The effect new and digital media will have had on the way that audiences respond to news stories.

• Audience will be able to receive news quicker on sites such as Twitter
• Smart phones allow internet access, audience can get direct news stories
• After receiving news stories audience can use social networking sites to express their opinions
• Typing a news story into google will get millions of results in a matter of seconds
• Podcasts allow consistent updates of news stories onto ipods
• News stories can get sent directly to emails which can now be accessed through smart phones
• Youtube- people can upload their own news stories and opinions, their own broadcast institution
• Twitter allows raw news to be received by audiences of followers quickly and first hand

Media Debate- Do they use scare stories and moral panics to keep us under control?

Moral Panics: A condition, episode, person or froup of people emerge to become defined as a threat to societal value, ideologies and interests.

Examples of Moral Panics:

The swine flu scare made society look after there health more, posters were placed everywhere:  

People even made a song and a dance about it:

This made people wash their hands after touching anything! Carry anit-bacterial hand gel, throw away used tissues, cover their mouths with a tissue when sneezing or coughing and clean surfaces like door handles and remote controls to prevent the spread of germs!

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"Surely if the human race is under threat, it is entirely reasonable to segregate AIDS victims, otherwise the whole of mankind could be engulfed." -Daily Star, 1988 

The AIDS scare promoted sexual health and encouraged the use of condoms and make people aware of what they were touching and who touched it. 

  

"Facebook bullies ruined my life: As the first internet bully is sent to jail, the story that will terrify ever parent"The new form of technology including the internet installed fear in parents to mind what sites they were going on and who their children is talking to on the internet in particular Facebook as it has millions of users, some in which may be paedophiles and rapists hunting their prey: innocent young children. This made parents put parental locks on websites they didn't want their child to go on.  

The knife and gun crime scare in the media helps parents ensure they know where their child is going, what they are doing and making sure they are safe.

The Leveson Inquiry

The Leveson Inquiry is investigating the role of the press and the police in the phone hacking scandal on the 13th of July 2011, and Lord Justice Leveson is chairman of the inquiry looking into the relationship between press and public, between press and police, and between press and politicians, and to make recommendations of a n new act being ethically sound but allow the press freedom.

This inquiry is important for society because politicians and police where allegedly involved in the phone hacking scandal, suggesting perhaps that we have a corrupt political system.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/13/boris-johnson-refusal-apologise-phone-hacking
The inquiry will ensure to bring all evidence to light as it has the "power to summon witness under the Inquiries 2005 act." The evidence given under the oath and in public will give answers to British citizens who had their phone hacked.
Milly Dowler:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b5d52c4-a670-11e0-ae9c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1f5sRushk
Parents of the two ten year old girl seized and killed by school care taker
including Prince William, Ryan Giggs and Andy Gray.

This links to Media debates:
* Should the press have as much freedom as it does?

Boardwalk Empire

In Boardwalk Empire the promo picture shows the characters walking around on the Boardwalk and it shows the different classes with in the TV series. The main character is wearing a tuxedo with a red flower botch. As only 'Nucky' is wearing a tuxedo, it shows how he is of a higher class than the rest of them as he is a very important figure of society within the TV show. The red flower of his jacket which has connotations of love and romance is heavily contrasted with his facial expression as it is very grave and serious. His gaze is focused on something else which could be representing him as deceiving or pretty secretive, this is a global representation of powerful people such as politicians and even football players as seen in the British society. However 'Nucky' isn't the only one that looks cunning, all the other people in the shot have those facial expressions and even the women are 'knowing who's behind them'. She seems to be shielded behind him which shows the stereotypes of the ideal typical man of them times of being a white, strong, dominating male, his fists are clenched which also show the aggression and authority. Everyone is standing at an angle which can show that no-one is straight forward and that it is a society where no-one trusts anyone. As it was set in 1920's America, the historical context proves that although the era had it's perks it also had it's negatives. Boardwalk Empire is based around the time of Prohibition so there was a lot of deception and criminal activity and this can be shown in this print platform. There is one African American in the text which shows how discrimination was present, he is positioned in the background connoting his lower class in society and how he is of less importance in the series. The mise-en-scene shows the boardwalk and the glitz and glam of the 1920's showing along with the text title