new idea for newspaper - merging ideas

BBCiplayer, 40D, and ITVplayer - Media Critical Perspectives exam - Media in the Online Age

For my new idea for the newspaper, I have thought about media in the online age, focusing directly from the critical perspectives exam so media students know exactly where to look for information on this topic. From the use of the internet, media has evolved more than we ever thought it could, into now watching television at no set date. Online TV programme streamers, such as BBC iplayer (here you can watch programmes from any channels on the BBC up to a week previously) 40D (same concept, any programme from channel 4) and ITVplayer (same concept once again, any programme from ITV channels) all allow substantial freedom when it comes to watching television. (We could also include Matt L's idea of tvcatchup.com for TV streaming anywhere on the same page)

All three of these websites have evolved considerably from the internet and now allow us to watch television programmes, movies, etc at any time we want to if we have missed them up to a week previously. It defeats the idea of sitting at home waiting for a television programme to come on because you couldn't watch it any other time, which is what would have happened 5, especially 10 years ago. I discovered these TV streaming websites through advertisements on the TV after programmes, which mainly all follow the idea of 'If you have missed this programme or previous programmes of this show, you can watch online at..)

These TV streaming websites above are providing a challenge to television especially, as they are not taking the television audience for programmes away, they are simply diverting the audience to an online method of watching the programmes. This could create a problem for television in general, perhaps even to the point where a television is no longer necessary, because everything can be watched online!

Overall I think this would fill up quite a substantial amount on an A3 page and think a page on media in the online age concept would really benefit media A2 students, who could easily talk about this in the exam. We could also include a media timeline on the same page, how media has evolved throughout the years, students could take statistics from this timeline and use this in the exam too.)

I think a merge of all these ideas would be a great way to both involve the media students and learn for ourselves simultaneously. Perhaps we could include a few comments by media examiners, practitioners etc about media in the online ago and this may get the students interested moreso.