The Media Media Timeline 1764 c 1900 c
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The Media
Media Timeline 1764 c. 1900 c. 1920 c. 1950 1980 s c. 1995 2006
Quick Write a paragraph on the following questions: How does the media affect your life? How does it affect the people around you (parents, siblings, friends)?
Who owns the news? Media Convergence: • digitization and computer networking has resulted in the integration of all media, enabling the exchange of every kind of content. Corporate Convergence: • fewer large companies own more media properties
3 Main Media Corporations in Canada • Quebecor (Videotron, TVA Sports, Le Journal de Montreal, Le Journal de Quebec, Quebecor Book Group, TVA Magazines, etc) • Rogers (Rogers Cable, Wireless, Fido, City TV, Sportsnet, Rogers Magazines, 37. 5 % of MLSE, Toronto Blue Jays, etc. ) • Bell Canada (Bell TV, Wireless, 28. 5% of MLSE, CTV, TSN, part ownership of Montreal Canadiens and MLSE)
What are the benefits and drawbacks of corporate convergence? Benefits • Multiple services from one company • Offer better prices to consumers • Better profits for the companies • • • Drawbacks Companies control what we see One goes down, there are fewer options Danger of control of media by the few The news may be hidden by profit motive Same news on every platform
24 hr news cycle • The ability to get news at any point of the day – CNN broke the media landscape where consumers only could get news at certain points of the day: the morning or afternoon newspaper, the 6 o’clock news, the 11 o’clock news. • 3 phases: • Breaking news • Reaction; additional news • Interpretation, spin and shaping of the day’s events
Social Media • How do you use social media? • What is social media? – A platform for digital content, interaction and networking • How has social media changed the media?
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Does this post provide evidence about the conditions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant? Explain your reasoning