NEWSPAPERS
In what ways can (media products) incorporate viewpoints and ideologies?
Explore how audiences can respond to and interpret the ideological perspectives of (media products)?
Ideology = set of beliefs a producer has .
Lexis = choice of words and this can show the producers IDEOLOGY
Paragraph structure =
- the POINT you are making, which links to the question asked
- the MEDIA LANGUAGE that supports your point
- the ARGUMENT or deeper ANALYSIS of this point - don't agree with the other ideological perspectives
- (A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE which is used to confirm your point of view) - don't include a theory in every paragraph.
An advantage of the newspaper manipulating the ideology of the audience is...... - point
This in turn reinforces hegemonic notions about gender stereotypes.... - theoretical perspective to further back up your point at the end of the paragraph to act as an example.
Newsworthiness = something that is worthy of going into the newspaper - producer makes this decision.
Death of a baby - newspaper story
Picture of baby, family and house = Stereotypical house and family, baby is happy (depends on the caption - baby could be happy but baby isn't actually smiling)
Picture of police car outside houses = mise-en-scene of the police car suggests a crime has occurred. Low key lighting,
Picture of hammer = use of low key lighting, standard of photography isn't great, image is sinister as it's blurry connoting they aren't quite sure what happened and that the story has been rushed, hammer = murder weapon
Picture of man outside door = positioned as a bystander, could be families house where the child was killed with hammer, use of stereotypes to construct the ideological perspectives.
Each newspaper article needs to have these (in order)
- who
- what
- where
- why
- when
- how
TIMES NEWSPAPER
- use of the word 'attack' connotes violence - not confirmed whether the man did it but heavily insinuating it - cant say that he did it because they aren't sure. Times could be sued if they said he did it and turns out he didn't.
- deliberately didn't include photos of baby and weapon because it could be to much for the target audience (middle class)
- Low angle shot makes the house look as though it has power over people and the caption shows that this is the house where someone has been murdered. Negative and ominous connotations of the low angle door.
- page 7 - most important and relevant stuff at the beginning - this case is important but isn't that important because it's on page 7 - producer chose this is an example of bias and point of view
- layout = very narrow and brief, at the top of the page and can see an advert.
- don't actually know a lot, only thing they definitely have told the audience is that a baby boy has died and a man is being held. They aren't going into too much detail because they don't actually know what happened.
- they could've left their religion out\
- middle class target audience and right wing view.
THE MIRROR
- lexis of headline = larger and bolder this time - roughly takes up a third of the page and selection of language = "hammer attack" suggests violence with a hammer - hasn't even been definitely said that a hammer was used.
- Headline is insinuating that the boy was killed by a hammer with his dad - being very presumptuous about this.
- image of mum and dad look a bit odd - facial expressions are right - suggests to the audience that they possibly have some mental health issues. This is anchored by the caption - yet the caption doesn't show lot - the image is actually next to the image of police cars and text saying about mental health and screaming
- The mirror have picked a photo of the child and may have a dramatic response and emotional response of the audience because that is before he was inhumanely attacked
- image of knife in the top corner - the possible murder weapon - might include more images because their target audience may not be able to read as well - and this also makes it more exciting for their lower class audience.
- taking up full page - is likely to be an earlier page in the newspaper than the times put it showing that the story is very important.
- get the information from witnesses of the attack - neighbours - unreliable source as it was only from witnesses. It's been personalised more by saying her name is 'Gui Gui' there is also a source that he is saying "it's not his child" - source from 'best friend' might not actually be her best friend.
- doesn't have any definite facts - most of what has been said is from witnesses.
- didn't talk much about the ethnicity of the parents - doesn't mention the ethnicity of the parents - the Mirror didn't include it as the audience may not see it as important.
- lower class target audience and left wing view
IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS - sums up newsworthiness - if there is a violent attack it will be a good story.
Ethnocentrism - belief that one culture is superior to another culture e.g British newspapers have an ethnocentric belief.
The ethnicity of the baby boys family was stated therefore the Times coverage is an ethnocentric view point
The Today Show - Radio 4 =
- the way in which radio news is structured is that brief stories are elaborated on.
- through use of sophisticated lexis and speakers it is clear to see the target audience is middle class and middle aged audience - we need to know their
- Donald Trump story was the main story - he was a big enough person that he is known worldwide and is important internationally
- Some stories aren't told to the public because they are too graphic and it doesn't relate to us e.g. people being raped in Congo therefore it's ethnocentrism
- Theresa May going around Scotland - second story because it's about Brexit and it's important.
- Third story was about South African president was talking about farmers
- Fourth story was about Russia
- Baby story wasn't in the main headlines - newsworthiness isn't very important - this is strange because it is actually happening in England yet it's been put beneath the main political news and leaders.
- they have ideological beliefs based on politics - if they were a newspaper they would be a broadsheet
- they don't know all of the facts yet so they are unable to say a lot - no mention o the word hammer because it is pure speculation - "he is arrested on suspicion of..." saying it is not definite.
- They didn't mention his ethnicity - only mentioned the fathers name - didn't mention it because his ethnicity doesn't really matter.
- There is a binary opposition between the wealthy Finsbury Park and the terrible crime that has occurred.
- The image makes him look angry and grumpy and like he doesn't really care - BBC have specifically chosen this - Drawing of him because in UK court you aren't allowed to take pictures - drawing of the guy doesn't look much like him from the photo in the other stories - construction of him looking creeping yet they could've picked a photo of him and his son looking happy.
- They did describe him as "dad" yet now they are describing him as "man"
- referring to the baby as a "toddler" making it more personal and emotionally manipulative interest news story.
- doesn't mention his ethnicity yet says that he comes from Hackney - just pointing out how he is local - could connote the rising crime that is occurring in London.
- the picture makes him look more foreign - moustache - perception of having a moustache makes him look creepy.
- othering = moustache, skin tone, grey jumper (signifies that he is a prisoner and outcast)
Audience responses =
- bring back capital punishment - killing prisoners through hanging them etc. - the bbc and any other newspapers aren't allowed to say that he should be killed
- some of them are claiming that if he was a muslim he would be called a terrorist - massive claim and doesn't have anything to do with the murder - it's domestic violence and not a terrorism act - newspapers aren't allowed to say things like this because it has nothing to do with the story and doesn't have any relevance in general.
- comment section allows people to voice their opinion, which may be strong and could cause arguments - advantage of comment section is that it allows audiences to vent their own opinions = negotiated reading - audience are directly responding to this.
- "all violent men like the rest of you" - grouping people together and saying that all men are violent and are like to abuse their children.
- hate within the comments surrounding the man's religion and some people in the comments religion
- it allows the producer to see what the public think of their product and see what kind of audience they have. They see a very small and very aggressive group of people commenting.
- More likely to comment if it's a negative comment that when it's a positive comment.
- The BBC allow this to happen because it is beneficial for them - the more people that see this and comment on it - the more it is shared.
- Clickbait is a headline/title that makes people want to click on an article "Toddler Murder" makes people want to read it.
- Comments allow news sources to get away with comments that they would never be able to talk about - they aren't mentioning it but the comments are - it brings up other problems in society.
Explore how audiences can respond to and interpret the ideological perspectives of (media products)?
Ideology = set of beliefs a producer has .
Lexis = choice of words and this can show the producers IDEOLOGY
Paragraph structure =
- the POINT you are making, which links to the question asked
- the MEDIA LANGUAGE that supports your point
- the ARGUMENT or deeper ANALYSIS of this point - don't agree with the other ideological perspectives
- (A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE which is used to confirm your point of view) - don't include a theory in every paragraph.
An advantage of the newspaper manipulating the ideology of the audience is...... - point
This in turn reinforces hegemonic notions about gender stereotypes.... - theoretical perspective to further back up your point at the end of the paragraph to act as an example.
Newsworthiness = something that is worthy of going into the newspaper - producer makes this decision.
Death of a baby - newspaper story
Picture of baby, family and house = Stereotypical house and family, baby is happy (depends on the caption - baby could be happy but baby isn't actually smiling)
Picture of police car outside houses = mise-en-scene of the police car suggests a crime has occurred. Low key lighting,
Picture of hammer = use of low key lighting, standard of photography isn't great, image is sinister as it's blurry connoting they aren't quite sure what happened and that the story has been rushed, hammer = murder weapon
Picture of man outside door = positioned as a bystander, could be families house where the child was killed with hammer, use of stereotypes to construct the ideological perspectives.
Each newspaper article needs to have these (in order)
- who
- what
- where
- why
- when
- how
TIMES NEWSPAPER
- use of the word 'attack' connotes violence - not confirmed whether the man did it but heavily insinuating it - cant say that he did it because they aren't sure. Times could be sued if they said he did it and turns out he didn't.
- deliberately didn't include photos of baby and weapon because it could be to much for the target audience (middle class)
- Low angle shot makes the house look as though it has power over people and the caption shows that this is the house where someone has been murdered. Negative and ominous connotations of the low angle door.
- page 7 - most important and relevant stuff at the beginning - this case is important but isn't that important because it's on page 7 - producer chose this is an example of bias and point of view
- layout = very narrow and brief, at the top of the page and can see an advert.
- don't actually know a lot, only thing they definitely have told the audience is that a baby boy has died and a man is being held. They aren't going into too much detail because they don't actually know what happened.
- they could've left their religion out\
- middle class target audience and right wing view.
THE MIRROR
- lexis of headline = larger and bolder this time - roughly takes up a third of the page and selection of language = "hammer attack" suggests violence with a hammer - hasn't even been definitely said that a hammer was used.- Headline is insinuating that the boy was killed by a hammer with his dad - being very presumptuous about this.
- image of mum and dad look a bit odd - facial expressions are right - suggests to the audience that they possibly have some mental health issues. This is anchored by the caption - yet the caption doesn't show lot - the image is actually next to the image of police cars and text saying about mental health and screaming
- The mirror have picked a photo of the child and may have a dramatic response and emotional response of the audience because that is before he was inhumanely attacked
- image of knife in the top corner - the possible murder weapon - might include more images because their target audience may not be able to read as well - and this also makes it more exciting for their lower class audience.
- taking up full page - is likely to be an earlier page in the newspaper than the times put it showing that the story is very important.
- get the information from witnesses of the attack - neighbours - unreliable source as it was only from witnesses. It's been personalised more by saying her name is 'Gui Gui' there is also a source that he is saying "it's not his child" - source from 'best friend' might not actually be her best friend.
- doesn't have any definite facts - most of what has been said is from witnesses.
- didn't talk much about the ethnicity of the parents - doesn't mention the ethnicity of the parents - the Mirror didn't include it as the audience may not see it as important.
- lower class target audience and left wing view
IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS - sums up newsworthiness - if there is a violent attack it will be a good story.
Ethnocentrism - belief that one culture is superior to another culture e.g British newspapers have an ethnocentric belief.
The ethnicity of the baby boys family was stated therefore the Times coverage is an ethnocentric view point
The Today Show - Radio 4 =
- the way in which radio news is structured is that brief stories are elaborated on.
- through use of sophisticated lexis and speakers it is clear to see the target audience is middle class and middle aged audience - we need to know their
- Donald Trump story was the main story - he was a big enough person that he is known worldwide and is important internationally
- Some stories aren't told to the public because they are too graphic and it doesn't relate to us e.g. people being raped in Congo therefore it's ethnocentrism
- Theresa May going around Scotland - second story because it's about Brexit and it's important.
- Third story was about South African president was talking about farmers
- Fourth story was about Russia
- Baby story wasn't in the main headlines - newsworthiness isn't very important - this is strange because it is actually happening in England yet it's been put beneath the main political news and leaders.
- they have ideological beliefs based on politics - if they were a newspaper they would be a broadsheet
- they don't know all of the facts yet so they are unable to say a lot - no mention o the word hammer because it is pure speculation - "he is arrested on suspicion of..." saying it is not definite.
- They didn't mention his ethnicity - only mentioned the fathers name - didn't mention it because his ethnicity doesn't really matter.
- There is a binary opposition between the wealthy Finsbury Park and the terrible crime that has occurred. - The image makes him look angry and grumpy and like he doesn't really care - BBC have specifically chosen this - Drawing of him because in UK court you aren't allowed to take pictures - drawing of the guy doesn't look much like him from the photo in the other stories - construction of him looking creeping yet they could've picked a photo of him and his son looking happy.
- They did describe him as "dad" yet now they are describing him as "man"
- referring to the baby as a "toddler" making it more personal and emotionally manipulative interest news story.
- doesn't mention his ethnicity yet says that he comes from Hackney - just pointing out how he is local - could connote the rising crime that is occurring in London.
- the picture makes him look more foreign - moustache - perception of having a moustache makes him look creepy.
- othering = moustache, skin tone, grey jumper (signifies that he is a prisoner and outcast)
Audience responses =
- bring back capital punishment - killing prisoners through hanging them etc. - the bbc and any other newspapers aren't allowed to say that he should be killed
- some of them are claiming that if he was a muslim he would be called a terrorist - massive claim and doesn't have anything to do with the murder - it's domestic violence and not a terrorism act - newspapers aren't allowed to say things like this because it has nothing to do with the story and doesn't have any relevance in general.
- comment section allows people to voice their opinion, which may be strong and could cause arguments - advantage of comment section is that it allows audiences to vent their own opinions = negotiated reading - audience are directly responding to this.
- "all violent men like the rest of you" - grouping people together and saying that all men are violent and are like to abuse their children.
- hate within the comments surrounding the man's religion and some people in the comments religion
- it allows the producer to see what the public think of their product and see what kind of audience they have. They see a very small and very aggressive group of people commenting.
- More likely to comment if it's a negative comment that when it's a positive comment.
- The BBC allow this to happen because it is beneficial for them - the more people that see this and comment on it - the more it is shared.
- Clickbait is a headline/title that makes people want to click on an article "Toddler Murder" makes people want to read it.
- Comments allow news sources to get away with comments that they would never be able to talk about - they aren't mentioning it but the comments are - it brings up other problems in society.
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