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Newspapers Flashcards

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What is the relevance of a newspaper?

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They are a staple ingredient of how we gain knowledge of the world beyond our immediate experiences

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What are print newspapers under pressure from the increasing use of? How do they respond to this?

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  • Tv and social/online media

- Pushes print news to be entertaining as well as informative

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What do postmodernists suggest about news?

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Be careful about what to believe, even ‘evidence’ and ‘logic’ is value dependent, arising from perspective

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What are broadsheet newspapers?

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More intellectual in their content, and in the coverage and reporting of events

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Give an example of a broadsheet newspaper

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The Guardian

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State 3 characteristics of a broadsheet newspaper

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  • Educated audience
  • Greater size, examines stories in depth
  • Less sensationalist/celebrity material
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What are tabloid newspapers?

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The style of journalism that condenses stories into a simplified and easily absorbed format

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State 3 characteristics of a tabloid newspaper

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  • Less educated audience
  • Condensed, less detailed
  • Celebrity/less serious news
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Give an example of a tabloid newspaper

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The Sun

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3 key elements of the Daily Mirror

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  • Tabloid
  • Left wing political stance
  • Responded in horrified shock at the implications of a Trump Presidency
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3 key elements of The Times

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  • Broadsheet in tabloid format
  • Owned by News Corp - Rupert Murdoch (Curran and Seaton)
  • Reasoned and neutral political stance of Trump’s victory
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What are the 6 components of representation for newspapers that should be considered when analysing the Daily Mirror and the Times?

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  1. Construction
  2. Mediation
  3. Selection
  4. Anchorage
  5. Stereotypes
  6. Ideology
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What are the denotations of the Daily Mirror “It’s President Trump” front page?

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  • Weeping statue of liberty
  • Dark urban/dystopian setting
  • Threatening clouds
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What is the anchorage of the Daily Mirror “It’s President Trump” front page?

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Headlines, use of ellipsis and enigma codes:

“What have they done?”
“It’s President Trump…”

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What could be said about the use of American iconography on the Daily Mirror “It’s President Trump” front page?

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  • Dominates the page

- Subverts the conventional ideals of hope and charity to one of a weeping statue

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What could be said about the selection of word choice for the Daily Mirror “It’s President Trump” front page?

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  • The use of the word’s ‘us’ and ‘them’ create a binary opposition with the bias of ‘them’ being to blame for the suggested catastrophe
  • The American voter is represented as unthinking in their actions hence the UK/rest of world will have to suffer the consequences of this
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What are the denotations of the Daily Mirror “America’s Brexit” double page spread?

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Use of the traditional American flag colour palette

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What is the anchorage of the Daily Mirror “America’s Brexit” double page spread?

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Headlines and intertextuality:

  • References to Brexit
  • Similar hostile reaction from the Daily Mirror (left wing) insinuating that it is a disaster
  • Links to issues of immigration and the ‘out-of-touch elite’ which were cited as elements of Brexit
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What is instantly clear to audience in the Daily Mirror “America’s Brexit” double page spread?

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  • Images are all of white faces and predominantly male
  • Trump is shown in a strong and potentially aggressive pose whilst his supports are triumphant
  • Clinton (defeated opponent) is shown as calm and accepting
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What does Stuart Hall model in the Daily Mirror “America’s Brexit” double page spread?

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The dominant hegemony of the right wing white male

21
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What is The Times?

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British national ‘quality’ newspaper first published in 1785

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What are the ownership patterns of The Times?

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The Times published by Times Newspapers since 1981, Times Newspaper is a subsidiary of News UK which is wholly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s conglomerate - News Corp

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What is News UK?

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A British-based, American-owned newspaper publisher, a subsidiary of American mass media conglomerate News Corp. News UK also controls other British newspapers such as The Sun. The company typically indicates a right wing political allegiance however The Times tends to be more neutral.

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When was the set edition of The Times published?

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This edition was published on the 10th November 2016 following the high profile American election campaign won by Donald Trump

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How can The Times be linked to Curran and Seaton?

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  • The Times is part of a large conglomerate that is both horizontally and vertically integrated, this might inhibit creativity and freedom of journalists.
  • Murdoch is often accused of controlling his newspaper content which means everything is very structured and lacks creativity and realism
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What does the unusual high image to text ratio on the front page of The Times suggest?

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Iconic world news

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What can be said about the masthead of the set edition of The Times?

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It is very traditional and recognisable

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What can be said about the copy on the coat of arms: “Dieu Et Mon Droit”?

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This translates to “God and my right”. This provides connotations of traditionalism and national identity. Traditionalism is also upheld by hanoverian coat of arms with a serif Times New Roman font

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How is Trump wholly represented in the set edition of The Times?

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Trump is represented as an ‘elite person’. He is framed centrally in a well-lit medium shot which helps to showcase his victorious body language

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The Times Headline: “The New World” - what are the immediate connotations of this?

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Connotations of dramatic global change

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