Different perspectives - Online edition

Different Perspectives - Print edition

What do you notice about the difference in content and how the articles convey this information? Why do you think that is?

What i have noticed is that when providing the information The times is less limited when providing content about the story, this may be because they want to make sure they have all the correct information before giving it to their audience and they respect the situation and understand the seriousness of it rather than exploiting it like other newspapers. Other newspapers like The Daily Mail that provided much more content and information, mainly what i noticed is that they got this from bystanders and 'apparent' friends and family, which i feel personally is not reliant information. The Daily Mail obviously prioritises getting any information they can than respecting the story which is very different to the Times' news values. 

Gerbner Task - Newspaper influences

Newspaper representation of terror

George Gerber argues that exposure to repeated patterns of representation over long periods of time cans have and influence the way in which people perceive the world around them.

Consider the representation of terror.

• How does your chosen newspaper represent the issue. 

By the Daily Mirror, having the stamp of 'The evil face of terror' up in the corner in a bold font, already represents the terror on the situation. Along with this there is also the bold font in capitals of the word 'BEHEADED' which is a literal and graphic word that represents the terror of the story and how it is very easy for readers to already of imagined what happened. The Daily Mirror also places the man in the centre of the photo whilst having a large commotion of people in the far background from him which could show how they are all terrified too. They also put '.. on a British street' to show to people in Britain that no-one is safe which then shows the terror for the audience. 

• How does the selection of images and language shape and influence the audience? 
  
  The image the daily mirror had selected covers the whole front page, which demonstrates how the audience will only be looking at that one photo and will be more easily influenced by it other then if there was more stories on the front page too. By the man holding a knife and having red all over it and his hands symbolises the terror as it is the only bright colour on the front of the newspaper which acknowledges audiences that this is possibly blood. Also by the man being black introduces racist views and how the daily mirror is influencing readers that black men are dangerous. Along with this it also say 'on a British street' which resembles the personalisation that the Daily mirror has used so that the readers feel a personal connection for the people. They also use this personalisation technique in the language that they have used by saying 'soldier in a help for heroes shirt' which adds another level of sympathy as the person who died was a soldier which demonstrates the Daily Mirror are influencing audiences even more to hate this one man who they have classed as a 'terrorist' in a smaller summary section to the side of the photo. 

• What is the cumulative effect of these “repeated patterns of representation over long periods”? 

By these representations being constantly showed in the media, audiences will soon start to believe that is true due to its repeated pattern and end up not asking why. This will then give a bad effect to society as it could create more riots, arguments, fights etc. due to the conflicted ways on which to believe if its true or false.  And instead will 'brainwash' audiences to believe in what the social media  want them to believe in to what actual individuals want to believe in.

Pros and Cons of online news

• Updated all the time
• Won't get lost
• Available anywhere
• Easier to look for what you want
• Free
• Unlimited space
• Interactive

• Won't be able to work without wifi or 3G
• Need a phone/tablet
• Fake news
• Hackable
• Comments can upset people (troll comments)
• Skim News
• Older generation may have trouble
• Adverts and pop ups.

How can you spot bias in a newspaper ?

1. Bias through pictures/graphics - camera angles, captions.

                                                                                 2. Word choice and tone in the body of the text.

 









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

4. Where is the article in the paper? is it prominent or hidden? 

5. Bias through omission or selection - whether an article is even published or not (e.g. gatekeeper)

                                                                                     





6. Bias through headline.

7.Bias by use of names and titles ('terrorist' or 'freedom fighter' or 'ex-con' or 'someone who served a sentence a long time ago'

8. Bias through statistics and crowd counts. 

Political affiliations of newspapers

Left wing is: labour, green party, socialist worker party (extreme)

They think that rich people should spread/share out their wealth to create more equality. For example more taxation from the rich to pay for support for the poor. They support nationalisation (public health, state education). Pro Europe, pro immigration and multi-culture. Pro - gay marriage, women right etc. Pro environment and worried about climate change. These are newspapers like the guardian and the mirror.

On the other hand right wing is conservative, UK independence party (UKIP), British national party (BNP). Its now supporting the now government. Their overall message is 'you earn what you work for, and you keep what you earn'. So survival of the fittest/richest/best educated. They believe in privatisation of things like health care, education etc. Do not want a 'welfare state' i.e. benefits etc.
In favour of brexit, anti-immigration, many voted against gay people, some have 'traditional' views of women and pay. Often tied to the church and christian beliefs.

Circulation and readership

Newspaper article analysis

News value

Threshold- The bigger the impact and reach of the story.

Unexpectedness- An event that is shock or out of the ordinary.

Negativity- Bad news is more interesting 'if it bleeds, it leads'.

Elite persons/places- Stories about important people and powerful nations.

Unambiguous- Stories that are easy to understand and for papers to report on.

Personalisation- Stories that include human interest- 'real' people.

Proximity- Stories that are closer to home are more likely to be included.

Continuity/currency- Stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated.

Codes and conventions of a newspaper

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 inbeteween 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.

Broadsheet vs Tabloid

Comparison of a Broadsheet and a Tabloid

Both papers have similar stories but just by looking at the Daily mail readers can tell this is a paper more targeted towards C2DE audiences due to the soft news which they value as one of the more important topics to cover on the front page. Such as "Bournemouth schoolgirl, 13, worth £5m" and "the ultimate party dress diet". It still covers some hards news but prioritises other things such as human interest. Whereas in the Daily telegraph, this broadsheet covers hard news and many news stories such as education, politics etc. whilst still involving full coverage of sport for its ABC1 readers. But both papers are right wing. 

Each have very similar mastheads both being quite bold and having a similar curly font. But the layouts however, the telegraph seems to crowd as many stories as it can on the front of its newspaper whereas the daily mail only sticks with two on this particular front page. The daily telegraph uses more of a formal, sophisticated language often including educative words that higher audiences would understand. Along with this its layout is cluttered but organised by trying to involve as much news as possible. Where on the other hand the daily mail doesn't seem to be as 'in your face' as the telegraph as perhaps it only wants the readers of todays newspaper to be attracted to the things they want (news values). The language is quite common making it easier for audiences to read whilst using unambiguous slogans for certain news stories. It uses a separate bold headline to a completely different photo which allows the audience to decide which one is more interesting/important.