News Sectors

News Sectors:

Print media:

Print media forms of journalism would consist of news papers, magazines and journals. Large names in this field consist of those such as The Guardian, The Daily Mail and the Sun.  Print media is a traditional Pre web 2.0 form of news distribution however it is becoming more and more irrelevant as many traditional newspapers are choosing to swap the costs of producing and distributing newspapers to instead publish the news they find to specialised websites which are becoming much more accessible use to black box technologies (a technology capable of performing multiple functions such as smart phones, tablets and computers)

The print media market has many issues however which are not shared by many others (especially web enabled citizen journalism.) Firstly the companies which publish the news within these industries are rarely public service (not supported in anyway by the government) and therefore have no obligations to report the whole truth behind their coverage. This has resulted in most print organisations now having a strong political bias such as the Sun and Mail being right wing while the Guardian and Observer foster a leftwing ideology.  

Broadcasting:

Radio and Television broadcasting are another form of pre- web 2.0 reporting which again is being phased out by the rise in internet journalism (however not as quickly as print media is)

Notable names within Broadcasting journalism would be BBC News (Both the television show and radio station), SKY News, and ITV news. A definite advantage to broadcast journalism within the united kingdom would be that the BBC (British Broadcasting corporation) are run under public service ownership meaning that they are given funding through the taxpayer with the understanding that the content which they present will have no significant bias and will be as close as possible to an accurate portrayal of real life events. This means that being informed by the BBC is likely the most accurate (Non internet enabled) way of being presented with the news.

The Web.

Web 2.0 introduced the British Isles with an internet access which could access interactive features such as video and advertising which naturally provided large media conglomerates with a whole new way of reaching their audience. This means that large well known organisations have expanded into web journalism such as The Sun, The BBC and The Guardian.

This is not the only exiting feature of internet journalism however, as that its easy now for normal people (as appose to professional Journalists) to give their interpretations of the news in a posses known as citizen journalism. Several of the pioneers of this process have been The Huffington post and Buzz feed which have found much success in internet journalism and becoming large companies while doing so. Small companies such as these offer much less biased coverage of stories as that the people creating them usually have little to gain from manipulating stories however it is important to remember that this is defiantly something that changes as these companies expand and become worth large businesses,. For example both Buzz Feed and The Huffington Post are now understood to be fairly left leaning in their coverage of the News.