Thursday 30 November 2017

Representation on the front pages


  • Being represented in the image is a teenager of a lower class: this is stereotypically shown due to him wearing a full adidas tracksuit with his hood up and a man bag (all typical connotations).  The image is being constructed to be captured with the man in-front of a burning car to show violence and highlight the headline "ANARCHY". The text to match the image is shown to be surrounding the image so non of the main aspect of the image is covered and visibly shown. one of the main bullet points reading "215 arrests, PM jet back" relates to the image as the the 'chav' appeared to be shown in the image is who the audience would typically expect to be part of the "215 arrested". This is a typical themed headline for The Sun as they tend to over dramatise headlines to create gossip and reign in a large target audience; fitting with the conventions of a tabloid. 


Being represented in this front page is a mother and a victim part of one of the most famous murders; the moors murders. The image with the headline is a counter typical image to represent a victim in a scenario due to the image of the mother appearing her to seem angry and aggressive looking instead of showing a pitiful image. This representation is being constructed by the media as they have shown to have focused more on the size of the headline using a quote said to attract an audience especially through the use of the word 'stab' to highlight how serious the situation is. The image to go with it is quite small and appears in the right top corner once again showing negative connotations to almost make the victim at first glance look like the suspect until you read into the article. The representation does fit in with usual insinuations of a tabloid such as The Sun who aim to dramatise and speculate anything to create a bold headline.



In this headline being represented is a Russian heiress and famous footballer John Terry: a stereotypical image of both involved is shown on the front cover with the heiress looking innocent and 'scared' whereas Terry is shown to look rough and have an almost dodgy way about him. The media shows two separate images on both that are not even shown next to each other to emphasis to the audience the heiress didn't want anything to do with him and shows her image to be much larger to create sympathy and put the attention on the reader to focus on her. The headline to go with this appears to be bold and very loud as it sums up what has happened in a few lines that instantly draws the readers attention making them want to find out how this happened. The representation once again fits in with a typical tabloid headline due to the connotations shown in order to draw in an audience which is what the Daily Mirror tends to do.




This headline represents higher figures; in this case the newly elected president of the US Barak Obama. The image being presented in this headline doesn't really fit into the stereotypical or counter typical category as its a normal image of Obama holding a ballet looking happy; what you would expect to go with a headline such as this. The representation of the image is a portrait close up of Obama looking powerful and accomplished to present him as a serious man and someone the public can depend on to be the next president of the US. The representations headline reads "Its President Obama" announcing the winning of Obama, however underneath in smaller print it says "US elects first black president in mass vote". This shows the newspaper to instantly highlight the colour of Obamas skin as a key change in election history and to make a headline of it just to attract an audience. The representation on a whole of the newspaper is a stereotypical writing style to dramatise and pin point one little factor which is such a main point of argument in todays world to create a headline out of. This is something unusual for The Guardian to be talking about as they focus on the political side of story as a broadsheet, not on picking up on little aspects like usual gossip tabloids do.

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Biasness within newspapers

 1. Bias though pictures/graphics- camera angles/pictures

 Obamas face shows negative connotations that something bad as happened (a mistake?)
2. Word choice and tone in the body of the text(mocking?)
 Emphasis on the word 'King' highlights how important and looked upon he truly was by a nation.





3. Choice of journalist and source - who is writing it and what are their beliefs, who have they got their information from

There is no nasty mention when describing a cult leaders death; potentially showing the writer sympathised him. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 4. Where is the article in the paper? Is it prominent or hidden? Front page or far back












5. Bias through omission or selection- whether an article is published or not


This article received a lot of slam due to it being removed- people argued it never show have been taken down










6. Bias by headline


The headline is showing The Sun to be influencing people on what to vote for showing a bias opinion on Brexit










7. Bias by use of name and titles ('terrorists' or 'freedom-fighters'? 'ex con' or 'someone who served a sentence a long time ago')


Calling the mum a 'monster' emphasises and makes the reader feel instant hatred towards her before you even read deeper into the story.









8. Bias through statistics and crowd counts ( 'a hundred injured in aircrash' or 'only minor injuries in air crash')


The amount of casualties is included in the headline to highlight how catastrophic the terrorist attack is and uses the power of negativity to portray the story.








Wednesday 15 November 2017

Circulation/readership homework



  • Although The Independent is an online only newspaper it is only ranked 3rd in the amount of online circulation readership
  • Although The Sun is more aimed at a younger audience who typically use social media the most, The Guardia has almost 6 times as many twitter followers
  • Over half (55.69%) of The Telegraphs readers are 65+
  • 5 of the newspapers are politically Conservative with only 2 being left wing; can give indication as to why our current government is a Conservative one (influenced) 
  • The Times is the only newspaper with less then one million likes on facebook 

Thursday 9 November 2017

Newspaper Terminology


Codes and conventions 
Skyline - An information panel on the front page that tells the reader about the other stories inside.

Main Image - The dominant picture often filling most of the front cover.

Lead story - Main story using a splash.

Headline - A phrase that summarizes the main point of the article, usually a large print in a different style to catch the attention of the reader.

Page numbers - A system of organisation within the magazine, which helps you find what you want to read.

Caption - Brief text under an image that describes the photo or graphic.

Audience - People who the newspaper aim to sell too.

Folio - Top label for the whole page.

Gutter - The margins in-between pages.

Pull quote - Something taken from within an article.

Classified Ad - Advertisement that only displays text.

Page furniture - Everything on the page except pictures or texts.

Byline - The line above the story which gives the authors name.

Tuesday 7 November 2017

Annotations


Tabloid: The Sun

The Suns front cover uses an unexpectedness and unambiguous layout to attract the audience. The story next to the masthead is there to attract the attention of most readers; ideally aimed at the C2, D, E audience due to it being a gossip column about a reality show. The denotation of the image shown shows upset and disappointment but the connotation outlines the major shock and unexpectedness as the big 'favourites' in a widely popular show are voted off. The use of the pun "Out on his Aston" shows the more fun side of the paper compared to the political headliner below. The headline "CPS PROBE ON GREEN 'EXTREME PORN'" instantly captures a political higher class audience targeted towards A,B,C1. The big and bold title instantly draws the attention of the reader especially due to the fact there is very little writing with it that keeps the reader hooked and interested. The Suns left wing political view is shown through the way they use this story as the main headline. The Sun is a redtop tabloid newspaper due to the red block around the title, the denotation of the colour of the title is shown in black and white but the connotation is that it is a much more serious topic which includes a taboo subject.

Broadsheet: The daily telegraph
The broadsheet newspaper shows values of 'unexpectedness', 'elite persons' and 'negativity' to attract a more elite audience. This is evident due to the layout of the broadsheet including lots of writing in comparison to the tabloid indicating the target audience includes personnel of A, B and C1. The main focus of the broadsheet is Donald Trump who's known to be a 'elite personnel' with most of his actions making front pages. His importance will attract high class business readers due to his actions potentially effecting their work. The denotation of the image shows Donald Trump to be standing in front of a red and white stripped background with his wife yet the connotations show him to be standing in front of the 'American flag' whilst he puts on an army bomber in order to 'help' the US airforce. The subtle pun at the top "if the jacket fits" indicates broadsheets are not all serious as it attempts to attract a wider variety of readers. This is also done by the top banner of the broadsheet reading "Total Football" with the image interrupting 'the Daily Telegraph' highlighting how important advertisement is and the variety the broadsheet is trying to include in order to attempt to attract some C2, D and E readers. The Daily telegraph is a right wing political broadsheet therefore most of its stories and headlines tend to be political stories and hard news.

News terminology

THRESHOLD: Bigger the impact the further the story reaches

UNEXPECTEDNESS: A story that is a surprise and shock

NEGATIVITY: A sad, unpositive story

ELITE PERSONS/PLACES: Important personal, hierarchy

UNAMBIGUOUS: Not a confusing, long-winded story (short & sweet)

PERSONALISATION: Telling of a personal story or experience

PROXIMITY: Stories more closer to home are more likely to be included

CONTINUITY/CURRENCY: Stories already in the news and tend to continue to be

                               "If it bleeds it leads"

Gatekeeping: Gatekeeping is a term which is applied to the editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information 'pass through' to the receiver (audience) and other information remains barred.

GALTUNG AND RUGE- News Values
In 1965 some media researchers analysed international news- findings led them to create news values

Tabloids and broadsheets

Leveson Inquiry 2001- in response to allegations of phone hacking at The News of the World (amongst others) was carried out. It suggested a code of conduct and tighter controls be imposed- nothing has really happened about this
                                                                  

CODES AND CONVENTIONS

Broadsheet: (Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent)
  • Big Picture
  • Large title
  • Small advertisement
  • Catchy headliners
  • Lots of text
  • A,B,C1
  • Serious, formal and intellectual
  • Black and white
  • Small font
  • Not for youth
Tabloid: (The Sun, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Star)
  • Bright colours
  • Less in depth journalism
  • Many different pictures
  • Bold writing and large font 
  • Short phrases
  • Popular and includes jokes/puns
  • Minimal text
  • Reality based lifestyle
  • C1,C2,D,E
  • Entertainment
  • Gimick
Mid market: (Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, Metro, Daily Express)