industry and audience power essay

Introduction:

I agree with the statement ''The internet has given audiences much more power than ever before. “The internet has changed drastically over the years, it has revolutionized communications, to the extent that it is now our preferred method of everyday communication. We now can access anything through the internet.

Music industry:

The music industry has changed dramatically over the years with the rise of the new subscription apps such as Spotify, soundcloud and apple music. For example Spotify has many advantages one of them is its available on many platforms such as iPhone. This is one of the many advantages of using music apps on the internet. The advantages of Spotify are artists and producers could potentially make a lot of money. As a lot of people would stream their music and download it. A disadvantage would be that if people don’t like the music they would dislike it and the artists and producers can lose money as its very expensive making music in studio and editing it as its professional skillful work. To support my point example is, if the audience don't enjoy an artists music and decide not to purchase it the artist might go bankrupt. For example some artists may display a lot of content which might either bore the audiences (consumer) or might decrease the chance of the artist creating new and better content as they've already displayed all their ideas out. Many artists might use social media or even use leaflets to advertise their content. YouTube is one of the most efficient ways to advertise your content but you have to provide a fee for YouTube in order for them to do that.

Film and TV industry:

There is no denying the film and TV industry has changed drastically with the rise of digital media. For example Netflix is a streaming service that allows consumers to watch a wide variety of award-winning TV shows, movies, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices. With Netflix, you can enjoy unlimited viewing of our content without having to watch a single commercial. This service makes it easy for consumers to consume what they want to watch easier without having the troubles of being disturbed by commercials. But then there are the disadvantages, this service for you need to be connected to Wi-Fi in-order for it to work. There is a piracy app called Show-box which takes movie streaming to another level, while this app is illegal to support it contains every movie your mind comes across it even has movies that are still in the cinema! Wildly popular Android app works similarly to the Popcorn Time, allowing users to stream free movies and TV shows to your smartphone, tablet, or computer. There’s even a PC version! The potential problem with binge watching is consumers might finish the whole series and wait on the streaming service to post new episodes. By the time they upload new series people have might got bored and left their favorite show. This might make the consumers unsubscribe from that service and subscribe to another service which will affect the apps profit.

Newspaper industry:

The development of the News Industry has changed a lot due to the power of the audience as things like Journalism and live streaming has become very popular over the past few years. However- of course- there are many disadvantages of this including: newspaper sales will begin to fall, a small minority of people will be willing to pay for news, we aren't sure who to believe as Journalists could make up their own stories in order to gain fame and profit and many companies will eventually fall out of business. Although, advantages include how quickly the audience receive news due to Journalists and how convenient it is to access for the general public.

Overall, I think that the internet has only given the audience power in terms of the news but no other things such as music and film & the TV industry. I also think the rise of the internet is making it easier for people to access things to they want to consume.