1) To what extent do you agree with Alain de Botton's views on the News?
I agree with what he has to say because people are now finding news that isn't important to be more interesting which is being published into newspapers and other stories which are important are being pushed away. Another issue is that the audience in today's society forget about what they've been told due to the amount of news that they're told. It's the fact that they're given so much news that hey forget.
2) How can you link Marxism and Hegemony to de Botton's criticisms of the News?
There is the abuse of power to promote a certain ideology for the consumers of the news. This is because the ruling class are in control and the news is a good way for them to keep control of the rest of society.
3) How could you use Pluralism and new technology to challenge de Botton's views on the News?
News that we receive from certain platforms won't change, this is because they have a specific target audience that they reach out to but with the use of new technology, it is now easier to explore the other side to the story because we now have access to more platforms which gives us a better understanding of eveything.
4) Choose two news stories from the last six months - one that supports de Botton's views and one that challenges his belief that the News is used for social control.
We have the story of Brexit which was told for a long amount of time which would've got people to become sick of listening to the same story everyday.
Also there are stories like the Habbo Hotel one which was talked about for majority of the show because of the seriousness which would've got people to concern more about that because it created a moral panic.
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