Vine shifts from comedy clips to a valid journalistic tool

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/23/vine-comedy-clips-journalistic-tool-alex-thomson

the articles looks at how vines have been use in order to provide information to audiences an example is of  a man who took him wife to the hospital which was 5 miles away. traditional news would have interviews the man and would have shown the people involved as well the hospital however thin the vine the man was shown with his wife on the floor and a long pathway in order for emphasis of the distance. This is an exmaple of how news is change through the life of social media but also the idea that audience want information quickly and no longer care/have time to hear all the information.

Facebook accused of failing to flag extremist messages by Lee Rigby's killer

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2014/nov/25/lee-rigby-woolwich-inquiry-report-published-live-coverage

the articles is an example of how new and digital media need to be monitored and regulated, to ensure that it does not create issues. the article is a prime example of how social networking sites failing to monitor comments but also not passing on informational which could have prevented the death of Lee Rigby. MI5 and GCHQ have been in touch with Facebook with allegations over vital information that should have been passed on to the relevant authorities.

NDM Question

Developments in new/digital media mean that audiences can now have access to a greater variety of views and values. To what extent are audiences empowered by these developments?

Audiences are dis-empowered by the likes of YouTube as content creators such as pewda pie who has controlled and regulated the comment that are made on his video. He has the ability to be able to delete comments or to even block all comments from being made which is what he did. This therefore is an example of how YouTube have given an illusion that the audience have power however this is not true.

Audiences are empowered by user generated content for instance the Nina Gross who has tweeted as BBC question time for talking about the Alice gross story in a political aspect. Nine then tweeted stating for BBC to leave her family alone and allow them to be able to grieve without creating more drama and using the death as a gain in order to change or introduce new changes. BBC then later apologised.

Audience are empowered through social media, networking, blogging and forums as it allows audience to be able to give their own view and opinion on what they feel about a certain topic.an example of this is in regards to family guy during the kill of the dog( Brian) which shows how audiences have power over audiences.  This allows audiences to have their own views and opinions which relates to pluralism.

Audiences are dis-empowered through music streaming services such as Spotify, as people like Taylor swift has taken her music of form the streaming service. This links to Marxism as Spotify want to control what audiences are listening to but Taylor Swift has taken her music away therefore is limiting the control that spotify have therefore are showing that the power does not lie in big powerful companies. 

social media monitoring

https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/5-tools-storyful-recommends-for-social-media-monitoring-and-verification/s2/a563015/

the articles talks about how social media post can be verified in order to identify the validity of it, Facebook have launched a new service last years which allows journalists to be able to find an expert in a particular area or somebody 'on the ground' where a story is breaking.

for instance:
"If a tornado sweeps through the Midwest and you want to find people or pictures or videos there, you can search for people near the name of the town, or videos posted recently near the town," he explained.

Jennifer Lawrence: 'I will never get Twitter. The internet has scorned me'

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/12/jennifer-lawrence-twitter-internet-hunger-games

the articles talks about why Jennifer Lawrence would never get twitter she believe that social media is a negative tool an that it used in for people who want to advertise that they did like fighting with someone.

After Grimshaw commented that this was the most serious answer any of the cast members had given all interview, Lawrence said:

“I had that one locked and loaded … it’s because the internet has scorned so much that I feel like it’s like, that girl in high school, that I’m like: ‘oh you wanna talk about her? Yeah I’ll do that. I’m gonna take my hoops off, I’m ready to go’.”

the quote that i have taken shows that the nude leaks of Jennifer Lawrence has affected her drastically and therefore does not feel that social media is for. she also states that the leaked images is a "sex crime"

“It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these web sites are responsible. Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. 

“It’s so beyond me. I just can’t imagine being that detached from humanity. I can’t imagine being that thoughtless and careless and so empty inside”

in my opinion i do believe that there does needs to be stricter rules in place and more protection is due to people who have been exploited that has lead for them to be scared and therefore no longer want to be part of social networking. 

Marxism, Pluralism and Hegemony

1) Research the Ian Tomlinson case. What would the traditional, hegemonic view of the police be in a case like this? How did new and digital media create a different story? What does the police officer's subsequent aquittal suggest about the power of new and digital media?

the traditional view would be the police are seen as superior and that they completely right, and have more control and power over the public. the authority and procedures the police enforced are not questioned and traditionally have been accepted until now. new and digital media have questioned that how Ian Tomlinson was a threat by walking away with his hands in his pocket. Ian was striked in the leg and then was pushed on to the floor, the dog handler also showed no control over the dog suggesting that there was a lack of control of the K9 unit therefore a threat to the society.

Statement on today's disciplinary hearing of PC Simon Harwood

Ian's family attended today's Metropolitan Police disciplinary hearing of PC Simon Harowwd, held in public in west London. Speaking on behalf of the Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign, Ian's son Paul King said:

"We came here expecting a disciplinary hearing. There has been no hearing. We expected the Met to rule on whether it's officer killed Ian. The Met has basically gone 'no comment'.

It's a whitewash. It's like they have just let PC Harwood resign. The conflicting verdicts of the inquest and criminal court still need to be resolved.

We haven't given up, we will now be looking to the civil courts for the final judgement on who killed our dad."

http://www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk/

a official website set up by Ian's family shows that the the officer Harwood was able to resign and before a hearing in court an therefore as he as no longer part of the police force he was not able to have been sacked or fired. this suggests that we live in a hegemonic society where the powerful will become more powerful and be able to take advantage of those without.

2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?

the author argues that without we 2.0 it would have not been possible to take Harwood to court, and it would not have been possible to create mass awareness about the situation. it also relates to the murder of Blair Peach who was killed in Southall by the police, to this day no one has been charged however several witnesses explained that they had seen the police attack him. but due to lack of evidence this information was discarded.

3) In your oopinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?

i believe that it due to web 2.0 that have allowed audiences to gain the power in order to have a say and be able to fight against the big corporations. an example is of annoymous who have helped to ensure that people are treated correctly and are fighting the big corporations by targeting there computer systems. UGC is the at the start and is developing more and more and thanks to websites such as Youtube it allows for large amount of views but it also allows to give views and opinions. 

Josie Cunningham

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/josie-cunningham-tweets-during-two-minute-4608917

Josie Cunningham has successfully barged her way into the limelight with a steady stream of controversial statements and cruel jibes after sensationally threatening to abort her baby so she could appear on Big Brother.

And if we dared hope the birth of her daughter would mellow her, we were wrong.

The NHS boob job mum has now had her latest spell of foot-in-mouth and tweeted during the two-minute silence.

While the rest of the Twittersphere fell quiet in respect, Josie tweeted: "I wanna scream, and shout, and let it all out!!!!! **waves hands in the air like a mad man**"

Here are some of the worst things to come out of her potty mouth.

Josie Cunningham  is one of the most hated people for many things such as getting a boob job of the NHS as well using a taxi to get everything which is again funded by Tax payers. people were outraged after she tweet during the 2 minute silence which was "I wanna scream, and shout, and let it all out!!!!! **waves hands in the air like a mad man**" this was seen an very disrespectful and people had tweeted back expressing their hate for her.

Parliament's official Tweet

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/armistice-day-parliaments-official-twitter-account-apologises-for-breaking-two-minute-silence-9854137.html

"parliament's official Twitter account has apologised after it sent out a tweet during the two-minute silence held this morning to mark Armistice Day.

Thousands gathered around the Tower of London to hear the bugler sound the Last Post just before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

At the same time, people across the UK fell silent at 11am to remember the servicemen and women killed in the First World War.

The silence was also observed by many on social media - but not by the official Twitter account for Parliament, which published a scheduled tweet about the ongoing investigation into historic child abuse at 11.01am."

this resulted in many people tweet back saying that for 2 minutes they could just wait but had to tweet. people also very that this was disrespectful and had #TheyShouldKnowBetter this suggest the fury and outrage that people had. the official account then apologized however the public had been tweeting back expressing what this had meant and done to them.

Index- new articles

story 1-Jihadi John worked in the UK as a charity collector – and we’re closing in, says MI5
story 2-New and digital media- Google
story 3-New and Digital media- Apple watch
story 4-New and digital media- cheater
story 5-New and digital media- youtube
story 6-Social media being used to lure in criminals?
story 7-The future of newspapers
story 8-Anonymous turn good?
story 9-Snap chat? 
story 10-typewriters
story 11-decline of newspapers
story 12-

2nd term-

Story 1-Parliament's official Tweet
Story 2-Josie Cunningham
Story 3-Jennifer Lawrence: 'I will never get Twitter. The internet has scorned me'
Story 4-social media monitoring
Story 5-Facebook accused of failing to flag extremist messages by Lee Rigby's killer 
Story 6-Vine shifts from comedy clips to a valid journalistic tool
Story 7-Sun+ signs up 225,000 paying subscribers
Story 8-Ferguson  shooting
Story 9-Does the Sun really speak to more people than Russell Brand?
Story 10-Rogue computerised cameras plague BBC news presenters
Story 11-russell brand tweet ban
Story 12-#illridewithyou sydney attacks
Story 13-News Corp UK suffers £3.5m loss after £51m profit the year before
Story 14-Digital giants get bigger at the expense of the small blog sites
Story 15-Facebook app lets you view anyone’s hidden photos
Story 16-Dark net used almost entirely for paedophilia sites, according to new study

decline of newspapers

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-dizzying-decline-of-britains-local-newspapers-do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-good-news-9702684.html

Online audiences and digital revenues are growing but – for all their fine words about the importance of quality content – regional publishers continue to show reluctance to invest in writers, reporters, photographers and video journalists.

this shows that the newspaper market it phasing out and that UGC is not being used my big institutions rather then pay news reports to investigate stories this had lead to peopel using social media in order to document events that have happened and therefore provides news at a quicker rate compared to newspapers. UGC has therefore led to a loss in jobs in the newspaper industry and therefore leading to institutions being reluctant to employ people.

typewriters

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-times-newsroom-set-to-ring-with-the-sounds-of-typewriters-once-more-9692335.html




the article talks about how rupert murdoch's has introduced the sound of typewriters to increase energy levels and help reporters to hit deadlines. it talks about how people feel detached from the thrill of producing a newspaper, he also said, referring to the relative quiet of modern newsrooms, where interviews might be conducted by email or instant messaging rather than phone, and where digital publishing is continuous.


this shows that new digital had meant that newspapers are being phased and are facing a change due to the digital revolution, this has meant like companies went from using typewriters to using computers to create newspapers. a large screen has been placed on the 11th floor in the baby shard, where comments can be seen from the likes of social media as well as from the "the times" website.