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MDIA1002 Tutorial Prep Task 2: News Organisation That Uses The Platform As A Distribution Point. Instructions
MDIA1002 Tutorial Prep Task 2: News Organisation That Uses The Platform As A Distribution Point. Instructions
MDIA1002 Tutorial Prep Task 2: News Organisation That Uses The Platform As A Distribution Point. Instructions
Social media platforms are consistently used for journalistic and public relations purposes by the media
industries. In this exercise, you will research one of these platforms and locate the URL for a legitimate
news organisation that uses the platform as a distribution point.
Instructions
Investigate any one of the following platforms and find a short news example from that platform and the
organisation that it comes from.
Upload a word document (make sure it is a standard word processing file (e.g. .doc, docx, .txt, .rtf
file) NOT A PDF, ZIP OR PAGES FILE., by 5pm the day before your tutorial, which includes the
following:
Your name
Your student znumber
Your tutorial id (eg T11A, W13B etc)
URL and Screen shot of the news item
And your answers to the following questions (bullet points, brief sentences ok):
1. What platform and news organisation did you identify?
2. What topic was the news item covering?
3. How would you describe the purpose of the news item?
4. Who do you think the audience was?
5. What news values (as discussed in the lecture and reading) do you think drove this item, and
why?
Also, bring a printed or digital copy to the tutorial, as we will discuss them further there.
Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/
Tumblr – https://www.tumblr.com/