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Summary Public services - current affairs - M1
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Directly from my public services course which I achieved maximum marks in, this covers M1 of the current affairs module
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Analyse how changes in technology affect the gathering and presentation of information in differenttypes of media, and its ability to affect events
As technology has developed them, Media has existed uniform since the birth of the newspaper in
17th century approximately 400 years ago. Each aspect of information gathering and its presentation
has changed with technology.
Information disinformation initially relied mainly on people as the source, occasionally backed up
with evidence from books or similar. However personal opinions of those individuals largely carried
more precedent than actually evidence. In addition only information that supported the political
opinion of the paper was actually gathered (this is still mostly true). Information gathering changed
little until the radio was introduced and live reports were given. This version of “live” was often
slightly after the event so editing could occur. Also those that were at the scene gathering
information normally only presented what they felt as relevant and so only opinionated information
was given. A more realistic version of live was born with the television however it only came into play
in the late 50s and early 60s for the first time. The most dynamic use was of course in war, e.g. Korea,
Vietnam, however whilst information here gathered was true and real it was not all necessarily
presented. With the advent of the technology revolution in the late 20 th century early 21st mobile
phones, the WWW (worldwide web) and internet and its easy accessibility meant that information
from anywhere any time could be gathered and sent on for the first time. This has made prevention
of information leaks more difficult. However one more thing that should be noted is that there were
for long periods of time areas that information could not be gathered from or false/fake information
was put in place to be gathered by the media.
The presentation of information of information is far more important and has changed with
technology. Initially it could only be presented in a newspaper or pamphlet, restricting how much
could be in place. The information has been tailored for a particular political group and their policy
and so the information tries to relay a particular message, feeling and similar to the readers. Little
changed until the birth of radio with the exception of the introduction of colour and graphics to the
newspaper and other similar formats. With the introduction of the radio changes in presentation of
information occurred. First of all commissions and similar bodies had to be set up to ensure that it
only reported on certain matters. In addition a lot of government intervention occurred, controlling
how the reports were presented, mostly ensuring that they were positive for that particular nation’s
ambition and similar. The Nazis and the way radio was controlled by them is a great example of this.
Little changed until television was introduced to the masses. Here the way information was
presented was different. For the first time real time images could be broadcast and true accurate
reports made. This would give the general public an accurate picture of what was actually occurring
as the events were being reported. However initially the presentation of information largely acting as
propaganda. As TV became freer of the Government it became clear they had to change their
approach. This resulted in techniques designed to blur the information being presented. Different
words could invoke different emotions for example. All though TV in some areas was controlled by
the government most was free meaning reports could be made globally. However in the
technological revolution in the late 20 tht century information could be presented globally? However
whilst more information than ever is now available and its method of presentation more varied, it
lacks full regulation .This has led to a lot of information being presented as fact which is either totally
false or wrong, or elements of just plainly oblivious of the actual information. This has meant that
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