Wednesday 24 September 2014

New and Digital Media exam question feedback

Grade B  - 33/48

WWW:

  • Some excellent arguments and looked at both sides of the debate.



EBI:

  • Not enough depth - touch upon some interesting issues but move on without fully exploring them.
  • Check details: conservatives won the 92 election (case study) and Pareto's law known as the 80/20 law.
  • Media theory and more examples needed for A grade.



LR:

  • Does a wider variety of views mean higher quality?
I think that a variety of views does mean higher quality to an extent. Being exposed to new views through digital media, as opposed to being fed he same views again and again by newspapers allows us as individuals to look at all these opinions and then form our own. Things such as blogger and Twitter are the new media that allow people to express their views and opinions which in turn help others decide theirs, while also helps people understand other people's points of view.

However an issue that arises from being exposed to so many views can lead to people coming across extremist ideologies and then following them. A recent example is the Jihadist and extremeist Islamic views being spread on extremist websites, leading to people becoming extremists and fighting in countries such as Syria.

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