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Journalism 2 - Task 1D) Layout

In the process of designing my layout, I have made fews changes to improve the design of the blog. For an example, I have added columns to represent blog and journalism style. In the navigation bar, I've added more selection bars to it, which will allow to give my audience to have a range of choices. At the bottom of the layout I've added more pictures, which allows my audience to see the cars in real life and it gives them a more of an inside look. Finally, I've added YouTube hyperlinks to show the audience different Mercedes-Benz vehicles in production. 

Journalism 2 Task 1C) Legal and Ethincal Issues

Ethnical issues - From the (PPC) IPSO editor’s code of practice list I think the only thing that will relate to me is accuracy. For an example, I won’t be using children, clandestine devices or financial journalism which mean the only can relate to me the accuracy. In my blog I will reviewing cars so accuracy could be an issue, because one mistake could mess up the whole blog. For an example, if one of my audience could be a salesmen in a Mercedes Benz’s showroom which means they will know more than me about the cars that I use in my blog. To avoid this problem I will need to do detailed research about the cars inside and out. I could use the online research, but for an accurate I could go to a Mercedes Benz showrooms in London, and record the salesmen talking about the cars. However, the problem with this they might not have the cars that I’m reviewing.

Legal issues

Copyright- Personally, I think copyright won’t be an issue for me, because I will be using my pictures that I’ll be taking of my family cars, which I have asked for permission. Future more, I’ll be finding out of own research by attending to the Mercedes Benz showroom in London, and not using another online websites for my blog. Online sources seem to be people’s opinions and thoughts on the cars.

Libel- According to the BBC “The law of defamation allows individuals, groups of individuals, companies or firms to sue for damage to their reputation. You can defame someone by publishing material in various forms and people can sue so long as the material can be reasonably understood to be referring to them. Some changes have been made by the Defamation Act 2013 which came into force in England and Wales on 1 January 2014.” An example for this could be me writing on the blog about how the Mercedes Benz prices ranging is too high or too low, which this is damaging the company’s reputation. So, on my blog I need to be careful when I’m giving my own opinion, because it could be damaging Mercedes Benz reputation.

Journalism 2 Task 1 B) Proposal

The purpose of my blog is to inform my audience about cars like Mercedes Benz, and what their unique elements are, which will allow the audience to have an insight feeling of having a luxury car, and a sport car. For an example, my luxury car that I’ll be using in my blog is a Mercedes Benz S-Class 2008. For this model I’ll be reviewing its comfort mode, because the comfort mode for this car is a unique element for all of the Mercedes Benz cars. It is, because this type of Mercedes Benz class was designed for upper class people like Lord Sugar, so the comfort mode for this S-Class is designed in more detail. Another Mercedes Benz I’ll reviewing is a C-Class, which also I’ll writing about its comfort mode. It will allow my audience to see the difference and similarity between them. However, the comfort mode isn’t the only thing I’ll be reviewing I’ll also be writing about the interior design, body work, lighting system, manual and automatic mode, and pricing.  My primary audience for this blog will be Mercedes Benz car fans, which is mainly young adults , because young adults are more interest in cars, and are more active online.  However, my secondary audience will be adults because they will be more likely to buy a car. The platform that I will be publishing it on will be a blog. This is, because it will allow me to have more control over the content of my blog and what’s goes in it. The way I will be distribution my blog will be using social media. Social media is a quicker and easier way for the audience to share their opinions of view. For images I will taking my own pictures from my brother’s C-Class and my dad’s S-Class, which I have asked for permission it. The location of the picture that I will be taking in an empty road in front of my house. I would also be putting up videos of S-Class, and C-Class cars, which will engage my audience more with the cars. Using social media is a great way to distribute my blog, because it has a large amount of people using it everyone, and it’s free. My interactive element would be using YouTube videos to show my audience the cars in action.

Journalism 2 Task 1a) Develop ideas and a concept for your digital publishing product- Feedback

• The feedback I received was mostly positive than negative, but I need some areas that needed to be improve such as not forgetting to target my primary audience which meant I needed to focus on the whole unit, and not only one part. For an example, I shouldn’t only think about the content side of the blog and what’s going to be in it, but I should also think about how I'm going distributed to my audience and the media side. 
• My feed backers mention that I need to careful think about what idea I was going to create, and I have decide I'm going to design a blog reviewing luxury cars. However, my main idea was to review a TV programme called Top Gear which was allow contained super cars, but the feedback that I got was main suggesting I needed to choose the cars I wanted to review. This would mean that I would write my true, and personal opinions about the cars used. 
• Furthermore, the feedback also allows me to think about what I would write about the cars, and the reason why I choose them. 
• The feedback that I got allowed me to understand that I needed to do research on the cars that I will be reviewing, and giving information about. For an example, I can attend Mercedes- Benz car shows to get more accurate information the vehicles, and it will also allow me to get a more range of opinions for the cars. 
• This idea sounds much more realistic of me, because I have access to both vehicles that I'm planning to use which is the Mercedes- Benz S-Class and the C-Class. 
• Another reason why I feel confident with the idea is, because I have permission to be using the cars so I would be getting my own pictures, which means I wouldn't copyright issues with my blog. 
• Overall, the feedback was helpful, because it allowed me to understand the realistic side of the idea that I had. For an example, I was planning to go to a Mercedes-Benz car show and just simply get pictures, and write about them. However, I wasn't considering the copyright issues that I could face and the low percentage of control that I had over the cars. For an example, if I wanted to change the picture and get another shot I might have the chance of not finding the same car again. 

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