6 Practice NDM essays

We'll use these as a league table with  all of you are reaching at least 25 out of 48 marks. Keep doing them until you do, then you can tackle MEST 3 confidently.

• 1) Social networking has completely transformed the way audiences engage with media products. It is a jungle and a free for all. It should be more tightly regulated. Discuss.
• 2) To what extent are social media killing off traditional media and changing the way audiences engage with media content?
• 3) How effectively are media institutions dealing with the rise in audience power resulting from NDM?
• 4) Discuss the view that NDM make it easier for users to break the law (piracy, libel, obscenity etc). Should anything be done to stop this?
• 5) Ordinary users and non-professionals are now turning into producers, Does the expansion of  NDM inevitably lead to  a decline in the quality of media products?
• 6) Traditional media (print, scheduled TV, blockbuster films) are threatened by  new and e-media. Should we feel nostalgic about the decline of traditional media forms and platforms? Is the dominance of NDM a positive or a negative development, in your view?