Information Entertainment 🙉 Social Surveillance In 1973 Blumer and katz came developed 'The uses and Gratification Theory ' argued audience consume media text for one or more of the four reasons. What is News? News = Facts / Information But Because the 'News' you see on TV, online + in newspapers it allows a product that has to sell to a target audience it can also be entertaining + this may just distract from facts. What is Fake News? Fake news can be based on a true idea, or half-truths, but ultimately it is fake / untrue and has been released to influence opinion or annoying people.
A good start on institution research but you need to:
ReplyDelete1) Write about four more companies (institutions) that produce/distribute news.
2) Post your own draft news story.