Monthly Archives: September 2022
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CSP – AUDIT (SEPT ’22)
Command Words
- Describe: Saying what you see and how this then links to a theory/ theorist/ concept.
- Compare: Drawing a conclusion between differences and similarities.
- Evaluate: Opinion
- Analyse: Picking apart.
- Knowledge: A fact that you can recall, something you can identify.
- Understanding: A deeper perception, fully being able to explain.
revision
A-Level Coursework – Flyers
Instagram posts – NEA
3 flyers: coursework
revision – the press
Abuse of power –
Habermas, the transformation of the public sphere – using the media to hold people accountable: Prince Andrew, Jeffery Epstein, Murdoch phone hacking.
The complicit links –
The manufacture of consent (Chomsky)
Rules and regulation –
Rules and regulations are important in newspapers to protect freedom of expression and media freedom and regulate media markets, ownerships, infrastructure and technical standards and, importantly, generate content within media that is unbiased.
The substantiation of truth and reality (Baudrillard) –
How can we prove the truth? what is truth based on – morality, ethics, religion, science, empirical evidence
brief 3- product 3.
The press – Revision Notes
Abuse of Power
- Habermas –
- An example in the Press is when the millionaire abuses his power for his own sexual pleasure and thinks he does what he likes.
Complicit Links between those in power at the expense of those who are subservient (Chomsky, The Manufacture of Consent)
- Chomsky mentions that you shouldn’t believe what those in power say, as they comply with each other.
- An example, of this is One of the hierarchy of ‘The Post’ within the Press abuses his power by blackmailing either those with similar power or less to gather information that he wants, but not necessary what he needs.
Rules and Regulations
- Rules and regulations –
- An example of this in the Press, they are required to follow and obey by the rules when designing and publishing their newspapers.
The substantiation of Truth and Reality (Baudrillard) – How can we prove the truth? What is the truth based on – morality, ethics, religion, science, empirical evidence?
The rise of new technologies which impact and disrupt all of the above
Revision of Key Ideas 1
Truth, Regulation and Accountability
The abuse of power (Habermas, The Transformation of the public sphere) – using the media to hold people to account e.g. Prince Andrew.
The abuse of power, and the use of money in the series to abuse power. Example: when Joshua West paid the press costs and damages to take down the paper when his reputation was to be put at risk.
The Manufacture of Consent/ links of people in power – not always believing what you see. The Prime minister and editor of the press. Stories becoming manipulated to work in favour. Coercing the editor to open the opera because of her reputation.
Rules and regulation- when the herald got pulled up on their lack of consent to post a story. Must follow journalistic practice.