Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Friday, 23 November 2018

hard and soft news

Hard News:


Hard news is the kind of fast-paced news that usually appears on the front page of newspapers. Stories that fall under the umbrella of hard news often deal with topics like business, politics and international news.


Eg:

* Celebrity Gossip 
* Sport
* Entertainment News 
* Fashion News
* Art and Culture
* Human interest stories

Soft News:

Soft news is defined as those organisations that primarily deal with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle. Soft media can take the form of television programs, magazines or print articles.

Eg:

* Politics
* Business and the Economy 
* Industry and Technology
* Science
* War and Conflict 
* Health 
* Education 
* World Events 

Sunday, 3 December 2017

Bias in news examples



Bias by headline and by pictures;
This example shows a play on words 'cor-bin' is giving negative connotations to Corbin and presents Jeremy Corbin in a bin suggesting he is 'rubbish' and trash which shows the papers right wings views towards labour. The photo also influences the readers interpretation of Jeremy because it is showing him in a bin down a local, average street giving the impression that Corbin is common and possibly cannot bring anything different or special to politics anymore than anyone else can.
This representation has been suggested solely by the image and headline without having to read any other information. This is showing the writer/ the suns opinion on Corbin and his place within politics (left wing views).
The second paper is clearly Labour supporters, again this is evident due to the headline and image. An unflattering photo has been used of Theresa May which could be implying the mess she would make of our country. By using a plain back ground the brings the focal pointe and most attention to the image of Theresa May. Then the repetition of the negative word lies before saying Theresa May is showing the papers overall opinion on the Tory's that they lie and are fake.

Other ways to spot bias in the news;
  • Camera angles-

In this image for example

  • Word choice-



  •  Bias through choice of Journalist and sources - Who is writing it and what are their beliefs, and who have they got their information from?


  •  Biased through where the article is in the paper - Is it prominent or hidden? Front page or far back?



  •  Bias by use of names and titles.

  •  Bias through statistics and Crowd counts - E.g. 'A hundred injured in air crash' or 'Only Minor injuries in an Air crash.'

     

Friday, 1 December 2017

History of newspaper and IPSO

Licensing Act of 1662
The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 is an Act of the Parliament of England.
Tax on newspapers 1711
The first bill in parliament advocating a tax on newspapers was proposed in 1711
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays. Same political views as sister papers.
Reduction of the stamp tax of 1836
In 1836 the campaigners had their first success when the 4d. tax on newspapers was reduced to 1d.
‘Golden age’ of newspaper publication
From 1860 until around 1910 is considered a 'golden age' of newspaper publication, with technical advances in printing and communication combined with a professionalization of journalism and the prominence of new owners.
Profits from advertising
ITV profit falls as advertising revenue slips. ITV has reported a 14% fall in annual pre-tax profits to £553m as advertising revenues declined by 3%.
The press council
The press council was a British voluntary press organisation  founded under threat of statutory regulation as the general council.
The independent
The independent is a British online newspaper. Established in 1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London. 
Phone hacking scandal
The News International phone-hacking scandal is a controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking
Decline in newspaper circulations
The decline of newspapers has been widely debated, as the industry has faced dropping newsprint prices, slumping ad sales, the loss of much classified advertising and precipitous drops in circulation.

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Online news Language




Daily Mail

The daily telegraph
Who was involved?
 Ellis Kimmitt (12) 
Elliot Kimmitt (14)
Darnell Harte (15)
Anthony Armour (28)
Robbie Meerun (24)
 2, 15 year olds
5 people, among the 5, 3 of which were children. Two brothers- Ellis and Elliot Thornton (12 and 15), Darnell Harte (15), two men aged 24 and 28.
What happened?
 Renault Clio, stolen, crashed into a tree killing the 5 victims above.
5 People died after a stolen car crashed into a tree.
Where did it happen?
 Stonegate road, Leeds.
Stonegate road, three miles north of Leeds.
When did it happen?
 10pm, 25th of November.
Saturday night shortly before 10pm. (25th November)
How did it happen?
 The car was stolen by two 15 year olds who are now in custody, they crashed into a tree killing 5 victims.
2 Boys aged 15 thought to have stolen a car and drove into a tree killing 5 people, 2 survivors were the drivers.
Why did it happen?
 The car was stolen and there were 7 people in the car. 
More information on the matter is required.

Sources:

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Newspaper audience response



Newspapers including the following topics:
- Pro Corbyn
- Anti - Corbyn
- Pro May
- Anti - May
- Pro Trump
- Anti - Trump
- Pro Brexit
- Anti - Brexit
- Immigration
- Muslims
- Refugee Crisis.
- Free schools?
- Rich VS Poor ft. Grenfall
- NHS funding
- Strikes
- Mass Shooting
- US Gun Laws
- ISIS

How do the Newspapers represent the issues/ topics?

Each of the newspapers use large stand out text in either black or white on the opposing colour background, it also includes images which either represent the article positively or negatively.
The first newspaper 




How does the selection of images and language shape and influence the audience?






What is the cumulative effect of these "repeated patterns or representation over long periods?" 





Analysis of newspaper front cover

The sun is bright and starts the day.
Mainly C, D, and E.
The representations suggested by this post give the impression that the main image is of a teenager/ youth who has caused trouble in a riot, this immediately makes the reader think negatively of people who look like this and stereotype them to be a certain person and act a certain way. Along with the figure of the man, other key influences which change the way the audience think is the link between the fire behind the man and the key words 'Riots spread across London' the word link could be referring to multiple think; one being the spread of the fire, also the spread of 'thugs' within the riot.
When looking in more detail into the article we find out that the man wasn't a youth at all and was in fact a 35 year old man, also the photo is in fact photos shopped as 2 separate images mixed together to therefore build up more representations and stereotypes.
The target audience is represented by the ads based around the main story which suggest a lower class family.


The sun is bright and starts the day.
Mainly C, D, and E.
For this front cover the sun has used a play on words by linking the image to the word 'heel', initially when seeing this I didn't understand how this imaged tied to the story but when you look in more detail 'heel' is something you would command to a horse, so by saying 'heel, boys' it suggests that Theresa has power over them. Giving the representation that Theresa is finally making a stand (can also link to image of her standing) and talking power and authority over the Tories to 'reunite' them and she has the aim to 'deliver Brexit'.
However this could be viewed in a completely different way, such as the shoes representing that women only care about their appearance and how they come across in the public eye. The image emphasises the importance of her appearance.
Similarly the graphology of this cover of her standing on top of the Tory MPs who are beneath her could again be showing her importance and dominance. 
Red tops tend to have more modern fonts this for example is using Sans Serif.  
Overall the representation of gender in this tabloid cover is very stereotypical in the sense that the appearance of a woman is constantly judged rather than her political achievements. It would be extremely rare that you would see a male leader represented in this way on a front cover of a paper with an image of an item of their clothing with a small, minor image of them in the bottom. Even though sexual dominance is suggested this may not be recognised by all readers as it is under and hard to understand at a quick glance.



Friday, 10 November 2017

Bias in the news; Political


Bias is Policitcs-

Right wing; Conservative supporters, UKIP, BNP

  • Papers such as The daily mail, The telegraph, The times, and the sun.
  • Those who believe that what you earn from work is rightfully yours and should be yours to keep (anti tax)
  • Those who have the best education and are rich/ wealthy deceiver to live a better quality of life (survival of the fittest)
  • Believe in private health care and education and should be self paid for.
  • Against wealth fare state such as benefits.
  • In favour of Brexit.
  • Anti- immigration.
  • Many would have voted against equal rights and same sex relationships.
  • Have Christian and Church beliefs.

The middle;


  • Liberal Democrats
  • The Independent
  • Support aspects of both Right Wing and Left Wing.

Left Wing;Labour Party, Green Party, Socialist Worker Party, Communism


  • Papers such as The Guardian and The Mirror.
  • Believe in spreading the wealth, everyone being equal.
  • Tax the rich more in order to hep support the poor.
  • Support nationalisation, pay for schools and health care.
  • Pro- Europe, Anti- Brexit.
  • Pro-immigration
  • Agree with same sex marriage, women's rights, etc.
  • Care about the environment and climate change.

UK Press;

Have been described as being extremely right wing due to them being part of the population who have wealth and 'defend the status-quo they are part of', also if you do have left wing views the media will turn dramatically against you. - Owen Jones, Guardian reporter - March 2017.


Newspapers can be biased by a number of ways such as through the images they use, the graphology (layout of page), the title, stats, crowd counts, lexical choice and also the political side they support and write from.




Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Newspaper circulation and readership


Newspaper's circulation: is the number of copies it distributes on an average day. Circulation is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates. Circulationis not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader.
Newspaper readership: is the people who read or are thought to read a particular newspaper.

When looking at and comparing the previous information there is some information which particularly makes certain newspapers stand out from others, such as; (these key features are highlighted)
  • The sun has the highest print circulation and print readership, whereas the guardian has the lowest in both of these.
  • The daily mail has the highest online circulation and readership and the times has the lowest. This gives a slight indication on the age range of people who read either the daily mail or the times.
  •  The social media circulation/readership varies based on which social networking site it is. if you look at Facebook you can see that the daily mail is the most popular with the highest score, and the times is the lowest suggestion that they are very print out based. The guardian is the highest for both twitter and Instagram and the daily express is the lowest. Again this shows the sort of age and social class of the readers.
  • The telegraph has the largest amount of older readers with is expected when looking at other stats for this newspaper. The independent has the lowest number folder readers suggesting that this paper is aimed at a younger audience. 

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

News Values


Gaultung and Ruge;

In 1965 some media researchers analysed international news stories to find out what kind of stories came top of the news 'agenda' worldwide. Their findings led them to creating a list of 'news values' - A kind of scoring system. A story that scores highly on each news value is very likely to make the front page, or the start of a TV news bulletin. 
Gate keeping- Editing and filtering process which allows some information to pass through to the audience and some to remain barred.