Task 1a Analysis
I have chosen to talk
about a documentary called “The Lawful killing” is about the police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, North London in
August 2011 that caused the worst riots in recent British history. With
dramatized reconstructions of events and interviews with his family and the
police. I will talk about the ethical issues in this documentary
and the legal issues, I will also compare the
BBC news report on the south oxford and compare the issues.
Accuracy: The director Jaimie D'Cruz had to be
careful with any of the information that he was out in this documentary said
that it will be telling “the hidden truth” about the killing so accuracy can be
a huge issue. This is because if they mislead or incorrectly give information that
the documentary isn’t real, it is miss informing the audience and giving them
false information. This can result in confusion and complaints as the data
given isn’t reliable. Also documentaries can be used to gather research by
others and if the information isn’t reliable, than the researchers information
is also unreliable. This does not mean the same thing as telling the truth as
you can't prove that everything is true for example the police that go
interviews all had a different type of story of what happened when the shooting
happened. In documentaries is vital to give the right information about names,
places, age, quotes as if these are not accurate it will lead people to not
believing in a documentary or believing false information. As for any reports
from people it key to to ensure that that you quote them correctly as what they
said in the correct consent. As for the news report they need to be
accurate as a media organisation will be judge on the accuracy and reliability
or its journalism, which must be well-sourced, supported by strong evidence and
tested and clear of the point and unambiguous. Accuracy is the paramount
principle of trust especially as the BBC is the most viewed news program in the
UK and is trusted by many views. any verified facts for example report on
oxford schools losing money and others gaining, in this report they give out a
report that 130 schools will lose out on money in the parts of oxford and 133
will gain a raise of 0.8%. This is information that should have been analysed
and accurate from where they got it from before reporting it to the public. In
2011 the BBC reported a fake and very inaccurate news story on the killing of
Mark Dugan, say that he shot a police officer which was not true and gave an
impression that the BBC news is not got journalist reporters.
Balance- Balance is offering both sides of the story to
whoever is viewing the stories rather than being bias and only favouring one
side of the story and not letting the audience to decide on a side for them
self. The lawful killing
gives both sides of the story of the killing, it actually give many different
views and stories of the killing, this gave people an option on whose story
they wanted to believe, as some people said that the police had planted the gun
as it ended up 14ft on the other side of the wall and was not seen or found by
any of the 14 police officers that was at the scene, while others say that he
through the gun before he go out the car but say that they saw the gun in his
hand. The BBC are
Objectivity: Objectivity is when you are not influenced by your own personal views
or opinions but instead consider other people's opinions and beliefs and are
open to listen to multiply opinions. The information that is presented in the
documentary are important as the audience will make their judgment based on the
footage that has been shown. Being objective is being able to put an
argument across and presenting all of the research gathered without being
biased or impartial, but, giving the audience a chance to make up their own
mind or opinion on the subject being discussed.
Impartiality- To be impartial is the ability to not take either side of a story, to be
neutral. This is a very important thing to remember when telling a story
otherwise you could cause controversy among your audience. In the documentary I
don't think there was not any impartiality as it was not more of everyone's
opinions and some hypothesis. The BBC new report is required to be unbiased.
The TV channel is a different type of news and TV channel as it is paid by the
British public as opposed to advertising and other endorsements. In the news
report that I watch it was impartial and did not take either side. To make an
impartial judgment journalist have to gather relevant arguments and present
them properly so they don't appear to be biased. If you aren’t impartial and
bring your own opinion and judgement into a topic your viewers will be
displeased and will probably think other information you say will be biased,
unfair and based around your own personal judgement.
Subjectivity- Subjectivity is basically the complete opposite to Objectivity.
Subjectivity is judgment only considering your own opinion that does not depend
on actual facts or statistics. In the documentary some of it was based on own
opinions and some was based on so hyponasty but there was not that many
evidence that could prove anything
as they don’t include
actual facts and statistics it is seen as subjective.
Opinion-
An opinion is a
personal through or view. This is a view of judgment about something, not
necessarily being based on facts or knowledge. This is usually a personal view
of a matter or belief about a particular thing however the same set of values
can be interpreted differently. An example of this is in the documentary the
family had their own opinion on the situation based on their own thought
because they was not given any news. The BBC news report also had dome options
on the report but it was not from the BBC them self as they are not allowed to
do that it was a teacher interviewed on the view of the budget cut.
Bias- Bias is
promoting one side or opinion over another and making it seem like a better or
a more valued opinion as if it is the only opinion people should have and
listen too. Being bias can be an issue as it could lead to complaints and Ofcom
can get involved if a news report is bias or even a documentary, unlike in
America where they have new channels that are bias and only let what they want
to be aired on their news reports and websites. In the documentary there were
not anything that was bias, neither was there anything bias in the news report.
Representation-
Representation is when someone or something is
being portrayed in a certain way. A documentary if you wanted the audience to
have a particular view on someone, you would have to represent that person in a
particular way, either in a good way or bad. Before this documentary the person
who it was about was represented as a bad person because of some bad news
reports but the director represented the documentary as an open option from the
views to choose what they think probably happened. Sometimes you see positive
representation, this can be done to cause the audience to have sympathy towards
someone or something. However, sometimes you can also see negative
representation, victimising individuals or groups.
