I do agree with Alain de Bottons views regarding news, and mainly agree with the point he made regarding audiences coming across the same type of news more frequently.
I also agree with the point he made about audiences getting an overload of news which therefore makes it harder for people to make out what is more important and what isn't.
Alain de Botton believes you can either give people no news at all or give them an overload of what is going on around the world, and right now at the moment we are still trying to figure out what we should do, as he states we're still trying to figure out what to do with news.
2) How can you link Marxism and Hegemony to de Botton's criticisms of the News?
During the interview, Alain de Botton shows us the value of economic news and links it to hegemony. He also states that there's a sort of bias feel in the news and believes that audiences should be able to view and hear both sides of a story, but however, states that the ruling bodies are the ones who decide what gets published and what doesn't.
3)How could you use Pluralism and new technology to challenge de Botton's views on the News?
As an audience we could argue that with technology becoming more advanced, this has given audiences an opportunity to have more of an opinion and say on what they want published and get to comment on the content that is published. Furthermore, de Botton argues that due to the media overloading audiences with news, they've become reluctant to reading news.
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.
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/20/barack-obama-facebook-fake-news-problem - challenges
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/20/indian-train-derailment-kills-dozens-and-injures-over-100 - supports
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