Web News

Old Media : Newspapers, Magazines, Television, Radio (Mass Communication)
Web 1.0 (Information Web): Focused on companies
Web 2.0 (New Media): The Social Web, focused on social groups
Web 3.0 (Semantic Web): Making sense of information, focused on individuals

See Powerpoint

Web 3.0 –“SEMANTIC WEB” may cause

-Hyperlocalisation?
-Specific Content Delivery
-PLUS –“News my way”
-PLUS –Advertising specifics
-MINUS –Ignorance and lack of “General knowledge”

JOUR1111: Introduction to Journalism and Communication

Personal Media Use and Production Diary

Sarah Anne Clarry

Personal Media Log- Week 1

Week 2

Graphed Results

Media use over a two week period :Considerations

I am an EMSAH student and therefore have an excessive amount of reading which must be completed. This may in some way affect the results.

Also during the first week of the media use log my home computer was in the process of being repaired, this may also cause variance within the results.

Relevant Percentages (The below was calculated using the total amount of time spent using the various media devices mentioned)

Percentages of Media Usage : (The below was calculated using the total amount of time spent using the various media devices mentioned.)

Specific Media Use

Personal Media Use and Production Diary

Analysis of Results

By examining the data it is evident that the larger portion of my media use is in direct relation to my university studies. The computer time used for university work formed approximately 37% of the total time spent using what is classed as ‘Media’. Overall, computer use took up a portion of 46% of my media usage. Also because I am an EMSAH student reading takes up a great deal of my time. In total I spent approximately 13 hours reading. It is interesting that watching movies was next on the list. That was a result I did not expect. Research suggests that there is a close relationship between book reading and movie watching. It is believed that one increases the other. (Althus & Tewksbury, 2000) This is due to the fact that movies are usually based on books and if a movie makes a lasting impression people are more likely to read. This can also be reversed. Sometimes a successful TV show can inspire magazines or short novels. The media categories that the least amount of time was spent on were Facebook, television news and online news. I was not surprised by Facebook being the lowest in the results because I normally do a quick check of it when I am on the computer and then do not go on for the rest of the day. I hear most of my news on ABC radio in the mornings and afternoons, when I drive to and from university. I choose to listen to my news on ABC radio because it is more informative than the radio stations I listen to when I wish for entertainment. I prefer to hear my news on the radio because it means I am not wasting any valuable time. This is why the two other news media’s are particularly low. I would rather listen whilst I am driving rather than sit for an hour watching the news. In his study “Patterns of Recall among Television News Viewers” Russell Neuman states that “People think of television as primarily an entertainment medium” (pg 116). This is reflected in my results. Today television is viewed in a passive way and is associated with relaxation. There comes to mind an image of someone just arriving home from a hard day at work at siting down to relax and watch some television. At this point people’s attention span is low not leaving the desire to watch complex politics and news stories. (Neuman, pg 116) When I have time to watch television I view it as a break from hard work and therefore choose programs that I find amusing or interesting. This may be why I choose to watch the 7pm project over other news. It gives simple explanations and is amusing as well.

The Newspapers and Magazines category was quite low on the list in terms of media usage. I read The Sunday Mail every week and every 2 months branch out and buy a magazine, but that is all. I find that if I want to find specified news I use the internet. A major factor in the choice of the internet over the newspaper as a means of attaining news is the reader’s sense of control. The internet is able to give the reader a better sense of control over the news they are viewing. (Althus & Tewksbury, 2000) The reader can pick and choose the most relevant stories then leave out the rest. In a newspaper however there is a wide selection of stories to read and some of which may not be as rewarding to the viewer.

This study has highlighted to me how much the internet is a part of my life and how much I rely on it in all the different facets of my life. It has also given me an idea of how much media I take in during a period of two weeks. Before this study I never thought of the background radio in the car as contributing to my media usage or those few quick text messages making such an impact.

References

Althus, S & Tewksbury, D 2000, Patterns of Internet and Traditional News Media Use in a Networked Community, Political Communication, 17:1, 21-45, Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/105846000198495 

Neuman, R 1976, Patterns Among Television News Viewers, The Public Opinion Quarterly, Oxford University Press & American Association for Public Opinion Research, Vol.40 pg 115-123, Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2748453

Tichenor, P.J & Donohue G.A & Olien C.N, 1970, Mass Media Flow and Differential Growth in Knowledge, The Public Opinion Quarterly Vol 34, pg 159-170, Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2747414

Bringing back the 1990's

I read an article in the times about nostalgia and how the shows of the 1990s are suddenly coming back on to our screens. i really like the way the article was written. it is a conversational piece which really draws its reader in. it uses colloquial language and 90s references. The article is called "Remember the 1990s? Good, Because They're back" and written by Claire Suddath

Link: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2087733,00.html

A Lecture on Ethics

Important points from lecture
Three ethical frameworks

1. Deontology - Rules, principles, duties
2. Consequentialism (aka Teleology) -The end justifies the means
3. Virtue Ethics- Goodness comes from good habits or dispositions such as courage, justice,temperance and prudence.

The Mean
- Courage is the mean between rashness and cowardice

- Justice is the mean between the injustice of the overzealous and excessive law and the injustice of lawlessness

MEAA ethics

• Honesty
• Fairness
• Independence
• Respect for the rights of others
  1.  Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts.  Do not suppress relevant available facts, or give distorting emphasis.  Do your utmost  to give a fair opportunity for reply.
  2.  Do not place unnecessary emphasis on personal characteristics, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family relationships, religious belief, or physical or intellectual disability.
  3.  Aim to attribute information to its source.  Where a source seeks anonymity, do not agree without first considering the source’s motives and any alternative attributable source.  Where confidences are accepted,  respect them in all circumstances.
  4.  Do not allow personal interest, or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit, to undermine your accuracy, fairness or independence.
  5.  Disclose conflicts of interest that affect, or could be seen to affect, the accuracy, fairness or independence of your journalism.  Do not improperly use a journalistic position for personal gain.  
  6.  Do not allow advertising or other commercial considerations to undermine accuracy, fairness or independence.
  7.  Do your utmost to ensure disclosure of any direct or indirect payment made for interviews, pictures, information or stories.
  8.  Use fair, responsible and honest means to obtain material.  Identify yourself and your employer before obtaining any interview for publication or broadcast.  Never exploit a person’s vulnerability or ignorance of media practice.
  9.  Present pictures and sound which are true and accurate.  Any manipulation likely to mislead should be disclosed.
  10.  Do not plagiarise.
  11.  Respect private grief and personal privacy.  Journalists have the right to resist compulsion to intrude.
  12.  Do your utmost to achieve fair correction of errors
  
  Sourced from: 
  http://www.australian-news.com.au/codethics.htm

Lecture 4- ABC radio

Telling stories for radio notes
Richard Fidler

• radio is a very different medium
• intimate medium
• often you are multitasking
• important to engage your listeners in the conversation to keep them included
• the story needs to be interesting and be able to sustain itself
• subject being interviewed must feel safe and comfortable with their interviewer
• a privilege to be part of others recollections
• silence is very powerful sometimes
• the afternoon focused more on entertainment and audience participation (e.g. talkback radio)
• friendliness to talback listeners to make them feel comfortable
• shift in how people take in their media, yet radio has not changed to such a dramatic extent
• radio is public service in a sense
• read the paper, keep asking question, expose yourself to different currents of thought

Part 2- Steve Austin

• annunciation is important
• bring down the barriers between the listener and the presenter
• creating pictures from words
• reflecting what the audience desires
• know who your audience is
• entertainment, intimacy,interest
• diverse audience at night
• even if you don't answer the question the listener will pick it up, people can tell what is fake
• try and empathise vocally
• simple question is good
• important to be human and human experience, we respond emotionally and subconsciously.
• talk less and listen more, show respect
• news radio and podcasts
• a lack of time helped radio to flourish because it can be on in the background and save time

Daniel Morcombe Saga

The last week has been a large week in Australian news, with new light being shed on the Daniel Morcombe case. Such a great deal of progress has been made over the span of two weeks. There has been a trial, a conviction, a discovery of area and the surfacing of shoes believed to be belonging to the victim. With the newest discovery of bones there may finally be some closure in one of Australia's most prominent mysteries.

Below is the link to some images from the Brisbane Times - these were from a gallery of pictures. I chose these images because I believe many of them constitute a good photo (looking at the points from the previous lecture).

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/search-for-daniel-morcombes-remains-20110815-1itq3.html?selectedImage=1

Lecture 3: Telling Factual Stories with Pictures

Notes on lecture:

What makes a great photo-

• Framing
• Focus
• Angle and Point of View
• Exposure
• Timing
• Capturing the moment

What makes a great moving picture-

• Framing
• Focus
• Angle and Point of View
• Exposure
• Timing and Editing
• Capturing the scene
• Inclusion of sound dimension

"A picture has no meaning at all if it can't tell a story." Award-winning Finnish photographer Eetu Sillanpää

The Brisbane Times

Read an article in the Brisbane Times about vintage cookbooks. I thought some of the above to be quite interesting:

Link:http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/vintage-menus-and-other-food-book-discoveries-20110805-1iei4.html

The Sunday Mail

After having sushi train the previous day and believing it to be a healthier option, I was rudely awakened today after reading ( in the Sunday Mail's Body and Soul section ) those small pieces of sushi are the eqivalent of a Subway roll. I understand Subway is a healthier option anyway ,depending on what bread and fiilings you choose, but it is hard to believe that such a tiny piece of sushi could be so full of sugar. I think now I will think twice before sitting down at a sushi train again.

News Writing

I was looking back on my journalism notes from last week about news reading and thought it important to jot down some notes.

News Writing
-formulaic
- Indirect Speech
- Active Voice
- News Point First: Assume your story will be cut from the bottom
- Factual, not flair

The Inverted Pyramid of Journalism

About Me

My name is Sarah Clarry and I am currently completing a Bachelor of Creative Arts majoring in English Literature and Writing.I have always had a interest in journalism which is why i took it on as an elective.After completing a second semester foreign correspondent course last semester (which was extremely enjoyable) I decided it was time to get back to the basics of journalistic approaches. I have a fervent interest in the arts and usually enjoy most things categorized in that sphere. In terms of news, I collect most of what I know from the web and newspapers rather than the television. If I could choose what type of news I would wish to report on (just to interject, I am not under the delusion that journalists pick and choose what they report on) it would be on foreign/ native film, travel, environmental issues, health and literature.