Critism the author levels at reality TV programmes
People are put into comical situations and are left momentarily embarassed
Viewers are able to live through other families’ ups and downs via voyeuristic TV shows
Today young people are taught bad morals from TV shows, which is different from previous generations’ TV programmes
Exposing young people to extremes in culture very early on will have an impact on them
Producers pick people who are bound to fail so that the audience can laugh at them
People are more interested in voting on TV shows than in parliamentary elections
Watching reality Tv makes people feel better about their own lives including misfortunes
People like to feel discomfited by what they see
People need to know what is happening on reality TV shows to take part in veryday conversation
For the purpose of achieving a dramatic effect, parts of the shows are scripted and controlled/not real
People judge others for being in trouble and even laugh at them
People should distinguish between a comedy show and reality TV by not laughing at people in real trouble
Reality tv will be replaced by something so far worse in the future
What motivates people to take part in reality TV shows
Attempt to make career dreams come true
Adventurism, enjoying the thrill of the competition/contest
Stardom: become famous in the media and accepted and popular among peers
Love being admired in the spotlight and at home
Have the chance to have several friends
Get rich/ enjoy an expensive lifestyle
Define “open journalism”
Means that everybody has the right to gather, process and report information together with the media. This might lead to different perspectives on an incident and more subjectivity in reporting, but it can also create a more complete picture of the issue and its complexity
Describe how the Guardian has made use of new technology
The Guardian was the first to…
Make user-generated content
Use crowdsourcing
Provide a platform for data-sharing
Show commitment against paywall-ism (when people can only access information after paying)
->The Guardian has used new technology to establish open journalism
Does the author generelly support or reject citizen journalism?
Journalists should be careful and make readers aware of the potentially dangerous disadvantages
Point out the arguments presented against citizen journalism
Citizen journalists might be biased, because they aren’t trained to see both sides of a story, so their reporting might be quite subjective, tendentious and unreliable
Citizens aren’t always aware of the impact their reporting, factual or unsubstantiated, can have on people in modern times, when news is available instantaneously
They might be indecisive about publishing their stories because they aren’t trained about underlying laws
Citizens can be a bit of naïve about copyright laws and not realise that the paper can freely use it for its own purposes including profit making
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