1) To what extent do you agree with Alain de Botton's views on the News?
I agree with the fact that the news is narrow-minded and any news which is outside of the mainstream is automatically sidelined. The news is concerned with giving us "hard facts" and that is the role of the news. However, Alain de Botton states how audiences are just concerned with the facts and fail to care about making an actual change. There is a distinction between news which is important and news which is popular, with the advances in technology the nature of news has completely changed. News is seen to build a sense of community and watching news is seen as "critical appreciation."
2) How can you link Marxism and Hegemony to de Botton's criticisms of the News?
Botton states how the news is there most of the time to "scare us" as the elite make the stories appear this way. Anyone who is seen as an extremist is immediately sidelined and this links to hegemony because audiences will be attracted to what is common sense, not extremist views. New induces terror, stories about breakouts of illnesses or murderers make people live in fear and news headlines are there to distort society. We interpret the anomalous to be normal.
3) How could you use Pluralism and new technology to challenge de Botton's views on the News?
The news brings us "raw material" and how we interpret it is what makes the news popular. New technology has made celebrities become role models and the news "anoints" celebrities. Pluralism doesn't prompt audience to make change.
4) support
This article demonstrates how celebrity news is more popular than disasters going on in the world. It also depicts how celebrities are being overly promoted in the news, making audiences less ignorant to serious world matters.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2477089/Natalie-Portman-takes-son-Aleph-playtime-park-soon-hometown-Paris.html
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