MASS MEDIA IN BRITAIN Inhalt BRITISH PRINT MEDIA. 2 1. Newspapers 3 2. Quality Press 4 3. Middle-Market 5 4. Tabloids 5 5. Magazines 6 ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN GREAT BRITAIN. 7 6. TV. 7 7. Soaps: 8 8. Reality TV: 8 9. Radio. 9 MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE UK Freedom of expression is protected under: · 1998 Human Rights Act which enacted into UK law the European Convention on Human Rights · 2005 Freedom of Information Act, the 1998 Act also introduced privacy as a statutory right. The British press is unrestricted by censorship or state control. It is considered to be an instrument and criticising government and decision-makers. It has considerable influence in public affairs and therefore is sometimes called the „Fourth Estate“. The „Press Council“ was set up to safeguard the freedom of the press and to maintain the highest professional standards. Unlike most other European countries the British press receives no subsdies and relatively few tax and postal concessions. If a newspaper or magazine prints wrong or damaging information about an individual, it may be sued for lible. In such cases the editor, publishers, printer of the print matter, as well as the author, may all be held responsible. BRITISH PRINT MEDIA Britain is a nation of avid newspaper readers. More than 16 million people buy a copy of a morning paper and countless
Keeping Up with the Constantly Changing Media Landscapeby Anna-Marie V. 11th October 2018 We could say that traditional media like broadcasting, printed media or magazines became the target group of electronic media the minute the internet took over our day to day lives. So how long will it take until print media vanish? Or do you think that by the year 2100 there will be still someone selling newspapers? So much information and so little time. How we consume media can be individual. If you like to read, you can turn to either traditional news sources like the New York Times or you can download a News App that usually comes with multiple categories to choose from. For those who don’t have time to read the news in the morning, you can just turn on the radio or listen to podcast. They usually summarise the most important events in five to ten minutes which saves you time and keeps you updated. Before vs after digital revo..
Internet and new Media
Introducing the Internet
The Internet is a global network of networks.
A Global Network of Networks
The internet is a loose, international collection of networks
Millions of computers are connected to each another via cables and radio waves
Public backbones connect all the local together
Internet Statistics
The number of people online worldwide is thought to be around 2.1 billion
Around 30.5% of the world’s population
The number of internet users is increasing by around 7 % year-on-year
Host
The number of hosts (computers) connected to the internet stands at around 850 million and increase about 10.5 %
Traffic
Internet traffic – the amount of bytes transferred
Is increasing by roughly 40 – 50 % every year
Google has reportedly now seen over a trillion unique URLs
Broadband Subscribers
Fixed broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants Austria 2,003,905
Wireless broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants 1,741,246
Mobile is coming
Sales of new smartphones overtook sales of new PCs
40 % of all tweets now are created on mobile devices
Not just apps: increase use of mobile web browser to access mobile web sites
Gartner predicts smartphones will overtake PCs as the most common web access device in 2013
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Measured Download Speeds
20 million broadband speed tests around the world every month
They raw data can be download or explored with Google’s Publish Data Explorer
In Austria
6 million people aged 14 and older have access to the internet in Austria
3.4 million hosts in the “at” domain
“willhaben.at”, “derstandard.at” and autoscout24.at” are the most popular web sites in Austria
Internet FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
So, the Internet is Run by Google, Right?
No
Google, is one of the big commercial players, along with facebook, Amazon, ebay, Microsoft, Apple, …
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