Essay task

Essay question: “The internet has given audiences much more power than ever before.” To what extent do you agree with this statement ?

Introduction

The tells us that the audience has a lot more power now with different media products.This imply that the producers engage more with their audience so that they  know what to improve on and whats good about their media product(disadvantages and advantages ).
 Music Industry&film
The music industry has changed due to the internet as the increase in technology and platforms to upload music content have exploded in popularity (e.g. YouTube, Spotify). 

Advantages due to the internet to the music industry are minimal amount of production value is need making self publishing simple and it's easier to promote material. Consumers have more variety and choice to discover new upcoming artist which they aren't forced to listen to producers releases.this will make the other audiences believe that they can watch or listen to all movies and music while being at home .

Disadvantages due to the internet to the music industry are that the producers have a limited amount of artist the can sign who are worth decreasing profit. Also audiences are more interested in the song than the music video making traditional fans not appreciated the changes.

Film and tv 

Film and TV have changed due to the internet as streaming, catch-up severs are readily available on demand. Also the rise in technology give consumers more opportunities to watch film and TV anywhere.

Advantages due to the internet to Film and TV are it is accessible 24 hours and “binge-watching” has replace traditional appointment to view format. Also more choice and variety on film and TV which doesn't make it restricted to just TV and cinema.

Disadvantages due to the internet to Film and TV are the cost of subscription ties consumers in for periods of time and some apps giving free films and TV might be illegal or could contain malware which would make the audience worried or livid. Also exclusives could be owed by other companies and release take time to be produced.

Print 

Print  have changed due to the internet as there has been an increase in online news which is occasionally free.This have led to more frequent updates for the news as prints are usually outdated and can be very detrimental to the environment as prints can be thrown causing litter. Also there are more sources to gain information.However fake news is a very big problem due to sources and fact being false and not regulated. There is also a pay wall still for some online artist.the news paper has also changed the news because of the crazy events that has been happening in the news paper that they have published would want other news companies to be intrigued to talk about certain events . the newspaper 

Conclusion

So in my opinion due to this changes audiences have gain a whole lot of power for the media with the use of the internet. It the consumers more knowledgeable and active.it has given power to the producer as well . There is also print sales that have dropped due to have a rise of online news coverage.