Tuesday, November 01, 2011

13C Cover Work p3/4 Tue 01/11

Stay in the classroom or DF06. Ms Brown will be taking the lesson.

1. Read the article : Newspapers - The Effect of Online Technology

2. Create a separate mind-map (on A3 plain paper) for each section:
  • Newspapers: In Decline
  • Why is the newspaper industry in crisis?
  • Should news be free?
  • The democratisation of news?
  • Audience power?
3. Copy out (on A4 lined paper) and fill in the gaps in the three charts:
  • The impact of online technology on news
  • Newspapers - The effect of online technology
  • Audience gratifications of the Guardian website
4. On your blogs, summarise FIVE recent examples of UGC making the news, to include:
  • The Arab Spring
  • Ian Tomlinson's death
  • Gadaffi's death
...for each one, include an embedded YouTube clip showing the footage and a link to a Guardian newspaper article reporting on it (ideally referring to the UGC element and its significance).

Complete all of this for homework (due Thur 03.11)