Presentations

Nadeem:

Twitter 

• Gained 500 million users worldwide
• Youths socially connected
• Speed of information 

Information is able to be spread within a matter of seconds

Its at the speed of NOW

Twitters discover page -> News stories by news institutions

• Straight from the main source

Citizen journalism 

Navneet: 

"The internet is an empowering too" Al Gore

"Global village" McLuhan 

China's government blocked Facebook and western county sites in 2009.

Society became more fragmented due to this censorship policy.

Facebook was used as a means to kick start activist groups and set up secret meetings to plot against the government.

• Users can connect with each other online 
• Citizen journalism
•  (UGC)

Anita:

Netflix -> second popular provider of on demand internet streaming media and produces their own content now after gaining a mass audience of consumers.

• Provides films and TV shows 
• Created in 2008
• Available on all devices -> smartphones, tablets ect.
• The concept of convenience -> time shifting and scheduling 

Primary target audience is 18-36 year olds

• subscriptions at £6.50 -> attempting to increase this rate by a £1 more

Has the internet killed traditional video stores?

BBC Iplayer, ITV player -> provide catch up TV on programs on that specific network, that you may have missed

Gagan:

Music industries aren't making as much as they use to due to new and digital media

• CD revenues dropped by 11.7%
• Digital revenues grew by 4.3%

Audience -> engage with new technology and new devices which therefore means they are more likely to engage with streaming services

Institutions blaming Google -> Google is not interested in protecting content creators.

Moral panic for music industries 

Audience can get content for free online

• Digital Economy Act (DEA)

Jinan:

Smartphones

Iphone 5

• Released on 12th september 2012
• Simplistic yet multi-functional

Samsung Galaxy S3

• Android operating system
• Main competitor for iphone

Social networking, Facebook, Twitter..

Affects other institutions (more traditional industries)

• Disruptive
• Canon (cameras)
• Also can be used for gaming disturbing handheld gaming companies such as Nintendo.

Zulq:

BskyB

founded November 1990

Sky + -> launched in 2002

SkyGo -> launched 2006

• For film lovers

30th September 2009, BskyB got 9.4 million users

Prewatershed -> Pin 

Channel 4 and ITV

2012 -> 40% decrease

Samuel: 

"technology has changed everything"

• CD revenues dropped by 11.7%
• Digital revenues grew by 4.3%
• Artists lose out

Record and media institutions make the money 

The audience can be considered as gatekeepers

• They can control who becomes successful 

Justin Bieber -> Fame through Youtube covers 

Jackson 5 -> publicity on MTV (more traditional method)

Youtube helps artists promote and release their music for free

Its easy and only requires a Google email/account

Stefan:

Instagram

Creator was working for Google for 2 years

Launched October 2010

By 2012 -> 100,000 users 

Ownership vs. Facebook takeover

40 million images sent daily across the medium

• 10th April 2012 -> Facebook brought Instagram.

Harvey: 

There is a huge difference in quality.

It has now become much quicker to edit footage

Digital cameras now save money for high quality box office movies.

The speed has changed between traditional and digital films

Format change/switch over

Ordinary people have the means of production