Louis Oram GCSE Media Blog

Wednesday 24th January 2018 L/O: To investigate how news programmes are targeted towards different audiences. 10 News stories this week... Target Audiences for these programmes... 1. Radio 1 Newsbeat  Gender - both  Age 15+ Interests - Music  Live - UK 2. BBC 10 o'clock News  Gender - both Age - Young adults and adults Interest- interested in the news Live - UK 3. Spotlight Gender - Both Age - young adults and adults Interest - People that are interested in the news close to them or in their region Live - People that live in cornwall or regional news

Friday 12th January 2018 L/O: To explore the concept of 'fake news' and how to spot it. Fake News- False information used to shape your views, opinions and ideas. The information is often exaggerated, heavily biased or simply not true. The purpose of fake news is used to control and manipulate people. 5 examples of Fake News: *Muslim demands pork free menus in the us. *Queen Elizabeth removes Obama from royal party list. *Celeine down hates the american flag because he hates the country. *60 churches out of 1000 in Houston help hurricane harvey victims the other 940 didn't. *Hillary clinton assistant found dead. People fake news to get views and get the media attention they want. You can spot fake news by: