News Papers Flashcards
What is a Masthead
News paper name
What is a puff/ blurb
Colour bands that’s attract readers to stories inside the newspaper or ‘coming soon’ features
what types of stories get the most amount of coverage/ are more ‘newsworthy’
stories with ‘shock’ factor, tragedy or some sort of violence
terrorist attack
affairs
large political scandals
this is because they are more interesting than other news stories that have no ‘interesting content’
what is a gatekeeper?
stories, pictures or quotes that aren’t added into the article because it either doesn’t fit the newspaper’s narrative/ political bias or isn’t considered newsworthy
what is the case study for left leaning newspaper?
the mirror
what is the case study for the right leaning news paper?
the times
what was the date for both newspapers?
February 1st 2022
what was the headline for the Mirror newspaper case study
ZERO SHAME
what was the strapline for the Mirror
12 parties probed by the police, 3 attended by the PM, 1 was in his own flat, 300 pictures handed over and still…
who is seen on the front cover of the Mirror?
Boris Johnson main photograph and Keir Starmer smaller photo in the corner disagreeing with Boris’ actions
what binary oppositions are created on the front cover of the Mirror?
Kier Starmer & Sue Gray v Boris Johnson good and evil, right and wrong
they are both criticising boris for party gate.
what is the headline for the times 1/2/2022?
Police investigate PM’s four lockdown parties
who is on the front cover of the mirror?
how is the picture edited or made to fit a certain narrative
Boris Johnson
cropped medium shot of the PM
he has messy hair and a smirk but he also looks slightly embarrased but it fits with their headline of ‘zero shame’
who is quoted on the front cover of the times what did she say about leadership?
Sue Gray
‘faliures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10’
what does the Sue Gray quote say?
“too little thought given to what was happening across the country…
There were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10…”
what type of news paper is the mirror?
a tabloid
what type of news do tabloids report on?
celebrity news, new that is easy to follow and doesn’t require a lot of column inches
what is the audience of the Mirror
people of a lower social class and maybe less educated also a labour supporter
what is the target audience of the Times
ABC1 higher social class and possibly higher educated with cultural capital.
possibly right leaning
what is a status of myth for both of these newspapers?
that their readers are labour supporters and Tories
what political bias is displayed in the times newspaper
only mentions 4 parties when the mirror mentions 12
