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The Need for News

The Need for News. New Delhi 4.07.2011. Why does humankind need news?. Orderly movement of time A sense that the world is knowable A recognition of one’s place in the world The idea of an interdependent world. The construction of news. Around the dateline/time slot

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The Need for News

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  1. The Need for News New Delhi 4.07.2011

  2. Why does humankind need news? • Orderly movement of time • A sense that the world is knowable • A recognition of one’s place in the world • The idea of an interdependent world

  3. The construction of news • Around the dateline/time slot • The names of newspapers • Studio set/music • Hierarchy of importance • Editorial pronouncement and the need to process news

  4. Some key changes • From stable order to unstoppable movement • From information to stimulation • From ticking over of time to flow of events • From journalism to media • From centrally generated to locally produced

  5. The Marketisation of news • Part of the system, not being able to stand outside it • Driven by what reader/viewer wants • News as advertising?

  6. De-centralisation of news • The world as news gatherer • Social media outlets • Low dependence on traditional news outlets • Greater control over news by individuals

  7. Overall Impact: supply side • Both variables feeding into each other • Heightened anxiety about attracting consumers • Acceleration into sensationalism

  8. Overall impact: a consumer perspective • The mental model of media as amplifying rather than representing reality • Fragmented into items, scams, links, articles • The gradual collapse of the idea of the single truth • Wanting to hear what one believes • Both freedom and unease

  9. The future? • The collapse of the media title? • The rule of social media? • The abbreviation/dumbing down of news?

  10. The starting point: The need for credible news • At its heart, news cannot be moulded by consumers • Credibility becomes even more critical when news gathering gets atomised • In an interdependent world, news has much greater functional value

  11. Role of media titles • Curation of opinion • Certification of authenticity • Ability to stand outside the market system while participating in it

  12. The need for news • Is growing • Taking new forms • Is generating new dichotomies

  13. The challenge • To adapt to a new world without dismantling what exists • The idea of a single world is constructed by news

  14. Thank you

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