Ammars MEST3 Exam

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-iplayer-personal-logins-to-help-licence-fee-2017-a7332231.html The article speaks about how the BBC want to start making accounts for people so that their iPlayer experience is more personalised and localised to the region they are in. They claim that there are 7 million BBC ID accounts right now. One worrying thing is that the TV licensing authorities will have access to personal information.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/sep/19/the-idea-post-truth-society-elitist-obnoxious The article speaks about how people are attracted to rumours rather than empirically proven facts. The writer is saying that the people's attraction to the Brexit camp's dodgiest claims is not an invitation to those in power to abandon truthfulness. 

1) What are the most popular platforms for audiences to access news and how has this changed in recent years? In 2014, 75% of adults used  TV  for news compared to now where it sits at 66% however 89% of adults say they follow news on any given platform:  broadcast ,  print  or  e-media . However  broadcast  seems to be the most popular with 67% of the UK adults saying they use TV as a source of news, this makes sense as news channels are mostly all 24/7 therefore it's  accessible  at any given time. However in 2014, this was 75% which is an eight percentage point decrease. Interestingly, the number of people who use  e-media  as a source for news such as the internet or apps has remained the same since 2014 with 41% which was an increase from 2013 of 32%.  Print  as a source for news is decreasing amongst adults and is used by three in ten which is 31% which was a nine percentage points decrease since 2014 when print was at 40%. There has also been a decrease in those that say the

WWW- There's a lot to credit here: clearly engaged with NDM with a variety of interesting examples. One key aspect to work on however.. EBI- Question focus! You lose your way in the middle of the essay and drift away from power, views and values. You must keep using the key words from the question. It's great you're trying to bring in media theory but don't explain it - apply it! You need to use theory to develop or challenge the argument you are constructing. Essay writing basics. I'd like a brief introduction + conclusion that focuses on the question.  New essay paragraph- Another key development in new/digital media would be Twitter which is a micro-blogging website that is free to use which therefore empowers the users massively because views can easily be shared online. The development of Twitter has also brought about various types of opinion leaders who would have gathered a huge number of following on social media, their ideas and posts can have a

https://espresso.economist.com/1ce4fe042832e6bd7d06697a43055373 ​This week, Twitter have added a new feature in which attachments such as pictures and videos are not contributing to the 140 character limit set on Tweets, this is important as now you can write more without having to worry that 60 of the characters were taken up by the URL of the attachment. Twitter's tally of monthly users is around 320m users which is not increasing very slowly. In my opinion, this is a great move because I personally use Twitter on a daily basis and not worrying about attachments taking up character spaces, increases my ability to write on each post. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/22/half-a-billion-yahoo-users-data-stolen-in-state-sponsored-hack/ Yahoo were hacked just over two years ago and at least half a billion had their account data stolen from it's networks and is describing it as a state sponsored attack which means that a state has backed this hack. In my opinion, the fact that Yahoo is behind Google in terms of development and now security, this again shows that Yahoo are in the news for only bad reasons. 

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/08/ireland-illegal-tax-incentives-apple-160831193813855.html In the biggest tax demand ever imposed by the European Union, the Irish government has been ordered to recover almost $15bn of unpaid taxes from Apple. The headquarters are situated in California with the European headquarters is in Ireland. Apple only pays 12m tax a year which is miniscule compared to what they are worth and how much they make.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/12/exploding-samsung-note-7-sets-jeep-on-fire-how-to-check-your-pho/ This article speaks about how the latest edition of the Samsung Note 7 and how it is bursting into flames whilst being in people's pockets and near their bedside tables. Samsung released an official statement saying that the issue seems to be with the phone's battery and that they are withdrawing them all from stores and asking people to return them. In my opinion and the fact of the matter is that Apple and that the moral of this story is to get an iPhone. 

Non-Commercial news institution: BBC is a key example of a non-commercial news institution which is otherwise known as a public service broadcaster which refers to TV programmes that are broadcasted for the public benefit rather than for purely commercial purposes. These programs would include news coverage, arts and cultural programs and also religious broadcasts. Now you may ask how an international media outlet is getting funded and how it gets it's money for rights and other stuff. They are funded by public subscription in the form of a licence fee which makes the BBC the most extensive and best funded public service broadcaster in the world.  Commercial news institution: Contrary to the BBC, ITV are not a public service broadcaster, it doesn't receive funding from a license fee. They get money from advertisements and charging companies a lot to have a commercial or advertisement in between shows.  Print: In the UK print is divided between quality newspapers and broad