Understanding the Media News
Produce and present a PowerPoint presentation, which explains ownership, history and technology of news consumption in the U.K. This will be assessed as part of Unit 7 Understanding the T.V and Film Industries and as part of your Key Skills Communication
Your PowerPoint has to be at least 12 slides. The first slides should focus on the beginning of news in the U.K and the last slides should focus on the future of news broadcasting look at:
Technologies
Research and present information about the history of T.V news when was the first news broadcast? Which channel broadcast this? Try to get a copy of the original news broadcast.
Now describe the progression of news consumption, find out some figures from BARB on popular news programmes. Conduct your own primary research find out how people gain their news is it from the TV, newspapers, internet? Summarise this research relate this to age, gender, educational background. What are the implications of this to the future of UK news?
Find out more information on how people gain their news. Look at new media, areas like citizen journalism and compare that to traditional news and describe it’s influence on how people get their news. Include information on internet news, mobile phone updates, radio, TV and newspapers
Ownership
Find out information on at least three news programs. One of these must be the BBC and another must be a non-U.K news broadcaster. Include information on their audience, demographics, content, style, time of broadcast and political allegiances.
Research key figures in news broadcasting, including Rupert Murdoch and Richard Desmond and the Scott Trust
Find out about the monopolies and mergers rules on TV companies and research the rules regarding ownership of media (1990 British Broadcasting Act)
Funding
Focus on the BBC and it’s news programmes. List as many news programmes that you can find that the BBC make. Include satellite, radio and TV news. Discuss how the BBC is funded. Give information about the BBC charter in particular its remit to be impartial. Discuss advertising rules, product placement rules, funding and censorship. Discuss the BBC links with the government
Now find information about FOX news, again list all the news programmes it makes. Discuss how Fox is funded. Give information about Fox’s political alliances. Discuss implications of this
Your conclusion should focus on the information you have discovered and the possible implications of ownership on content and style of the news as well as what you feel is the future of news in this country. Will it all be owned by one man? Will people access their news digitally in the future? Will their still be a role for the BBC in news production?
Brief Outcome : 7.1 Describe technologies ownership and funding in the television industry
Key Skills Outcome: C2.1a Take part in a group discussion
C2.1b Make a formal presentation of at least eight minutes using an image or other
support material
Hand in Date: Tuesday the 22nd September
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