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Tens of thousands sign petition urging Parliament to recall 'most extreme spying powers ever' http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/investigatory-powers-bill-act-petition-snoopers-charter-spying-surveillance-privacy-a7438791.html Summary: " The bill forces internet companies to keep records of every website all of their customers go to, among other things"  " The new law forces  internet companies to keep a full browsing history of all of their users and give it up to a huge range of government agencies if they are asked ."  also allowing people to spy into messages and hack phones to do so.  Key statistics: it had been  signed by 45,000 people .  10,000 signatures, the Government must respond to it.  100,000 signatures, it will be considered for a debate in Parliament My opinion: That sounds like a scary amount of power the government can have and makes privacy seem like a matter of the past especially if th...

Reddit CEO admits he edited Trump supporters' comments on social network http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/reddit-donald-trump-steve-huffman-spez-pizzagate-trolls-hillary-clinton-a7436406.html Summary: " 'I shouldn’t play such games, and it’s all fixed now,' Steve Huffman told the Donald Trump supporting community"  Reddit boss admits to deleting comments from a Donald Trump-supporting community on his site. " "fuck u/spez", he changed the name to those of the managers of the subreddit – essentially meaning that any criticism was altered so that it lookde like it was being made towards the subreddit's own moderators."  He said it so he could "   "troll the trolls"."  However the false news story on Hillary Clinton and campaign chairman John Podesta committed acts of child abuse in a pizza restaurant in Washington, DC was promoted by many people across the internet, including those on ...

1)  Institution: the impact of Google on the newspaper industry  : http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/new-and-digital-media-news-case-study_19.html  2)  Ofcom report: how news consumption has changed : http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/ndm-case-study-how-has-news-changed.html  3)  The future of newspapers: Build The Wall analysis http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/ndm-decline-of-newspaper-industry.html  4)  The decline of newspapers: the effect of online technology : http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/newspapers-effect-of-online-technology.html  5)  The future of journalism: John Oliver and Clay Shirky : http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/ndm-news-future-of-journalism_30.html  6)  The decline of newspapers: Media Magazine case studies : http://amritbmest3exam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-decline-in-newspapers-mm-case.html  7) ...

1) To what extent do you agree with Alain de Botton's views on the News? I agree with the fact that more and more low brow news is emerging on some platforms but not all of them, some newspapers such as the guardian and the economist take much more serious political and economic stories and place them in the forefront of their work sometimes not even mentioning mediocre news stories that places such as the sun and twitter posts may pick up on.  I do however nearly completely agree with his perspective that there is so much information that many people don't know what to make of it, what to do with it.  2) How can you link Marxism and Hegemony to de Botton's criticisms of the News? Dumbbed down news is made to appeal to the mass and mindlessly drip them with alterior motive information disguised as pointless news, its just used to entertain the mass. This maintains the status quo as the mass aren't empowered and the powerful remain the ones i...

1. Read this short  Guardian review  about the film. 2. Read this  Time Out review  of the film. 3. Read the  Into Film Festival guide  to 'Gone Too Far' that contains some general info and a few questions ('Discussion points') for you to think about and answer on your blog. 4. Read the  Into Film Festival review writing competition  details, especially the  Top Tips PDF . 5. Carry out some additional research if necessary - the  IMDB website  about the film is a good place to start - and then write your own  original  300 word review of the film. Post up the review on your blog, then copy it out by hand onto the competition entry form which you'll receive in your lesson.  “Gone too Far” is a comedy by British writer Destiny Ekaragha who adapted the movie from her popular play. Changing her script for the play into a movie. The movie follows the story of British Born Yemi whose Nigeran Born brother comes back from a...

The development of new/digital media means the audience is more powerful in terms of consumption and production. Discuss the arguments for and against this view. The new and digital media (NDM) has allowed for a variety of critics to analyse the effects such as Marxist  and pluralist on the typical producer and consumer. Some argue that NDM especially  the internet has allowed for a more empowered audience and producer yet others argue that it has instead enchained and restricted audiences even more than before.  exemplar paragraph:  A Marxist perspective would argue that the so-called “information revolution” has done little to benefit audiences or to subvert the established power structures in society. Far from being a “great leveller” (Krotoski, 2012) as many have claimed, it has merely helped to reinforce the status quo by promoting dominant ideologies. The most popular news website in the UK by a considerable margin is the ‘Mail Online’, which receiv...

Instagram is changing from photo-sharing app to shopping catalogue in your pocket  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/instagram-is-changing-from-photo-sharing-app-to-shopping-catalogue-in-your-pocket-a7422821.html Summary: " It seems Instagram has been quietly transforming from a photo-sharing app to a shopping catalogue in your pocket with a novel take on advertising"  This month 20 of the US based retail brands trailed a new feature allowing them to tag items and offer users more information and providing a link to the official websites. This is perceived as a great move for producers who express the move as providng them with " “The possibilities for selling our products are endless,”. However this can have a negative effect for Instagram and its audience interaction.  Amie Kewley, a fashion blogger  says   “I knew it wouldn't be long before this sort of thing was introduced, I feel like social media pl...