A-Level Media Exam Blog 2- Mr Pall

  Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article  in our Media Magazine archive here . Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 1) Keith Perch used to edit the  Leicester Mercury . How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? At its peak the Leicester Mercury had employed 130 journalists. Perch see's the paper in 10 years' time struggling due to the rapid rise of technology and how the internet is taking over with if the Leicester Mercury is still in print, it will  be weekly, extremely expensive, and have a very  small circulation; if it is online only – the likeliest  outcome – it will be unlikely to make money,  and so would employ as few as five or six staff. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? Perch's views with the phone hacking scandal is that i...

Part 1: Clay Shirky lecture Go to the   Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students . The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shirky says.  Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript which is absolutely fine), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? Clay Shirky argues that accountability journalism is important as it holds powerful individuals and institutions responsible for their actions. This is important as we see through the example of a priest being a paedophile and ...