Alain de Botton's views

1) To what extent do you agree with Alain de Botton's views on the News?

i agree Alain de Botton's views on the news and feel that we are being given to much news and therefore we are become numb to the whats happening rather then processing this information. people are no longer interest in serious ideas such as global warming but rather are interested on news in regards to celebrity. i agree that the need of audience have changed and are no longer interested as much as in real life concerns but rather interested in gossip.

2) How can you link Marxism and Hegemony to de Botton's criticisms of the News?

Alain de Botton's argues that information is not new but rather recycled and information is given to us by news organisations that news corporations want us to reach about, he also talks about  information being reconstructed and therefore information is restricted and controlled however audiences are under the illusion from news organisation. this also links to hegemony as information that is given is by the big organisations, rather then being presented in the interest of society.

3) How could you use Pluralism and new technology to challenge de Botton's views on the News?

Alain de Botton's states that the quality of an image is very important but there any many cases that have occurred that although the quality of images can be low it can also help bring people to justice an example is or tom linson, another is the baby sitter that abused a child in Nigeria. this was used in order to stand up against issues and has allowed audience to be able to get justice through low quality images that show the "truth". 
4) Choose two news stories from the last six months - one that supports de Botton's views and one that challenges his belief that the News is used for social control.