MEST 3 EXAM BLOG

The development of new/digital media means the audience is more powerful in terms of consumption and production. Discuss the arguments for and against this view. Things to discuss: ·          Marxist and pluralist view ·          Hegemony ·          Citizen journalism ·          Pay-walls and decline in newspaper industry ·          Social media platforms such as Google Over the years, the technological advancement in society has changed the way audiences consume the everyday media. Those changes have fundamentally altered the relationship between audiences and institutions in terms of the production and consumption of media products. Through my case study on the impact of new and digital media on the news industry, there are undoubtedly many examples of how audiences have ...

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 som...

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609592/digital-pills-track-how-patients-use-opioids/ The problem of nonadherence to medication instructions causes about 125,000 deaths a year and at least 10 percent of hospitalizations,  according to one estimate . Chai says being able to detect a pattern in how patients are taking pills can help physicians intervene if there’s a change in that pattern: if patients are taking more pills, for example, or taking them before they go to bed at night, the most dangerous time to take opioids. Boyer and Chai tried out the technology on 15 patients who were admitted to the emergency room at Brigham and Women’s for bone fractures and were prescribed oxycodone, a type of opioid. Review: I think this is a technological advances in terms of health care and medical reasons. In my opinion for every good thing there is a bad thing so I think there will be some people mentioning ethical reasons to not take this medication. However, in today's soc...

http://www.straitstimes.com/business/root-for-the-tech-behind-bitcoin The advancement in technology has allowed bitcoin to reach uncharted territory in the world of finance. It has allowed people to approach purchasing items in a whole new way. The rate in which people are using bitcoin is constantly growing; the new way of transactions has allowed a prosperous future to develop. for example, bitcoin plunged 31 per cent at one point in September and again 10 per cent last month, only to regain all losses and more in just a couple of days.  Bitcoin was first launched in 2009, and more than a thousand digital currencies are in existence today with an aggregate value north of US$300 billion (S$404 billion). The amount of economic value created could be as high as US$ 300 to US$400 billion globally by 2027, according to UBS estimates.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/03/21st-century-fox-restarts-talks-for-possible-sale-to-walt-disney 21st Century Fox 'restarts talks' for possible sale to Walt Disney  The £11.7bn ($15.41bn) deal has run foul of  regulator concerns  about media plurality in the UK and the Murdochs’ commitment to broadcasting standards. That followed a review by Ofcom, the UK media watchdog, raised  “significant concerns” over the two options for solving media plurality issues, known as behavioural and structural remedies Talks between Fox and Disney were first revealed early last month, when  US news channel CNBC said  Fox managers believed the company could not gain the size needed to compete with Amazon, Netflix and other major competitors. It said talks had come to a halt. Review: The Murdochs hold on today's media is at a great level where news stories that trending around the world have a high chance of being altered by the Murdochs. S...