BBC school report.What is news?
In 197, Blumer and Katz come developed 'The uses and gratification theory' arguing audiences consume media text for one or more of the following four reasons:
News = facts/information BUT because the 'news' you see on the TV, online in newspapers is also a 'product' that has to sell a target audience, it can also be entertaining and this may distract the facts.
Fake news - false information given in a news report
Examples:
Two cousins found some 'fairies' but it was actually cardboard cutout of fairies from a book.
A photographer in Houston photoshopped a picture of the Houston airport being underwater and sold the picture to the BBC.
- Information
- Entertainment
- Socialisation (replacing human relationship)
- Surveillance
News = facts/information BUT because the 'news' you see on the TV, online in newspapers is also a 'product' that has to sell a target audience, it can also be entertaining and this may distract the facts.
Fake news - false information given in a news report
Examples:
Two cousins found some 'fairies' but it was actually cardboard cutout of fairies from a book.
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