#21 BBC to cut entertainment
Comedy, entertainment and factual
programming at the BBC will be hit by a £12m spending cut, but the corporation
said it would use money saved from dropping The Voice to making homegrown
Saturday night shows.The cuts are part of £150m in savings announced by Tony
Hall earlier this year as the BBC tries to close the “iPlayer loophole” created
by people working out they do not need paying for a licence fee if they only
watching catchup programming online.
BBC Online is facing losing more than 5% of its £210m budget
The cuts are part of £150m in savings announced by Tony Hall earlier
this year
The BBC’s online services are facing a £12m reduction
In
my opinion, I don't think this is a good idea, as I know many of the public
enjoy watching these shows. They're entertaining, and many audience members
don't even watch TV, unless for entertainment shows like The Voice and X
Factor. If this wasn't true, they BBC wouldn't even have many consumers. As a
result I think they shouldn't switch these show
#22 American Isis Twitter scene reveals social media's power to radicalise
Islamic State
sympathisers in America prefer Twitter to any other social media platform and
use avatars of black flags, green birds and lions – including the Detroit
Lions NFL team – in their online
propaganda, a study has shown. Having a Twitter account suspended has become a “badge
of honour” among US-based Isis supporters, researchers found, and they are
adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to circumvent the authorities in
a “never-ending cat-and-mouse game”. It also pointed to a thriving
“American Isis Twitter scene”. During the six-month study, researchers
monitored almost 300 accounts. The activity showed how social media plays a
crucial role in their radicalisation and, at times, mobilisation to fight in
Iraq and Syria.
- “As American Isis supporters are continuously suspended from Twitter, creating a new account becomes increasingly difficult, leading some to turn to others for assistance. The user’s first tweet is often an image of the Twitter notification of suspension, proving that they are the owner of the previous account, along with a request for shout-outs. The new accounts are then retweeted by others, allowing the user to regain his or her previous online following.”
- Isis accounts are frequently suspended, but these have become “a badge of honour and a means by which an aspirant can bolster his or her legitimacy.
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