Unit 7: Journalism and the news industry

Evaluating  sources and information Reliability (e.g use of field experts, first hand eye-witnesses, authority- official v sbordinate, use of primary and secondary definers) Relevance Accuracy( cross referencing) Validty Accessibility Quality Cost effective

Secondary Research Researching the internet Newspapers/ Magazines Taking information from other webpages Books/ Journals- language barriers State research papers(government stats)- manipulated TV documentaries/films Social media- existing comments biased Advantages of using the internet to access research is that its free and quicker to access, however a weakness is that it could be false information. An advantage of using newspapers and magazines to collect secondary  research is that its easy to find, however a disadvantage is that its not always a trustworthy source depending on what company it is so could be biased. TV documentaries are good for accessing information because usually its always true as the facts and figures cant be changed like they can on the internet, however a disadvantage is that it could be less credable and it is made to make money

This article was publishes on The Independant The article is talking about Shona Grice who got her throat cut by her obsessed ex boyfriend as she told police 6 months before it haopened warning him about her then got fined for wasting police time as there was no hard evidence.  The article was publishes on the 19th March to inform the audience about the serious issue of crimes in the UK and for all of them to be taken seriously. The purpose of the article is to infrom the ABC1 audience about the death of this young girl. The mode of address of this article in formal as it was published on The Independant and is reporting of what happened to this girl and her ex boyfriend. They use paragraphing and elaboarte coding for the higher abc1 audience to understand. Reported quotes from Mr Lane following the accusations. He said: “I saw her slumped against the bed. She wasn’t moving. I saw blood on the bed and blood on the floor." he is using formal language to make it out like he ...

This article was published on The Sun The article is talking about a young girl and her best friend who went missing hours after being slashed in her face with a knife by a gang of girls. The article was published on the 20th March although the girls went missing on the 15th March at around 6pm. The location of the article was in Meryside where the girls lived. The purpose of this article is to inform the C2DE audience of these two missing girls and if anyone sees them to get in touch The mode of address for this article is formal as it is a serious article however there is mostly short sentences to describe the girls about what happened on that day and what they look like etc. "A TEENAGE girl has vanished hours after her face was slashed open in a terrifying knife attack by a gang of girls, her sister claims." this is used to inform the reader on exactly what happened so therefore why she might have gone missing . The tone of this article is ...

This article was published on HeatWorld The article is talking about Lagi Demetriou who reprtedly has 50,000 worth of concentarted cannabis stashed in an apartment he bought with money from Britains Got Talent in London. The article was published on the 6th March and has been one of the main headlines on digital news papers. The fourth pagaragraph states that "fire fighters discovered a watering system for the cannabis plants after being called to the property last Tuesday, when neighbours expressed concerns about a leak then the police was informed." The purpose of the article is to inform their C2DE audience about the arrest made as it would come to quite a shock to the public as they still see him as the 13 year old Lagi. The mode of address in this article is informal as the structure of the paragraphs are short and dont contain alot of elaborate coding. In this news article i can see the use of short sentences "We are determined to prove his innocence." ...

Primary Research Surveys Interviews Questionnaires Focus groups Online polls Advantages: The data collected is more realiable also you can evaluate the answers better if they are in a focus group or interviw if their answers are quite vaid like they sometimes are online Disadvantages: You have to go collect the data yourself instead of on the internet- also meaning it costs money to print