Globalisation and news: blog tasks

Globalisation and news: blog tasks

1) Is our news influenced by American cultural imperialism? Give some examples arguing for or against this perspective.

In this day and age we are all influenced by the web. There is a lot of click bait content across the internet whether its from YouTube videos or online link sources. The reasoning behind the click bait sites and sources is to attract clicks and views on the piece of text. This results in the increase in revenue for the clicked- on site. An example would be a coverage from a few years ago of a Malaysian missing plane, this story cause a lot of news TV sources to cover this story and to put the word out there. The main reason they covered this story is because they saw that the site had a lot of views and shares so they shared it too. One might say that in the UK there is a less measure of scope like this, be that as it may it could be contended that specific news stories cover particular news stories in detail contrasted with some other that are on going.

2) Has the increased globalisation of news improved the audience experience? How? Why?

It can be contended that it has enhanced the gathering of people understanding as there is significantly more scope on stories from over the world, individuals are more inspired by different nations stories as alongside their because of the Americanisation of cultural imperialism.However this could be viewed as an ethical frenzy too. On the off chance that you give the case of the American decisions and how Trump moved toward becoming president, individuals via web-based networking media from everywhere throughout the world were whining about what kind of man had turned into the leader of the United States. Because of web-based social networking and news getting to be plainly accessible on the web, nearby news and daily papers have ceased to exist because of globalization. For instance, the Ealing paper.

3) Has globalisation benefited or damaged major news institutions? How? Why?

It has harmed news establishments. Institutions such as Google and Facebook have assumed control news foundations and their cash as individuals swing to Facebook and Google for their day by day news content as opposed to real TV/online news. it can be said that because of this is can likewise profit organisations as it is less demanding for them to give one story to their groups of consumers. For instance, the Guardian opened up offices and branches in Australia and America for live updates. Citizen J gives a-ton of free coverage for these organisations however it can be contended that specific subject news coverage can be controlled or staged.


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