news and politics Flashcards
who is Rupert Murdoch?
an individual who owns a massive share of the uk media including sky TV, fox news, the sun, the times
what is impartiality?
not taking any political side and remain objective
curran & seaton’s power and media industries theory
- industry is dominated by the small number of large companies
- media companies are all about profit and power
- the products that are made tend to be repetitive
- if companies are independent they tend to be more creative and diverse
broadsheets conventions:
- a lot of text
- cover hard news
- cover internatioal news
- serif font
- more formal language
Tabloid (rt) conventions:
- sans serif font
- more colour
- more pictures
- unregulated layout
- more focus on local news
- emotive informal language
- personal stories
midmarket (tabloid) conventions:
- cover soft and hard news
- serif font
- closer to red tops
- more photos than in broadsheets
- less text than in broadsheets
Red Top Tabloids:
- The sun
- The daily mirror
- Sunday people
- Daily star
mid market tabloids:
- daily mail
- the mail
- daily express
- metro
broadsheets:
- the daily telegraph
- the sunday telegraph
- the guardian
- the observer
- the times
- the independent
- i
2 left wing newspapers
the guardian and the mirror
2 centralist newspapers
the independent and the i
what is tombstoning
when image doesn’t match the headline
what does ‘fickle’ mean?
going with what’s popular
how many seats are there in parliament? how many are needed to win?
650/326 to win
what is Cabinet?
group of MPs with the most important roles
what are the 4 most important governmental roles in the uk?
- prime minister
- chancellor of the exchequer (chancellor)
- home secretary
- foreign secretary
5 previous prime ministers
- rishi sunak
- liz truss
- boris johnson
- teresa may
- david cameron
labour’s wing?
centre to left
conservative’s wing
centre to right
right wing’s main features
- admit inequality
- praise private sector
- anti-immigration
- pro brexit (apart from david cameron, teresa may and 1/3d of the party)
left-wing’s main features
- praise public sector
- pro immigration
- anti brexit
what is the shadow cabinet?
Opposition parties that pretend to hold the position of power and say what they would’ve done
what is Lunt and livingstone’s theory?
citizen and consumer based regulation. regulating news online is now nearly impossible
which newspaper shut down because of the phone hacking scandal?
news of the world
what did leveson enquiry investigate?
phone hacking scandal included the hacked phone of a murdered girls. they deleted the voice messages
what enquiry did phone hacking scandal lead to?
leveson enquiry
what is IPSO and what they do?
the independent press standards organisation. it regulates newspapers and is formed of people who work for the newspapers
what is editor’s code of practice?
the rules set by IPSO that newspapers have to follow
what is IMPRESS?
independent monitor for the press that is unlike IPSO, fully compliant with the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry.
what is citizen jornalism?
when a person tells/shares anything online and is not paid for it
which broadsheets have become tabloid in size?
- the times
- the guardian
who created a set of news values in 2017?
Harcup and O’Neill
news values
- exclusivity
- conflict
- surprise
- audio-visuals
- shareability
- entertainment
- drama
- follow-up
- the power elite
- magnitude
- bad news
- celebrity
- good news
- relevance
clay shirky - end of audience theory
- audiences are active
- they like to speak back to producers
- media is based on interaction
why does the guardian uses smaller case ‘t’
it’s more humble, feels less scary and official
who owns the guardian and why
GMG - Scott Trust.
To secure the paper’s independence, safeguard the paper from commercial or political interference, and protect TG’s news values of fair, honest, liberal journalism.
uses and gratification theory - blumer and katz
our 4 basic needs are gratified by the media
- entertainment / diversion
- surveillance
- social interaction
- personal identitiy
how does the guardian fund themselves?
- donations
- reader funding
- scott trust
- subscriptions
- advertisements
how does he daily mail fund themselves?
- print sales
- advertisements
above the line and below the line marketing
- above the line - reaching mass audience
- below the line - reaching niche audience
who owns the daily mail and who owns the guardian
DMGT and Scott Trust
what is dual convergence
broadsheets shrinking in size
