newspapers Flashcards

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guardian

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british quality newspaper

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guardian typical reader

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no political agenda, educated ABC1, champagne socialist, global news interest - easy read - tabloid

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G -conventions

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quality newspaper 5 columns, hard news, lower image to copy ratio,

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G- ownership

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no proprietors, owned by the Scott trust
- editor - Katharine Viner

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G- does the Scott trust have much control

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no down to the reports very little involvement

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what does the guardian see itself

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not as a business, approach that empowers more people and not the institutions, therefore not driven by profit no proprietor - economically

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G- social context

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  • guardian prides itself on giving honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, encouraging unbiased journalism and a sense of duty to the reader and the community.
  • cultural news along the skyline is a typical convention
  • no sensationalism
  • socially progressive - open tolerant and equity - BLM movement
  • hard to read - elaborate code
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G- political context

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centre left liberal party however tries to give unbiased news ring and left wing perspective ensuring centrist approach

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G- economical context affecting distribution

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  • post covid economic decline - online new less risk
  • online news free however the times has a paywall
  • alternative news platforms producing news 24 hours a day - reduce in circulation
    decline in advertising revenue - g source of funding
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G- economical context

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  • relies on funding from audience doesn’t rely on profit all profit goes back into the guardian for increasing quality of news to viewers
  • £1.30 able to sponsor
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G - cultural context

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cultural skyline featured along to top with stories such as article ‘nature being a healing power’

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G - social context edward snowden

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leaked government information of American to the guardian - guardians values of real fact news

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G - funding

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unique source of funding relys on reader to support their work through donations

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G - Online audience

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21.7 M

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G - circulation

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0.5M is not published any more - circulation declined

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regulation

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not apart of IPSO is own complaint system

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G - leverson enquiry

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The politicians cut off dealing with their post-Leveson obligations by deciding that regulation should be overseen by a royal charter

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why did the guardian self regulate after the Leveson enquiry

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believed due to the millie dowler phone hacking was not regulated sufficiently enough

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G - online

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commenting, live stories-up to date, regular on social media - targeting younger audiences
now culture - social media

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G- synergy

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guardian soulmates match with other guardian readers - not anymore

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daily mail

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british mid-market newspaper

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DM- values

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+ British patriarchy - royal news included in most front covers

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DM - conventions

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tabloid mid market tabloid, colourful hard and soft news,

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daily mail typical readership

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more female targeted- femail, C1,C2 M/C middle aged, interested in fitness, travel.
- mass audience loyal readership

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DM audience

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linked to passive audience - targeted at w/c easily lead - Gerbner keep seeing it you’ll believe it and normalise - cultivation theory

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DM- ownership

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owned by lord Rothermere who owns 2/3 of the newspapers with Murdock

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DM - circulation

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1.3M lowered more online features and content promotion

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DM regulation

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IPSO regulates the daily mail and is seen as the most complained about newspaper

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DM - harry and megan

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voyeuristic articles- could lead passive consumption and encoded news values

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DM - social context

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Email element encourage female audience
Negative immigration features
Proud to be British and respect monarchy
Negativity
Elite nation - royals

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DM - political context

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Right wing political stance support conservative anti - left wing
Controversial papers breach in regulation

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DM - economical context

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price £1 subscribers 80p - affordable
MailOnline sponsored content
No paywall mainly advertising.
Closure on many print facilities funded by proprietors

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DM -online

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MailOnline- on social media- snapchat platforms younger audiences
gothic masthead- patriarchal values, traditional.
most popular - keep print traffic to online website- Gebner - passive audience
online free comments
active audience - twitter Jenkins - comments

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halls reception theory

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  • media texts contain a variety of messages that are encoded by producers and then decoded (understood) by audiences. Therefore what we see is simply a ‘re-presentation’ of what producers want us to see.
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types of meanings - halls

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preferred- what the producer wants to the audience top view media text- daily mail passive audience

negotiated- agrees with some parts rejects others that don’t resonate with them

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social context - representation of reality

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how the news reported differently political ideologies
G - patriarchal, positive
DM- patriarchal reinforcement, female

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DM - halls theory

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preferred - audience passive - ‘ zero shame’ audience follow ideology emotive language