On Monday we got together during our regular class time (since Robbie wasn’t there) and worked together to create a video filtering a speech presented by Rupert Murdoch. Jess transcribed the speech so that we could work together to pick apart what he said and twist it into unique and hilarious sentences that all somehow worked to create a love letter from Murdoch to his institutions. Although we found it progressively difficult at times to edit the audio, it is always interesting to find ways in which to overcome such obstacles.
I also worked more on the biographies which will focus on seven institutions spanning both traditional mediums, such as print and television news media, and blogging/social media. These institutions which I am focusing on and which have a great deal of influence within Australia are: The Age, Herald Sun, Channel ten, SBS, BuzzFeed, Humans of New York and the YouTube channel; the VlogBrothers. These biographies will feature on our multi-media platform and will act as a way of showing our visitors the ways in which such institutions can influence the way in which we access information.
We also interviewed Philip Dearman, asking him a range of questions:
- What do you think is the biggest difference between traditional and new media?
- How do you think the evolution of new media has affected traditional media e.g. journalism?
- How do you think journalism has evolved in recent times?
- What kind of effect do you think media ownership has on the material produced in journalism?
- What do you think is the role of politics in sources? For example, newspapers and other traditional media using only government officials as sources.
- Could you talk about the (potential) difference in ethics between traditional and modern media institutions? e.g. traditional media institutions are run for profit, whereas some modern media institutions are not.
It was very interesting hearing from the head of journalism at RMIT and seeing what his perspective on the issues we presented were.
I hope to find information on the comparison of different ways in which news is presented on TV, such as discussion based, like Q and A and the Project, Current Affairs, such as A Current Affair and Today Tonight, and Regular Nightly News, such as SBS World News and Channel 9 news.
I also hope to find another journalist to interview, and hopefully gain another person’s interesting perspective on such interesting issues.