Do you believe that new and digital media has changed the Media landscape for the better or worse?


1. The use of social media - News stories circulate quicker, meaning the public are informed of things 24/7, instead of only being able to find out information from the TV news and the newspaper. Social media also means that different opinions are spread on important issues, which could be seen as a positive or negative thing.

2. News websites (BBC News, The Guardian etc.) - These websites mean that less and less people are buying newspapers in order to find out about latest news, and are instead accessing it for free online, affecting the profits of these institutions.

3. Lovefilm, iTunes, and free/illegal movie downloads online - As these kind of downloads have become more and more popular and new sites are appearing all the time. This means that less DVDs are going to be sold due to it being much cheaper to use other methods of downloads.

4. Online catch-up websites - channels such as BBC, ITV and Channel 4 now all have online iplayers in which people are able to catch up on any shows that they missed from earlier in the week, plus extra clips etc. This means that less and less people are likely to be watching tevelision at primetime etc.

5. 3D Films - Over the past few years major films have been released in the cinema in 3D. This is a positive for the media landscape as films cannot be streamed illegally in 3D, which gives these people a reason to use the cinema once again. The release of 3D TV's and DVD has also impacted positively as people are buying DVD's again.

6. iPhone apps - for iPhone there are now thousands of apps for all kinds of things. There are apps for iplayers, Sky on Demand, and news apps etc. This means that no matter where people are, everybody is always connected which has changed the media landscape for the better, also with social networking there are better connections in the media landscape.