Maddie Haywood's A Level Media

Explain the political significance of the concept of 'press freedom' and its relationship to representative democracy. Why do you think freedom of the press is important? How much influence do you think the government should have about the things reported in the UK press? I personally feel that the use of a free press has both positives and negatives, and therefore shouldn't be totally self-regulated. The invasion of privacy of those in the public eye is becoming more common, with reporters taking stories too far and gaining private information. This is happening due to the demand the readers give, responding well to stories that seem exclusive. However, I feel that when a scoop is no longer I the publics interest then it shouldn't be printed and hence should be regulated, as reporters are gaining both unwanted information and information which is too invasive. The concept of 'press freedom' has political significance as newspapers are able to support any po...

E.g. E.g. E.g. How are Ok Go representing themselves? Within their music videos, he band Ok Go represent themselves with an alternative approach. The band members feature in all of the above examples, using specialist techniques like fast-paced editing to pronounce their movements and to create the allusion of time passing. This use of alternative techniques within their videos helps to represent the band as individuals as well as their genre of music. The rock band have created complicated music videos, helping to represent the ideas within their songs through visuals. This unique identity is shown through their use of media language, for instance within the first video shown above, one continuous shot is used. As well as this, the video shows the band members using treadmills in a non-traditional manner, therefore the use of one continuous shot allows the audience insight into the small mistakes which are made...