Monday 11th December 2023 What is News?
To explore the history of the news industry and the genres of newspaper.
Do Now
1. Connotations: What is represented
Purpose of news:
- Entertain
- Inform
- Educate
- Profit
- Persuade / Influence
200 years ago news was spread through talking and gossip.
The printing press made it possible to inform everyone about the news by printing it.
Decline in newspapers
Class Divide
Tabloid:
Broadsheet:
Mid Market:
Tabloid:
- The Mirror
- The Sun
- The Daily Star
Mid Market:
- Daily Express
Broadsheet:
- Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Times
- The Financial times
Monday 8th January 2024
1. Educate, inform, profit, entertain
Share news with the public
Monday 15th January 2024
1. Scotts trust
2. 71%
How does media ownership contribute to news bias
- political opinion
- commercial advertising ties
- business interest
- profit
Newspaper gain political and social influence.
subscriptions
events
adverts
Monday 29th January 2024
Freedom & Regulation
FOR:
protect privacy
hold newspapers to account
AGAINST:
press freedom - avoiding bias
no control
Audience
OBSERVER
shop
websites
apps
social media
Who owns the guardian / observer - Scott Trust Limited
What political stance do they have? Left wing
How are they regulated? Self regulation
How do they make money? Sales, advertising, memberships, subscriptions, events, sponsored
Age 35+
Gender male and female
where they live London & south
social class middle class
political view left wing
convergence - become similar or together of two medias
It applies to the observer so audiences can look at it online and on different websites
Digital convergence helps the observer to get a wider audience by allowing people to pick what they want to read - endless content
Monday 5th February 2024
Media Language
To investigate how print newspapers use media language to create meaning
sales - sold in shops across the country
subscription - be a member to see news / more news
advantage of online
- quick
- access more news
- easier to access
- publish faster
- don't need to pay for delivery, workers or publish
- free
- good for environment
disadvantage of online
- can't buy it so newspaper cant get money
- need technology to access
Description
Internationalism is a political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations. It is associated with other political movements and ideologies, but can also reflect a doctrine, belief system, or movement in itself.
Consumerism - buying stuff
Multiculturalism - appreciating different cultures
Celebrity culture
Masthead - The Observer
- Suggests its observing the news
Date line - Sunday 4th Feb 2024
- shows when the information was reported and published
Byline - Toby Helm and Michael Savage
- shows who the newspaper is by
Headline - supports labour, 'bombproof' shows they are strong as 'bomb' has a negative and dangerous impact so 'proof' shows they are protecting us
- shows the most interesting news to create a bigger audience
Subhead - patients sharing trauma of rehab showing the negative news to spread awareness and get a bigger audience showing that a place of help causes trauma.
- organise content to guide readers
Caption - Michelle O'Neill taking place as Northern Irelands first minister
- describes that specific picture or explains what is happening in the picture
Standfirst
- summarising the article, kicking the reader forward and 'selling' them the content.
Copy - looks at the lexis, suggests it is whether for an educated reader or not.
- makes sure a piece of writing is accurate, clear and correct
Main Image - Shows the reader the story image to create a bigger audience and stands out showing the power of the image, she is seen at a low camera shot and she is female showing her power.
- to supplement news stories and for advertisements
Monday 19th February 2024
Advantages of print newspapers:
- Profit for the industry
- Don't need technology for access
- Traditional way for older generation
Disadvantages of print newspapers:
- Pay for it
- Using paper
- Cost money to produce
Masthead - Title, observer means to look at every detail
Navigation Bar - Different topics at the top to click on to appeal to a wider audience
Stand first - Brief summary about the main newspaper article to interest the reader
Byline - To show who its by
Headline - To show what the article is about
Subhead - Different articles about similar things
Main image - Biggest and most interesting image
Minor images - Smaller images about other articles
Links - Websites to show similar or the article
Pull quote - A brief, attention-catching quotation taken from the main text of an article
Advert - A paying preview of something else on the newspaper so it can get a bigger audience
Video - Shows a video about the article to create more viewers
Search bar - To search about more news and provide more news
Political bias:
Supporting smaller country that needs help
Owned by Guardian Media Group:
- Newspaper of the year
- Promotes links to GMG
Representations: people, culture, places, race, gender, sexuality, class:
- Ukraine and Russia
- Falkland Islands
- Egypt
- USA
- Sweden
- Local
Variety of features:
-
Choice of text / image placement & size:
-
Monday 26th February 2024
Historical case studies
To evaluate the impact of social, cultural, political and historical contexts on 1960s newspaper
Do now
1. Typography - How they have arranged the writing (font, size, colour)
2. Layout - How the elements are being laid out
3. Lexis - The word choice
4. Masthead - The title design
5. Skybox - Section at the top of a newspaper
2020s
Guardian / Observer - The same
1. Women weren't allowed to file for a divorce until this time
2. Shows class tension and political context
3. Shows America is accused of having spies
4. Shows black and white marriage was unusual
5. Political and class context
Monday 4th March 2024
1. Navigation bar - sections at the top
2. Banner - heading or advertisement
3. Pull quote - visual element with text
4. Stand first - summary
5. Masthead - title
Lawyers will urge divorce by consent
women - more rights
social change
gender equality
staffed by men - law council
Wilson Brown market clash
political news story
surrounding Europe relationships
So polite, this north sea spy game, America accused of spy frame up
cold war- A cold war is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. This term is most commonly used to refer to the American-Soviet Cold War of 1947–1989.
america soviet union
russia
spy game - fun
historical context - fear of invasion
Vietnam war headlines
human wave attack
hopes rise for cease-fire in Vietnam
cease-fire - movement to oppose governments - social power - confront government
Jackie, were very happy
patriarchal society
US Presidents wife makes second marriage
Union postpone strike
narrowing different pay between men and women
strikes - increase in social power
Barbara Castle - female politician - only female with power
social change
Britain shoots a gold
anti-racism movement
black power protest
unselfconscious use of the term "negro"
Stephen pollock with Elizebeth Vambe, 21, a Rhodesian - born in Africa, after their marriage yesterday
mixed marriage
unusual to be newsworthy
white culture
Monday 11th march 2024
Historical case studies
To evaluate the impact of social, cultural, political and historical contexts on 1960s newspaper . To structure an exam style response
Do Now
racism
sexism
homophobia
explain how broadsheet newspapers reflect the time and historic contexts in which they were published. refer to the observer front page from october 20th 1968 that you have studied to support your answer
the observer cover from the 1960s reflects the racism in that time period. an example of this is in the headline 'britian shoots for gold' this clearly indicates that in society in the 1960s we saw more racism which was acceptable back then and how it was used in everyday newspaper. the interview explains that lee evans states 'i wouldnt of won a scholarship to go to university if i didnt run fast' showing he cannot get an education without being athletic, showing that they can only get an education for being sporty which reflects the racism in society and inequality in race. newspapers reflect the time of their production and the contextual issues that are in that time.
Monday 18th March 2024
Exam Format
To explore the exam format and content for the news unit
q6. globalisation
broadsheet
q7. print attracts older audience because they may like the traditional way of reading newspapers.
Some people may not have internet access because of money, and therefore might prefer print.
q8. female - gender, race - represented as strong and powerful
the under represented social group on the cover of the observer is gender because of the female in the skybox who has 'shamed the bbc' she is seen as smiling in the image which represents her power and confidence because she has shamed a big company. this is under represented because women are normally seen as weak and powerless.
q9.
l - media language
i - industry
a - audience
r - representation
genre - type of newspaper
the media language of the observer reflects the genre conventions of a broadsheet newspaper
Monday 25th March 2024
guided practise
do now
1. images, some text
2. one image, lots of text
3. observer broadsheet
the observer cover reflects generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper through the use of media language including the masthead and image.
an example of this would be the formal masthead. the masthead is in bold serif with both capital and lower case letters in black and white. this shows its serious news by using a traditional element of serif. upper and lowercase is also a formal element to news. therefore it is clearly evident that the observer does use media language to reflect the generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper.
the image is a mid shot at a press conference with a staged photo opportunity with rishi sunak and american politician. the image is positive with their body language being smiling and shaking hands. their suits are also formal which links it onto being hard news as it is about politics which is expected in the broadsheet industry. therefore it is clearly evident that the observer does use media language to reflect the generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper
uk and usa are working together and have done throughout such as ww1 and ww2. the flags of each country shows a union between them both, showing a big power.
Monday 15th April 2024
PPE DIRT
To reflect on the exam and identify areas to improve
contexts of 1960s - cold war , racism , patriarchy
contexts now - war ( Ukraine , Russia ) , accepting - race , sexuality
q6 - age
q7 - where they are located - only regulate in your country , internet is quick so you can't regulate it as fast
q8 - several news stories in multiple columns which is what a broadsheet has to educate more educated people , one main image which is what a broadsheet has to fit all multiple stories in, the image is normally quite serious.
q9 - introduction and conclusion
the representations of the cover are typical for the observer. the main image is representing people as equal. the image shows a picture of Serena Williams and Andy Murray which represents the equality of the recent years, it doesn't sexualise Serena either so equality has changed as in the 1960s newspapers would have sexualised images of women. it also shows equality of race as you wouldn't see a coloured person on the newspaper, it represents the change of the world in recent years and how it is more equalised in race and gender. this representation of equality is typical of the observer as it is seen across all different observer newspapers.
q10 - poor photography
more writing on the front page
racism
homophobia
Monday 22nd April
Exam format
to explore the exam format and content for news unit
what are beliefs and values? left wing - change , progress , equality
conventions of broadsheet - lots of copy , complex lexis , limited images , serif
q9
judgement
liar
contexts
lots of images
lots of text
masthead
colour palette
layout
contexts:
celebrity culture
gender roles
multiculturalism
democracy
lifestyle
The observer cover reflects generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper. an example of this is the columns of text. this clearly indicates that the observer establishes itself as a broadsheet as the amount of copy used throughout the columns of text within the front page of the newspaper, as in a broadsheet is is seen that they always have a lot of copy on the front page to provide celebrity culture, lifestyle, gender roles and democracy therefore it is clearly evident that the observer does use media language to reflect the generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper.
The observer cover does not reflect generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper. an example of this is images. this clearly indicates that the observer establishes itself as a tabloid newspaper. this image shows raye a celebrity female. the main image shows untraditional stereotypes of a white male as raye is a famous black singer. this represents the newspaper as showing multiculturalism, celebrity culture and gender roles because it is in the left wing which represents change , equality and progress. therefore it is clearly evident that the observer does use media language to reflect the generic conventions of a broadsheet.
The observer cover does not reflect generic conventions of a broadsheet newspaper. an example of this is the layout. this clearly indicates that the observer establishes itself as a tabloid newspaper. the layout is seen more as a tabloid due to the skybox and colour palette. the skybox in broadsheet newspapers are normally once colour and about one thing however in the observer it is all about different lifestyles and the colour palette is yellow, blue and pink.
8/1/24- Great work from the first lesson, read through what you missed today and make a few notes on the slides.
ReplyDelete5/2- Good answers- 3/4- T: use full sentences and fully explain for full marks.
ReplyDelete22/4- Very good structure, T: the use of image is like a broadsheet, the use of colour in the skybox you could argue is more of a tabloid trait.
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