- Volume No.:
- 210
- Editor:
- Lisa Firth
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publisher:
- Independence Educational Publishers
- Replaces Issue:
- Vol. 142 Media Issues
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Key Facts
- The printed press is commonly divided into three sectors – ‘quality’, ‘middle market’ and ‘red-top tabloid’. For more than 20 years, all the papers in the latter two categories have been tabloid in size. (page 2)
- UK television channels broadcast about 2.5 million hours of programming a year. There are four main public service free-to-air broadcasters. (page 3)
- According to a recent IPA survey, people watch 3.7 hours of television per day, listen to the radio for 2.1 hours and access the Internet for 1.8 hours per day. (page 4)
- 35% of all adults claim to use Facebook each week – up from 16% in 2008. For 15-24s, Facebook’s weekly reach is 79% – up from 39% in 2008. (page 5)
- Only 24% of the people heard or read about in print, radio and television news are female. In contrast, 76% – more than three out of four – of the people in the news are male. (page 6)
- The growing popularity of smartphones – and the changing way we use our mobiles – is increasing our overall use of communications, and helping us do much more simultaneously. (page 10)
- Over two-thirds (67 per cent) of the time that younger people spend on the Internet on a computer is spent communicating with other people, comprised of 29 per cent social networking, 19 per cent email and 19 per cent instant messaging. (page 11)
- More than 100 million people joined microblogging service Twitter this year, the company has revealed. (page 18)
- WikiLeaks is a website set up by a group of human rights activists, technical people and journalists to bring sensitive materials to the attention of the public. (page 20)
- Ofcom’s powers include fining media organisations for breaching regulations and closing down illegal ‘pirate’ broadcasters (and even commercial broadcasters). (page 27)
- Regulatory bodies for the print & broadcast media receive some 10,000 complaints a year. Inaccuracy and unfairness top the list of complaints about journalism. (page 34)
- Critics say British libel law is notoriously weighted in favour of the claimant, letting powerful foreign figures use our courts for the restriction of press freedom. (page 38)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Media Trends
The UK’s media landscape, Media and communication trends, Who makes the news?, Negative effects of media/entertainment upon teens, Real life vs reality TV, TV, phones and Internet take up almost half of our waking hours.
Chapter 2 New Media
UK consumers revealed as early adopters of new technology, State of the blogosphere 2010, Reality TV and Facebook – the worst innovations of the last decade, Twitter adds 100 million new users in 2010, Websites and iPads – which way now for newspapers?, What is WikiLeaks?, Traditional papers didn’t know how to handle WikiLeaks, Freedom of Information in the WikiLeaks era.
Chapter 3 Regulations and Privacy
Regulation and self-regulation of the media, Major reform of Press Complaints Commission proposed, Security-related social networking issues abound in organisations, Reuters sets up social media guidelines, Just what is privacy in the era of Google and Facebook?, Media regulation, Four years on, phone-hacking scandal is still growing, PCC statement on phone hacking, Nick Clegg: ‘Chilling’ libel laws will be overhauled, Press freedom fears grow as celebrities lead huge increase in libel actions, Selling your story – words of warning.
