Research Blog 2 (27th-31st January 2020)

This week for my 2nd week research found me particularly focusing on the historical/social context of Journalism which I expected would be the biggest area to research as there is a lot to know/talk about. I started an essay on the social context which linked significantly into the history and I have yet to fully complete it yet (although I had a strong start) but that'll be my next step.

I decided that researching these contexts are crucial to my research (and therefore prioritizing it) as society plays too much of an important role in Journalism...I mean the main purpose/role of Journalists is to deliver news to a wide range of people about world events so if I didn't brush up on my knowledge of our society I most certainly won't be hired or possibly even considered for a career in the industry. In regards to the history, I believe that in order to truly understand what the industry is like today I need to know what came before and what it was like say 100 years ago when WW1 updates were dominating the newspapers especially in the time where propaganda was starting to take prominence.

In addition to this I also completed a mini Google Slides presentation documenting an overview of what in the industry is like to today detailing the different job roles available, various well-known organisations spearheading the Journalism world and examples of famous Journalists (including 3 case studies of 1 radio presenter, 1 newspaper journalist and 1 news anchor). The reasons for this have already been explained but it also really demonstrates my understanding of the field.

Next week I will hopefully be finishing off this research (well I say finish it'll only be getting closer to the deadline to hand in my folders and these blog posts as I'll continue researching even after this...I'll always be researching). If there are any bits of research that I intended to do but haven't got around to finishing prior to the final week (seeing as I'm on the London trip during the week that it's due) I will make sure to get that completed (University Research and final parts of the Book research) but I'll also conduct some video research (to ensure that I am using a range of different sources and not just relying on the internet) with the videos that I found on YouTube which seem quite useful and I'll make some notes from them (well not every video as I included far too much on my bibliography just to be on the safe side), making a mini glossary of key Journalism-related terms and making a document of my survey results which I sent out last week.