Round Table Interview

NEWS SOURCES: What are the pros and cons of these news sources? Complete
this table with your answers. In a round table (group work), discuss the sources.
You have to record a video as you do the activity. You can do it in Zoom or
Screencast.

Pros (advantages) Cons (disadvantages)

TV -It can be educational. Televisions, if you
know what to watch and what programs to
watch, can be educational for people of all
ages
-We stay informed and updated on what is
happening in the world
-There are channels that help to improve
internally, such as cooking channels that
teach recipes, channels that teach DIY things, health problems
etc. Television can help people learn new
things
-There are programs that can motivate people
to pursue their dreams.
-Hearing voices in the background help
people feel less alone
-Television can help expand the mind and
discover new things, like when watching
documentaries
-It can have health benefits: exercising while people to consume no matter what
watching television, enjoying landscapes and
nature when you cannot leave the house, etc. -A lot of TV shows are shallow and it makes
-encourages creativity
-It is a source of entertainment. Television
entertains people of any age
- There is a lot of inappropriate content that
can have negative effects on impressionable
children and also on adults
-Watching too much television is not always
good for your health. There is a correlation
between watching television and obesity.
Excessive TV watching (more than 3 hours a
day) can also contribute to sleep difficulties,
behavior problems, low grades, and other
-Television makes us antisocial, replacing
family and Friends
-It's a waste of time. Watching television fills
in the time a person could have spent doing
important and enriching things
-Television can show bad examples and
negative stereotypes that distort the observer's
perception of the world
-Television wants consumerism, ads just want
people shallow.
-TV can ruin your relationships. If you are
watching TV instead of communicating with
your loved one, this is a problem.

-It gives work. The world of television -It can be addictive. Television can create
employs millions of people directly or addiction like any other addictive behavior
indirectly
Radio -It is a powerful means -Cultural programs are scarce

-stimulates the imagination -It has great competition with the televisión

-It makes us reflect -You don't have much financial support.

-It has a low cost in its production.comparison -More creativity is needed than in others
of other media) meThere is no visual image, which, in this
 -It's easier to get a radiothan a televisión sense, presents the medium with a handicap in
front of televisiondia
-can be heard on the internet
-The audience is difficult to measure, this is
-It has less censorship not good for advertising
Newspapers -Keeps us updated: This document shows -The information is late: With the passing of
current news and events from the national the minutes, new news emerges due to how
level to the entire world. fast society moves. So the newspaper can be a
bad reference to stay updated in real time.
- It is very common to find advertisements or
modern advertising in them -High cost production, it has a considerable
cost due to the printing process of all sections
-Creates reading habits in the individual: and distribution of the material
Reading the newspaper daily makes
individuals develop reading habits. this -Not for all ages
exponentially improves their vocabulary and
way of expressing themselves. Everything -Newspapers are static and two-dimensional
happens thanks to the informative text that the
medium contains
Social media - Access to information at the moment. - immediacy. A journalist who already has his
Anyone who is on a social network has the followers cannot afford to fail at a key
ability to find out the latest news anywhere in momento
the world
-Contrast and verification. Goodbye to
-New informative formats making a couple of calls to confirm the news
that we are working
- Own name and surname. As in business
communication, social networks have enabled - No to mistakes. A mistake can be the end of
journalists to create their own personal Brand the career of a journalist who works with
social networks. The virality of errors is one
- Target audience met. Being a specialized of the greatest dangers that arises from the
journalist and finding your target audience is relationship between social networks and
much easier journalism

- Network of professionals. Now it is much

easier to contact other journalists or reporters
specialized in a specific sector
Internet - instantaneity: we can know or know what - There is no exhaustive control: many digital
happens in another part of the world media are not regulated by the State, this
immediately means that copyright is not respected, for
example
-Interactivity: users have the possibility of
interacting and replicating the information of - Verification of sources: as there is an excess
a medium. Communication is no longer linear of information, there is also a lot of false data
and feedback is generated or fake news circulating. Any user can share
them without checking the source. The
-Universality: digital journalism has a global journalist must differentiate himself from
reach, that is, the information can reach any ordinary users by researching the topic to be
part of the world discussed and verifying the sources

-Reduces costs: for the digital journalist the
costs are lower, since with a digital device
you can create and publish different types of
content
- Large amount of multimedia content: unlike
traditional journalism, different types of
- Excess advertising: many digital platforms
make use of large amounts of advertisements,
so they stop being an informative space to
become a persuasive one that overwhelms the
reader
 languages, resources, and tools are used to
create content, such as images, audio, video,
graphics, among others.

-Low environmental impact: by not printing

newspapers, you save paper and, therefore,
take care of the environment
Word of mouth - The recommendations are - The public can also speak ill of the news

-it is not spent -The results are difficult to measure

-Reinforces the image of correct oral -Coverage is limited

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