you start watching at the beginning of the film and and finish watching it when it ends. Interactive TV allows the audience to experience programmes in a number of ways by offering features such as an alternative voiceover, extra video footage or explanatory text. When used, each individual will have a unique experience of the programme depending on when he or she presses the red button. the viewing experience therefore can be described as non-linear.
Interactivity – new ways of streaming information– compressing it through :- air (satellites), isdn cable (broadband) telephone cable, or cable cable enabling to send more than one form of data at once– Busiest on saturday morning as everyone uses it and only holds so much information– Can interact with each other– Can give and receive responses.
Hypertextuality– organisation in text– no longer linear– can jump from a-b to a-t– eg. difference from video to dvd– Able to jump from one text to another
Dispersal– how information is shared and communicated– increases the market
Vertuality– like iconography– how real something is– how representative it is– What is real?– Mimicking and representing the world
Convergence– technology merging into one new technology eg ipod with pictures– Relates to size.other aspects of technology to consider...
Audience – how does it use technology? How do they use it? Does it change the way they use it? Has it changed over time? Has it developed after consumer needs? Who has access to this information?
Regulation and control – is there any control over the technology we use? Who controls it? Should there be any control? Copyright? Is it realistically possible to control things? What impact is there on the government?
Ownership – who owns the technology? Does that make a difference? How do they compete?
Personalisation a characteristic of many NMTs is their ability to offer users a personalised experience. For example, Sky+ allows users to personalise their viewing schedule including the ability to pause live TV and automatically record their favourite programmes. Ipods and the Itunes store allow music to be more personalised than ever, with users enjoying the ability to buy just the tracks they want from an album and then listen to them anywhere.
Linear/ Non-Linear Linear experiences are those that move in a straight line from start to finish. Watching a film at the cinema is a very linear experience in that you start watching at the beginning of the film and and finish watching it when it ends. Interactive TV allows the audience to experience programmes in a number of ways by offering features such as an alternative voiceover, extra video footage or explanatory text. When used, each individual will have a unique experience of the programme depending on when he or she presses the red button. the viewing experience therefore can be described as non-linear.
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