Monday, 14 February 2011
The Secret History of Social Networking
Listen to this 30 mins BBC radio programme for ideas about the future of social networking
Programme broadcast Radio 4 11.00am Weds 9th February 2011 - available on iPlayer. I have tried to paste a link but don't thnk it's working
Monday, 7 February 2011
Media Watch
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Amy Horsley: Media Watch - "Sugar" Magazine forced to Close.
Monday 24th January 2011 - Media Guardian
Sugar magazine, the UK’s best-selling teenage girls’ title, is to be closed in a further example of the structural challenges facing magazine publishers as young readers shun print in favour of free digital content.
Hachette Filipacchi, Sugar’s owner, said it had decided to close the magazine in response to the “fundamental shift” in teen publishing, as teenagers “spend their media time on mobile and web platforms and increasingly expect to receive content for free.” It is an issue that the music industry – along with most media owners – has been struggling with for some time.
"It's an overwhelming consumer trend," says Mike Soutar, founder and chief executive of Shortlist Media, the publisher of the free men's weekly of the same name and its "freemium" sister title Stylist, launched in 2009. "You can't have something as culturally significant as digital media and not expect it to change people's habits.
Sugar's tumbling circulation, to an average of 113,320 a month from a high of 422,179 in the first half of 2000, reflected a teenage market which has shrunk 75% in a decade.
Sugar will live on via its website, Sugarscape.com, which has around 430,000 unique users a month, while Elle has looked to offer its readers a "360 degree experience" with complementary content on apps and online. On the same day that it announced the teen magazine's closure, Hachette Filipacchi issued figures showing Elleuk.com had gained its 200,000th Twitter follower. But that will have been no consolation to staff on Sugar.
Sugar magazine, the UK’s best-selling teenage girls’ title, is to be closed in a further example of the structural challenges facing magazine publishers as young readers shun print in favour of free digital content.
Hachette Filipacchi, Sugar’s owner, said it had decided to close the magazine in response to the “fundamental shift” in teen publishing, as teenagers “spend their media time on mobile and web platforms and increasingly expect to receive content for free.” It is an issue that the music industry – along with most media owners – has been struggling with for some time.
"It's an overwhelming consumer trend," says Mike Soutar, founder and chief executive of Shortlist Media, the publisher of the free men's weekly of the same name and its "freemium" sister title Stylist, launched in 2009. "You can't have something as culturally significant as digital media and not expect it to change people's habits.
Sugar's tumbling circulation, to an average of 113,320 a month from a high of 422,179 in the first half of 2000, reflected a teenage market which has shrunk 75% in a decade.
Sugar will live on via its website, Sugarscape.com, which has around 430,000 unique users a month, while Elle has looked to offer its readers a "360 degree experience" with complementary content on apps and online. On the same day that it announced the teen magazine's closure, Hachette Filipacchi issued figures showing Elleuk.com had gained its 200,000th Twitter follower. But that will have been no consolation to staff on Sugar.
"Sugar" Magazine closes, Andy Coulson resigns
Teen magazine Sugar stops production due to “the business being unviable”.
Publishers blame the slow in business on teenagers using their mobilestoo much and spending their time on the web as opposed to reading magazines.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/24/magazines-free-media-launches
Andy Coulson resigns, again.
Coulson resigned one Friday 22nd January as phone hacking rumours become more prominent. This results in Murdoch loosing a key ally, crucial to his BSkyB bid.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/21/andy-coulson-resigns-david-cameron
Publishers blame the slow in business on teenagers using their mobilestoo much and spending their time on the web as opposed to reading magazines.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/24/magazines-free-media-launches
Andy Coulson resigns, again.
Coulson resigned one Friday 22nd January as phone hacking rumours become more prominent. This results in Murdoch loosing a key ally, crucial to his BSkyB bid.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/21/andy-coulson-resigns-david-cameron
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Wikipedia podcast
You need to listen to this 23 minute podcast and answer the questions on the handout from the lesson
Monday, 17 January 2011
Jamie Branston-NoW phone-hacking scandal: News Corp's 'rogue reporter' defence unravels
Glenn mulcaire tells the high court that the news of the world asked him to hack voicemails, however the news corporation claims that the hacking that has taken place was the work of a single rogue reporter who was hacking voicemail on their own accord.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/17/phone-hacking-news-of-the-world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/17/phone-hacking-news-of-the-world
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Researching Long Tail Theory - James Hoye
I asked 10 people how and where they obtain/get their music. I made sure they understood that I did not mean online streaming or just listening; and that they were actually getting the Cd's or files.
How do you obtain your music?
Amazon - 2
iTunes - 3
Supermarket - 1
Illegal Download - 1
HMV - 1
Spotify (buy feature) - 2
I asked 2 people who were over 50 years old and 1 of them used iTunes and the other used HMV. This surprises me because I would expect them to use supermarkets, instead of the Internet as they are digital immigrants. One extra fact that I did find was that the elderly people I asked had trouble finding new music, as the shops did not stock the music they wanted and they rarely used the Internet to find it.
Of the 20 - 50 year olds, I got a range of HMV, supermarket, pirate bay, amazon and iTunes. Which does not surprise me, as in this age group, there will be a mixture of digital natives and immigrants. This age group will be a fan of the more mainstream music which you will find in HMV (and other msuic specialists) and Tesco, as well as on the internet where you can find more of less anything.
Finally, the youngest age group I asked was 14-20 in which they all answered iTunes and Spotify. This will be because they can get all of the chart music as well as the niche music. Consequentially giving children the largest selection.
How do you obtain your music?
Amazon - 2
iTunes - 3
Supermarket - 1
Illegal Download - 1
HMV - 1
Spotify (buy feature) - 2
I asked 2 people who were over 50 years old and 1 of them used iTunes and the other used HMV. This surprises me because I would expect them to use supermarkets, instead of the Internet as they are digital immigrants. One extra fact that I did find was that the elderly people I asked had trouble finding new music, as the shops did not stock the music they wanted and they rarely used the Internet to find it.
Of the 20 - 50 year olds, I got a range of HMV, supermarket, pirate bay, amazon and iTunes. Which does not surprise me, as in this age group, there will be a mixture of digital natives and immigrants. This age group will be a fan of the more mainstream music which you will find in HMV (and other msuic specialists) and Tesco, as well as on the internet where you can find more of less anything.
Finally, the youngest age group I asked was 14-20 in which they all answered iTunes and Spotify. This will be because they can get all of the chart music as well as the niche music. Consequentially giving children the largest selection.
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