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This story is about something that happened at several NFL matches. At the beginning of the game several African American players keeled down when the anthem was sung in protest against the anthem. This was due to the third line of the anthem which criticised African slaves who fought with the British in the American war of independence as the British had already banned slavery at that point in history.  Then as a result of this President Donald Trump criticised this in order to appeal to his voters and draw media attention elsewhere. Trump tweeted  ". If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect. " He then went on to say about NFL players being overly paid. biggest ever kneeling protest yet against Donald Trump  NFL players came together to criticise Trump stadiums across the US -- and even further afield -- became the focus of an unprecedented show of defiance against US Pre...

29 / 10 / 17 - Hotel booking sites probed by consumer watchdog  In this article, it focuses on how the hotel booking sites such as Trivago and Booking.com are being probed by the UK's competition Watchdog due to the fact that they want to see if they are misleading their customers. They feel that rather helping consumers, the hotel booking sites are making it more difficult for them.  They are bound to investigate whether hotel booking sites are misleading consumers. The investigation will examine areas such as hidden charges, search results and discount claims.  The CMA stated that they were "concerned about the clarity, accuracy and presentation of information on sites".  Trivago which is a hotel booking site owned by the Expedia company stated that "Trivago will work with the CMA to explain the beneifits it delivers to consumers looking for their ideal hotel." Booking.com which is another hotel booking site stated that they do not want to com...

29 / 10 / 17 - Facebook denies "listening" to conversations  In this article, it focuses on how the social networking platform "Facebook" doesn't listen in on the real life conversations between the users for advertising purposes. Rob Goldman, the tech giant's vice-president of ads who runs ad products on Facebook has denied that they use microphone for ads purposes.  Rob Goldman responded to a tweet made by PJ Vogt which he spoke about how Facebook do not use a microphone to listen in on people's conversations on the platform for advertisement purposes. Another tweet was made by a user regarding Instagram which Facebook owns, Rob Goldman replied stating that Instagram do not listen in on the conversations of their users for ad purposes as well. 

20 / 10 / 2017 - MH370: Malaysia in deal with US firm to restart plane search  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41691794 Within this article, it talks about how the search for MH370 Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on 8 March 2014 between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing is on again as Malaysia has struck a "no find-no fee" deal with the US company to locate the wreckage of drowned flight MH370.  MH370 flight fell off radar on 8 Marhc 2014 between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. 239 people were on board.  Before the search was suspended in January, the search operation covered distance of 120,000 sq km at an estimated cost about $200m.  The new search for the plane is bound to be around 25,000 sq feet according to Australian Transport Safety Bereau.  The place was carrying people from 14 different countries when it disappeared.  Essentially, the new search deal with the US company is a good idea because the families of the people that were on...

NDM News Index:  1)  Institution: the impact of Google on the newspaper industry 2)  Ofcom report: how news consumption has changed 3)  Baseline assessment: learner response 4)  The future of newspapers: Build The Wall analysis 5)  The decline of newspapers: the effect of online technology 6)  The decline of newspapers: Media Magazine case studies 7)  The future of journalism: John Oliver and Clay Shirky

1 ) Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should not be allowed to provide free news online? Why? I disagree with James Murdoch on BBC not being allowed to provide free news online. We as a society already have the new digital media to access many news sources online for free. The new digital media consist of many social media platforms and websites that we can access and consume news for free. I think BBC should continue to provide free news online because consequently, if they do, they will lose customers because there are many other sources that we can access.  2) Read  this blog on the Times paywall three years on  (note this is the UK Times - not the New York Times!) 3) Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sunday Times) behind a paywall? I think Rupert Murdoch was right to put his news content like The Times and The Sunday times behind a paywall because they had been suffering heavily due to the development of the new digital me...

Blog 2: The impact of Google  1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry? As Google being the most successful company, they provide the users with variety of information's about certain topics. It is very fast, cheap and contains more information's perhaps which is the reason why Google has led to the decline of the newspaper industry. People can easily and quickly access the information shown on the newspaper online which is free whereas with newspapers, they would have to pay for it.  2) Find a statistic from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media. About $40 billion of the advertisement revenue of the Industry or 60 percent of the ad revenue was lost from the traditional news media platform in which was generated in 2000.  3) Looking at the graph featured in the article, what period has seen the steepest decline in newspaper advertising revenue?  With the newspaper advertising revenue, in the article...

16 / 10 / 17 - Facebook buys weeks old app for teens to be nice to each other  Within this article, it clarifies that Facebook which is a online social media and social networking service have recently bought an app called "tbh" which is just 9 weeks old. Facebook bought this app to encourage their users to be nice to each other.  The tbh app has had more than 5 million downloads in just 9 weeks.  According to TechCrunch, Facebook bought the app for less than $100 million.  Facebook stated that "tbh and Facebook share a common goal of building community and enabling people to share in ways that bring us closer together". Tbh said the apps succcess was a sign of teenagers craving more positive interactions online. Essentially, Facebook bought the app due to the apps success in a short amount of time which was also successful in bringing a positive vibe within the users.  In my perspective, I think the new app called tbh is a very good app that b...

The New Day The New Day was a brand new newspaper launched by institution Trinity Mirror in 2016 - but it folded after just two months.   Read the feature: 'A New Day for British journalism' on page 6 of Media Magazine 57 (our  Media Magazine archive is here ) and complete  the following tasks on your blog: 1) What was the New Day trying to achieve? The New Day newspaper when it was released, it's objectives were tap into a new market with a more modern approach. They realised that what they had available on the newsstand wasn't meeting the needs of the market. Essentially, the New Day newspaper was trying to give the customers a different insight and they wanted to meet the needs of the customers through giving them a modern way of approach to news.  2) List the key statistics on the first page: how many people buy newspapers in the UK? How has this declined in the last year? Over 6 million people buy a newspaper everyday in the UK.  But due to pe...

The future of newspapers http://www.economist.com/node/7830218 The intriguing article about the future of newspapers essentially explores how the newspaper industry is in decline due to the occurrence of the advanced technologies and also the developments in the new digital media that many people use for news consumption. This article was produced on August 24th 2006 which they predicted that the newspaper industry in 2043 would completely be wiped out in the USA. Nowadays, the development in the new digital media has attracted more of the younger generation which perhaps from 16 to 24s in the UK to use the internet for news consumption. They say that they spend 30% less time reading the newspapers when they start using the internet for news consumption which they find more easier and interactive. 1) Do you agree with its view that it is ‘a cause for concern, but not for panic’? Within the article, the views are that the newspaper industry declining is "a cause for concern,...

Read the article in  full  and c reate a  blogpost  on your MEST3 Exam Blog called 'Build The Wall analysis'.  1) Summarise each section in  one sentence : Section 1 (To all of the bystanders reading this…) This section discusses how the news content should be paid for.  Section 2 (Truth is, a halting movement toward...) Looks at how we need a paywall.  Section 3 (Beyond Mr. Sulzberger and Ms. Weymouth…) This section shows the positives and negatives of paywall and how the news revenue has changed since 1995.  Section 4 (For the industry, it is later than it should be…) This section discusses the scenarios that might take place if they are to have the paywall.  2) Summarise David Simon’s overall argument in 250 words. David Simon is clarifying the fact that the news industry cannot go unpaid for; they need revenue to keep on functioning therefore suggests that paywall is needed for online publications...

1) Read this  Ofcom 2016 report on the consumption of news in the UK . Note down the key statistics and changes that Ofcom document. TV is used for news mostly nowadays which the adults dominate it with the percentage of 89% of the adults using the TV to consume news and stories.  Half of 16-24s demographic say they use TV for news compared to nine in ten of those aged 65+.  The ABC1 socio-economic group are more likely to use newspapers, TV and the internet for news than the C2DEs.  One in twenty (6%) use all four media platforms for news. One in 5 (19%) uses only TV for news.  Three in ten (29%) now use a mobile for news.  33% of the adults in the UK have stated that they use radio to consume news stories which this statistic has remained constant over recent years.  77% say that they use BBC radio station for news, 42% use any commercial radio station for news, 26% use each of BBC radio 4 and BBC radio 2 while 16% state they use BBC Radio...

05 / 10 / 17 - Netflic raises prices for first time in two years  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41516159 In this article, it clarifies how Netflx which is an American Entertainment company that specialises in and provides streaming media and video - on demand have increased their prices in the UK and the US for the first time in 2 years. They essentially increased the subcription prices in both countries.  A Standard UK plan will rise 50p to £7.99 a month, while a premium subscription for four simultaneous users jumps £1 to £9.99 a month.  The Standard US plan increases by $1 to $10.99 a month, with a $2 rise to $13.99 for the premium option.  A basic subscription of Netflix which does not offer High Definition streaming will stay at £5.99 a month. In July, Netflix stated that they have 104 million subcribers globally while the revenues rose 32% in the second quarter to $2.8 billion.  Shares in Netflix closed 5.4% in New York, bringing the...

06 / 10 / 17 - AOL shuts down Instant messenger after 20 years of online chat  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/06/aol-shuts-down-instant-messenger-aim#img-1 In this article, it discusses how AOL will discontinue Instant Messenger in 2 months after 20 years of online chat. On Friday of October, AOL declared of them discontinuing the Instant Messenger. Essentially, it says that AOL will discontinue the app on 15th December 2017 which would end the service for 20 years.  Michael Albers, vice president of communications at Oath, stated that the Instant Messenger app is becoming obselete in the sense that the way the people in the world communicate has profoundly changed and Instant Messenger doesn't meet those expectations of the society now. Back to when Instant Messenger was launched in 1997, it was clarified as the biggest trend in communication after email.  The app claimed more than 100 million people registered with it in 2001.  ...

01/10/2017 "Will Robots bring about the end of work?"  https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2017/oct/01/will-robots-bring-about-the-end-of-work#img-1 In the beginning of this article, it clarifies how the future will be like rich people today. It makes a statement of how the rich people currently have private bankers which in the future, we will have robot bankers.  It essentially talks about how the rise of the robots and automation will make many employees redundant of their jobs.  JIm Yong Kim in 2016 stated that World Bank data has predicted that the proportion of jobs threatened by automation in India is 69 percent, 77 percent in China and 85 in India.  In 2013, a study from the university of Oxford said that there would be a prediciton 47% of jobs lost due to automation in the next 2 decades.  Essentially, in my opinion, I think that in the future, people will be negatively impacted by the production of the robots a...