http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/20/websites-pornography-block-cash
This article focuses on the easy access to Pornography sites for teenagers which the Government wants to change. The article states that the Government proposal for this issue is to block payments to websites that allows children to view pornography. Some individuals may be pleased with this as it protects children from viewing explicit things which may sexualise them even more; however, other individuals may disagree. Notably, some websites do ask for users age but many offer free and "unrestricted access" to all their videos which is inappropriate for young children to watch. For example, "Ofcom fined Playboy with £100,000 for falling to to protect children from" "harmful pornographic material" as they did not check if the users were aged 18 or over. Furthermore, to help protect children from viewing pornography easily the ministers are trying to encourage the internet industry to develop ways in which they can verify the age of the users who want to view the website. However, Pete Johnson argued that it would not be right to block all of the pornography websites which provide free access as this material is lawful for adults to view.
In some extent I do agree with this article that pornography sites which provide a free access should be changed into making users vertify their users age. This is because, young children can access it for free otherwise and as a result it may cause them to become addicted sexualise them more or even cause objectification of women. However, some children may still lie about their age to access it and as the article states "it is lawful" for adults to view this material and therefore it should not be banned for them.
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/13/sun-tony-parsons-dying-daily-mirror
This article above focuses on Tony Parson who used to work for the Daily Mirror as a journalist but left after 18 years of working there as he "felt uncomfortable with his work being given away free online". This clearly highlights that print media is in decline as consumers (audience) can access news or any other information online rather than buying a newspaper. Notably, Parson reveals that "as much as I love my old old newspaper, I felt t was essentially over. I felt it was dying" which conveys that the developments in new digital media is taking over print media and therefore some people are losing their jobs as print companies are losing money. Furthermore, he tweeted that "he feels more more tune politically with The Sun than the mirror".as he felt uncomfortable with the Daily Mirror giving his work away for free.
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To conclude, after reading this article, I do agree with Parson view that print is in decline due to new developments which has caused individuals to read news online rather than buying newspaper, magazines etc; this is also known as the online revolution . From Parson perspective this has caused a conflict between the Daily Mirror as they have been giving away his work for free and causing many Journalist to lose their jobs.
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