The dictionary definition of the word ‘news’ is “a report of events or previously unknown information”. It is actually a lot more complex than that, News is now not just about giving out information. It can also about informing people, making them aware of specific issues, educating people or alerting people about important happenings or events in their home town or globally.
Although it may seem like ‘The News’ is very wide spread, it isn’t there are many issues that are not raised in the daily news as it just wouldn’t be possible to include every type of interesting news that has occurred in one newspaper or one television broadcast/newscast; so information that would be of public interest rather than individual interest would more likely to ‘make news’.
‘The News’ that the public see is chosen by media experts, as well as the press, those that own/ run newspapers and reports. Everything is very selective; the global new is based around people collectively from all parts of the world, whereas local news can be distributed to people in a weekly paper to in their area.
Reports and the News can be a very sensitive thing, information has to be expressed correctly and to the right audience as topics to some may be more sensitive that some topics to other such as news to do with race, religion or culture.
News can be dangerous: too more information can lead to social uproar and moral panic where as too little and the public may think that something is being kept form them, when working in the news sector that has to be an even balance.
Examples of popular news sources:
BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
ITV News: http://www.itv.com/news/
Newsround: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
CNN: CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/
Due to technology and a wide range of communications news can now be spread in various different ways:
Above I've shown examples of how news travels in bullet points as there are so many ways, most of them involve some form of technology.
Technology has had a massive impact on the news. The 9/11 bombings for example where mostly filmed from mobile phones as the actual collision of the aeroplanes and the twin towers was all very sudden, camera crews would have not made it in time to film it as well as put themselves in danger if they tried to do so.
Technology has had a massive impact on the news. The 9/11 bombings for example where mostly filmed from mobile phones as the actual collision of the aeroplanes and the twin towers was all very sudden, camera crews would have not made it in time to film it as well as put themselves in danger if they tried to do so.
Video recordings on phones where the most effective form of footage with this massive incident as people who watched it from their homes on the news would feel more connected to the actually event as it was people that where just going about their everyday lives filming a horrific scene instead of it being an emotionless news report.
Another news story, of much less importance was filmed through a families own CCTV. In this specific case many people have seen this news to be ‘quite ridicilous’, where as other were actually concerned for the welfare of the cat.
This news story is about the woman who gently stroked a neighbours cat shortly before leaving it for 15 hours in a wheelie bin!
Story below:
(video taken from you-tube)
(video taken from you-tube)
In my personal opinion I don't think that something like this should be on a newscast, although very interesting as it shows how insensitive people can be, I do not think this should be classed as 'News'. I actually think that there should be a separate program where news that isn't classed as 'life changing' should be.
Maybe it’s because I am not an animal lover but I just think that a national broadcast should be of more importance for example showing missing children, or informing people more about topics that are going to affect their lives now and in the future.
Video clips and stories like the woman putting the cat in the bin I think should be left to television programmes such as ‘rude-tube’; broad casted on channel 4 and presented by Alex Zane the comedian showing the top 50
you-tube videos of interest or of which are comical, alongside videos such as 'charlie bit my finger'.
(Click on pic for link to site)
Rude Tube is a television programme that shows video clips that the public have uploaded themselves onto you-tube. The funniest, most strange and most watched video clips are shown on the program.
The news is informative information, so that can account for anything, it's just up to news companies what is shown and what isn't shown on television. They determine what's the most and important and what the world needs to know about.
When looking at whether or not the news can effect a person and their opinion the media always comes into it. The media overall can have a massive impact on what people think or believe, it can even influence someones opinion on situations in the way it covers a story.
A good example would be Jade Goody, also known as Jade 'Baddy' shortly after being evicted from the 'Big Brother House' . People loved to hate Jade Goody. She even received hate mail and death threats, accused of being racist and exploited by the media. This was until it was later discovered that she had cancer, it was during this time that 'the people' changed their so called opinion of her and began to not like by love her.
A good example would be Jade Goody, also known as Jade 'Baddy' shortly after being evicted from the 'Big Brother House' . People loved to hate Jade Goody. She even received hate mail and death threats, accused of being racist and exploited by the media. This was until it was later discovered that she had cancer, it was during this time that 'the people' changed their so called opinion of her and began to not like by love her.
Was this because the people had generally forgiven her for talking about Indian actress Shilpa Shetty ? No, it was only because all of a sudden a young woman was dying, loosing not only her hair but her life to cancer that people realised that she is only human. People instead of death threats began to send her flowers. The tables had turned. Why was this, was it because the public thought they had tormented her enough, no, it was because the news chose to change their headlines from hate to love. They showed Jade in a new and positive light and because of this she was liked again. It was not because people had changed their own opinions and emotions, it was because they had their opinions and emotions changed for them.
Overall, the news is a very important part of peoples everyday lives, available in many different forms (radio, television, Internet websites and newspapers) it informs and educates people, giving people knowledge about events in the world. No matter what kind of story it is, whether is about terrorist attacks, cats or people with cancer it is all informative and important in some way. A level of importance of a news story is different for different people, it depends on the individual, for example an animal rights person or cat lover would want to know about the 'cat in the bin' story where as others may not.
In addiction to the news being informative it is also very influential it can lead people to think a certain thing and can also alter peoples personal opinion on the different subjects that it talks about. Again, it is all down to the individual and how that interpret the story.
Overall, the news is a very important part of peoples everyday lives, available in many different forms (radio, television, Internet websites and newspapers) it informs and educates people, giving people knowledge about events in the world. No matter what kind of story it is, whether is about terrorist attacks, cats or people with cancer it is all informative and important in some way. A level of importance of a news story is different for different people, it depends on the individual, for example an animal rights person or cat lover would want to know about the 'cat in the bin' story where as others may not.
In addiction to the news being informative it is also very influential it can lead people to think a certain thing and can also alter peoples personal opinion on the different subjects that it talks about. Again, it is all down to the individual and how that interpret the story.
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