Newspaper representation

1.Who is being represented in this image?

A stereotypical black, lower class, teenage thug.

2.Are you being given the stereotypical or countertypical image of the person/group? Describe the representation.

Here we are being given a stereotypical representation of a teenage boy. They are portraying teenagers to be scary and threatening as this boy is walking confidently across the street, he is also dressed in a tracksuit presenting him as a typical "chav". It also means they could be lower class. The balaclava gives a threatening impression as it masks his identity. However, the counter typical teenager would be a nice and sensible person who achieves good grades and behaves well.  

3.HOW is this representation being constructed by the media language? – consider camera angles, choice of images, colours, size, mise en scene, etc.

The positioning of this image is significant as they have placed the teenager in front of the anarchy. This implies that they are in charge of all the chaos

4.How is the representation being constructed by the text? – consider word choices, size of text, tone, etc.

5.Does this representation fit with the institutional codes and conventions? Explain your answer. – think about institution, audience, tabloid/broadsheet, etc.

Different Perspectives

Politics and Newspaper

Cultivation stats

Bias

Newspaper bias lesson from Great Baddow High School Media

Bias in Newspaper

How Can You Spot Bias in a Newspaper?

8 Key words

1) Bias through choice of photos caption and camera angles
  - Does the person look empowered? Weak? Foolish? etc

  - For example, Jeremy here is portrayed in a\ bad way as they have edited him into a bin highlighting there hate towards him.

2) Bias through placement
  - Is it on the front page or hidden on page 15? How long/thorough is this article?

 - For example here a right wing paper has put an anti left wing topic front page to emphasize there hatred of them.




3) Bias through word choice and tone
 - is it sympathetic or critical

4) Bias through headlines - what is the headline article and how is the article pitched through the headline?

5)Bias through source control - who have they inter

News Article

Newspaper: Screen recording practice

Newspaper semiotics

Newspaper print-resource-front-cover-semiotic-analysis from Great Baddow High School Media

Galtung and Ruge

News Artical Analysis

Headline
Works as an enigma (Barthes), teasing the audience to want to find out more. They are an important hook to capture the audience and encourage them to pay attention to the article. There is an assumption in this headline that the audience will know who Brady is, and the word ‘moor’ will remind them if they have forgotten.
Intro 
Like the headline, the hook should grab the audience’s attention and encourage them to want to read the rest of the article. Intros are usually very short – maybe 30 words – and should be able to be read and digested quickly and easily. The intro sums up the main point of the article – in this case the discussion of Brady’s possible final resting place.
Focus
Journalists often present stories from a human interest angle, putting people at the centre of their stories. Quotes are often used to give a human touch by emphasising the importance of the people in the story. In this instance, Brady is the focus but the sympathy clearly lies with the victims and their families. A quote from one of the victim’s brothers shows this.
Narrative
Reveals information in such a way as to keep the reader interested but also to aid their understanding of what is going on.
Structure
Short paragraphs are important in news reports and each one is used to develop the narrative of the story a little bit more. There is also often a structure to news stories in that all the important info is given at the start and less important details are added later. In this example, the important info is that a coroner will not release Brady’s body until he is satisfied his ashes won’t be scattered on the Moor. Arguably less important information comes later such as how he died.

 

Broadsheet vs Tabloid

The Guardian:

(Broadsheet - Left wing Labour supporter)

The Guardian has a heavy political approach to their news reporting which can be seen in the main article on the front page of the 8th November 2017. The Guardian consists of a large coverage of articles on the front page as apposed to being photograph based such as a tabloid like The Sun. Due to The Guardian being a Broadsheet, the Guardian tries to report on more hard news reports such as the political environment and the economy rather than soft news like celeb gossip and sports news. The Guardian markets to the A, B ,C1 audiences as it is a tabloid that wants to interest the higher intellects of the public. The age demographic for the Guardian is 25 - 40 as its left wing views appeal more the a younger audience.

 

The Sun:

(Tabloid - Right wing Conservative supporter)

The Sun has a very soft news approach to their reporting due to them being a tabloid. This can be seen from the front page of the November 8th 2017 edition with the high photograph to written text ratio, the photograph being a picture from night time TV, Strictly, which is soft news. The Sun is a tabloid so therefore tries to market themselves to the C2, D ,E demographics with mainly reporting on soft news to try attract the attention of more lower class buyers who want to know all of the celebrity gossip or sports news. Tabloids such as The Sun are losing buyers due to the celeb gossip appearing first on social medias such as twitter therefore making tabloids and newspapers obsolete as people have already heard about the news for free earlier. Tabloids such as the Sun try market themselves to the age demographics of 25-30 and 55-65 as the celeb gossip appeals more to the 25-30 year olds but the right wing views appeal to more of the older generations who believe in traditionalism and the government.

  

Newspaper terminology

Newpaper codes and conventions