News Papers Flashcards
What are some newspapers?
Daily star, daily mail, the daily mirror, the sun, the times.
What are Tabloid newspapers?
Made so then 10 year olds are able to read them.
What are Broadsheet newspapers?
They are larger than normal newspapers.
What’s are left and right wing?
Left wing - labour
Right wing - conservative
What are gate keepers?
People who filter content in newspapers.
What are Galtung and Ruge’s news values? ( 1965 )
Threshold
Unexpectedness
Negativity
Elite nation/ people
Unambiguous
Proximity
Continuity
Left wing believe …
- Equal beliefs
- Progressive views
- Desire for change
- Follow Keynesian’s theory
- Consider the environment more.
What’s the severe left and right wing belief?
LW - communism
RW - facisism
Right wing believe in …
- Believe in laisses faire (leave alone)
- little to no change
- stress importance of order, stability and property.
Colloquialism
An informal expression that is used in casual conversation rather than in writing. However, it is used in some media products to establish an informal tone.
- Component 1, Section A?
- Component 1, Section B? (2 points).
- text type = front page( + article ). ‘Set’ texts = Daily Mirror (2022). Exam questions foci = media language.
- Full edition, daily mirror then they choose the edition, industry audience.
AND
website extracts, Daily mirror we choose the online edition, industry audience
What did Galtung and Ruge discover?
Immediacy, Familiarity, Amplitude, Frequency, Unambiguous, Predicability,
Surprise, Continuity, Elite nations and people, Personality, Negativity and Balance.
immediacy meaning?
Has it happened recently?
What does Familiarity mean?
Is it culturally relevant to us in Britain?
What is amplitude?
Is it a big event? (Perhaps global?)
What is Frequency
Did the event happen fairly quickly?
What does unambiguous mean?
(Clear) is it a clear and defined story.
What does predictability mean?
Did we expect it to happen? (Like the olympics)
What does surprise mean?
Is it a rare or unexpected event? (Like 9/11)
What does continuity mean?
Is it a running story? (Already in the news)
What does Elite Nations and People?
Where has the story happened? Is it in the news because the people involved famous (celebrities/politicians)
What does personalisation mean?
Is it a human interest story?
What does negativity mean?
Is it bad news? Does this make it a more important story?
What does balance mean?
Is it a story that is more light-hearted to contrast to the doom and gloom stories?
What are some national news papers and who owns them?
Daily mail + mail on Sunday - DMG media
Guardian - Scott trust
Daily mirror + Sunday mirror - reach PLC
What is the usage of the metro newspaper in the year 2020?
0% change (mainly due to the metro being free)
The masthead is?
The name of the paper
The splash lead/headline is…
A larger font that the rest of the front page story (to attract audience)
Plug/ puff is
This usually runs across the top of the front page and advertises (aside from the main headline story)
Strap line is …
Above the main headline (meaning of the central image).
The cross head is…
Short headlines which break up the main text
Jump line/ lure…
Teaser headline
Central image
Essential in selling a newspaper.
Stand first/intro par
Introduces the article (in bold)
Pull quote is…
Quote from the story that is enlarged
Standalone is…
A picture story that can exist on its own or on a front page, leading to a story inside.
Splash is…
Prominent or sensational news story (often the front page lead).
White space is
Devoid of copy text, images and adverts (but also to establish a visual style)
Gutters is..
Between columns of text or around the edges of images. (Prevents overlapping)
Frames …
Borders to images and text (often popular/tabloid newspapers used this)
Columns are
British broadsheet newspapers use five columns whilst tabloids tend to be more flexible In their approach to the number of columns
Serif/ sans
Serif - Flicky bits.
Sands serif - without flicky bits
What is a broadsheet?
More detailed. And are 2x bigger than the standard tabloid newspapers
The guardian/ times
The tabloid newspapers…
More condensed stories compared to broadsheet. (E.g. the daily mirror)
News values…
What makes things better to write about
Gate keeper means
Filters content in newspapers.
What is a Bias …
One sided.
What is left wing?
Labour.
What is right wing?
Conservative
What is colloquialism?
An informal expression that is used in casual conservation rather than in writing. However, it is used in some media products to establish an informal tone.
Hard news is…
journalistic style and genre that focuses on events or incidents that are considered to be timely and consequential to people locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally.
What size are tabloid papers?
11 by 17 inches.
What are the size of broadsheets?
14 inches wide to 23 inches long.
What are all of the News values… (12)
Immediacy
Familiarity
Amplitude
Frequency
Unambiguous
Predictability
Surprise
Continuity
Elite nations and people
Personalisation
Negativity
Balance
Immediacy means
Has it happened recently?
The daily mirror is…
A British national tabloid newspaper. First produced in 1903. It was owned by Reach plc. Reach plc is the largest British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher.
Reach plc was formerly known as
Trinity mirror plc
150 national and regional newspaper titles. Was owned by
Reach plc
Reach plc states in its ‘Vision and values’ …
Our vision is to be an essential part of people’s daily lives by delivering quality content and services that inform, enlighten and enrich’.
Left to right wing party spectrum.
Left
- communism
- Socialism
- the Green Party.
- centre left mainstream labour.
- lib dems
- centre right mainstream conservatives
- new right conservatism
-fascism
Right wing
What are some right wing beliefs? (What they vote for)
Aggression, militancy, upholding order, helping those who help themselves, strong role models, champions of opportunity.
What were some left wing beliefs? (What they vote for)
Fairness, helping those who cannot help themselves, positive role models, champions of downtrodden, diplomacy, pacifism.
How many owners of newspapers are there?
Only 5
Who own the national newspapers?
Lord Rothermere - daily mail + I metro. 72.9 million print and digital monthly readership.
Reach plc - daily star + daily mirror. 61 million print and digital monthly readership.
Rupert Murdoch - the sun + the Sunday times. 41.5 million print and digital monthly readership.
Scott trust - the observer + the guardian. 23.9 million print and digital monthly readership
Barclay brothers - the telegraph and the Sunday telegraph. 21.5 million print and digital monthly readership.
How does Cultivation theory come into newspapers?
Exposure to repeated patterns of representation over periods of time. It can shape and influence the way people perceive the world around them.
Consider the representation of the refugee crisis in the newspapers.
Reception theory links to newspapers -
Preferred reading - the reader fully shares the texts code and accepts and reproduces the preferred reading.
Negotiated reading - the reader partly shares the texts code and broadly accepts the preferred reading but sometimes resist and modifies it in a way that reflects his own position, experience, and interests.
Oppositional reading - the reader is in a social situation that places him or her in direct opposition to the dominant code. The reader understands the preferred reading but does not share the texts code and rejects the reading, bringing the bear and alternative frame of reference.
The percentages of reach by platforms from newspapers -
41% print
79% total digital
21% computer
72% smart phone
10% tablet
The advantages of online newspaper sites…
- immediate and up to date news
- immediate interactive opportunities
- apps for several newspapers are available for mobile phones and iPads
- archive facilities to access back issues or features.
- select the news and features that interest them.
Right wing believes in what French word?
Laisses faire (leave alone)
