NDM News: Globalisation

1) Is our news influenced by American cultural imperialism? Give some examples arguing for or against this perspective.

• Front page sensationalism.
• Views driven
• Americanisation.
• Click-bait.
• Ratings-driven.
• Commercialism and Dramatisation.
• Malaysian Plane gone missing story.

2) Has the increased globalisation of news improved the audience experience? How? Why?

• Globalisation: Local News died, e.g: Ealing Gazzete.
• Moral panic: Donald trump elect president - Global reactions by people and institutions.
• Access to news around the world.
• American president influence - Britain war in Iraq.
• Access to news around the world.

3) Has globalisation benefited or damaged major news institutions? How? Why?

• Technology - Citizen Journalism.
• Facebook & Twitter user base. - Killing off news institutions, taken revenue from news institutions.
• Stories is easier to produce - blogs.
• Fake news citizen journalism, loss of control.
• The end of news burros.