NEWSPAPERS AND OWNERSHIP
How are newspapers funded? (10 words)
- Advertising, pay walls, cover price are all funding methods.
What are IPSO and what do they do? (10 words)
- They are the regulator for magazine and newspaper, protect public.
Why are online-only newspapers not regulated? (10 words)
- Because there is no regulator for the internet.
OWNERSHIP: (industry)
- Newspapers are not usually profitable, but instead seen as a means of gaining social and political influence.
- As a result, they are often owned by rich individuals rather than a conglomerate.
HOW MUCH CONTROL DO OWNERS HAVE? (industry)
- Owners are not expected to interfere obviously with their newspaper. Doing this would destroy the newspapers credibility.
- Editors who are interviewed frequently in the media (such as Sky News or the BBC) always deny that their owner interferes with the content.
- However, obviously the owner appoints the editor and they have similar views to that of the owner.
THE SCOTT TRUST OWNS THE GUARDIAN OBSERVER
Their values are:
- Advertising, pay walls, cover price are all funding methods.
What are IPSO and what do they do? (10 words)
- They are the regulator for magazine and newspaper, protect public.
Why are online-only newspapers not regulated? (10 words)
- Because there is no regulator for the internet.
OWNERSHIP: (industry)
- Newspapers are not usually profitable, but instead seen as a means of gaining social and political influence.
- As a result, they are often owned by rich individuals rather than a conglomerate.
HOW MUCH CONTROL DO OWNERS HAVE? (industry)
- Owners are not expected to interfere obviously with their newspaper. Doing this would destroy the newspapers credibility.
- Editors who are interviewed frequently in the media (such as Sky News or the BBC) always deny that their owner interferes with the content.
- However, obviously the owner appoints the editor and they have similar views to that of the owner.
THE SCOTT TRUST OWNS THE GUARDIAN OBSERVER
Their values are:
- Ensure the editorial independence of newspapers
- Appoint their own editors
- Continue their liberal traditions
- Promote the freedom of the press.
The observer and Guardian do not support one any political party. It is key that writers express different political views.
As their political point of view is liberal, articles should criticise:
- Extreme right wing ideas
- Extreme left wing ideas
LIBERAL VALUES: Tolerance, fairness and progress through media language, which makes it mainstream. (representation)
COLLABORATE with readers and others to have a greater impact. (Audiences and Uses Grats)
"How do newspapers reflect the media industries that own them?"
The Observer is owned by the The Scott Trust, as they are the owners of the paper they spread their own specific ideologies within the papers articles made by journalists appointed by them. The Observer's political point of view is dominantly liberal, meaning they criticise both right and left wing ideas. As they support both wings they must include tolerance, fairness and progress within their media language; this makes the paper a mainstream paper that can appeal to everyone. An example of this, would be a story where they celebrate ethnicities and sexualities.
Furthermore, newspapers reflect the media industries that own them by including specific values made by their ownership. One of the Scott Trust values is "promote the freedom of the press" and this is evident in the Guardian/Observer. For example, the Guardian/Observer includes a section on their website where their readership can enter their own stories and perhaps have the opportunity to be published. This reflects the collaboration with readers to have a greater impact and positive reflection of their industry, this is also social interaction which therefore reflects the values that they want people to share their different views and perspectives.
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