Front Page Newspapers

Front page news from a range of different papers:

30/11/2017:

Newspapers - Screencast

Newspapers - Print, Online and Social Media news

The different ways the Daily Mail portrays the news on their different outlets:

Newspapers: Task 3 - Revision

Homework: Analysis of newspaper articles

Language: What examples of language stand out. Calculate the a average number of words per sentence. 

  This article uses sentences with a word average of 24/25. This article stood out for me as the headline had "died", "single punch", "cradled" and "hanged herself" in it. It had several tragic events all in one headline making it more interesting as there are so many questions formed after reading just the headline."Cradled" gives a sense on caring and love as well as youth but it is also put with words like "died" and "punch" that make the headline conflicting. This stands out as it has a shock factor to it. 

Content: What is included or missed out of the story? Can you explain this?

This story includes the events surrounding an argument outside Tesco Express resulting to a punch being thrown that killed a 17 year old boy. It gives an account of the lead up to the event as well as eye witness accounts of the events that took place. This article also includes information given by the boys mother in regards to his character as well as the events taking place before his death. 

In addition to this, the article talks about his best friend (Ciara Witt) cradling him in her arms as he was dying. It then goes on to talk about how this young girl, aged 16, hung herself months later due to the events that took place. 

However, the online newspaper doesn't really mention why the events took place. They briefly mention that an eye witness "All I heard was Jack shouting and he was crossing the road and he had his arms up by his side," he told the inquest. "I remember him saying 'Come on then'. I saw him get punched and fall to the floor and as soon as I saw that I ran over. "I heard one of the group of four shout 'That's what you get for...', I couldn't make out the last bit." The article could been deemed one sided, painting Jack (the victim) as innocent and the other lads who were arrested as horrific people. 

Style: Is the article chatty or formal? Serious or funny? How long are the sentences?

This article is in the style of formal and serious due to the sensitive matter. 

Values and attitudes: Is there any bias?

This article fails to give the suspected men a chance to give account of their view point in the events that led up to Jack's death. This could be deemed as a slight bias as the article is only based off of one point of view. 

Photographs: Which shots have been chosen and why? How have they been edited? 

They have chosen the following image for Jack:

They have chosen this image to create a particular view point of Jack as well as have it link with the article. 

This image shows a young, happy teen making the reader more likely to be on Jack's side and be angry at the events that took place. 

The online newspaper could have used an image portraying Jack in a negative way and fit the stereotype of teenage boys of today. 




They have chosen the following image
for Ciara Witt:

This image, again, show a young, happy teen. This makes the reader sympathies with the story and all involved as they are both so young and both taken too soon. 

This image gives an innocent appearance making the story even harder to comprehend. 

Again, the online newspaper could have used a more negative image to make the young teen appear to be something that they aren't. 



Headlines: What kind of headline is it? What techniques are used?

Like previously stated, the article's headline has "died", "single punch", "cradled" and "hanged herself" in it. It had several tragic events all in one headline making it more interesting as there are so many questions formed after reading just the headline. It grips the readers attention as all of these horrific follow the first word, "teen". This headline gives a slight overview of what the article is about as well what actually happened. 

Newspapers: Social media influence

Social Media Influence:

• How has social media changed the industry?

> Gets more people involved in news/ pulls a younger or different demographic 

> Easier to read/ find (restricted character amount) 

> Participatory media (comments, likes, shares)

> We media = can get the media quicker

> Gets rid of irreverent news seen in the media 

> 50% of new consumers learned about stories rather than newspapers 

> 2012 = social media revenue overtook print news revenue

• News stories that broke on twitter

> Royal Wedding Announcement 

> Whitney Houston's death 

Newspapers: Political views

Political and newspapers:

• UKIP = UK Interdependence  Party
• BNP = British National Party

Conservative values: (Right Wing)

- Royals 

- Veterans 

- Love the past 

- 'Survival of the fittest' attitude 

> Believes that people should be able to keep the same money we earn because we deserve it 

-Don't believe in benefits/ welfare for all

- Don't want the NHS or state schools = privatization 

- Tied to Christian beliefs = against gay marriage, some are anti-abortion

- Have traditional views about women 

- Pro Brexit = anti-immigration 

- Not concerned about the environment

-  Pro Nuclear weapons

Labour values: (Left Wing) + Green Party

- Optimist = visionaries of the future (forward looking)

- Pro-Europe/ anti-Brexit/ pro-immigration/ pro-multiculturalism 

- 'Welfare state' = Benefits ("for the many not the few") 

- Higher tax (especially for the rich)

- Looking for more equality 

- 'Idealist' 

- Fight for women's rights, gay rights, ect. 

- Pro Nationalism (keep NHS, state school)

- Very concerned with the environment

"Largely run by a very small group of very right-wing media moguls who defended the status quo of which they are part. If you are on the Left and want to change society, the media will always come and get". 

Newspapers: News and the Online Media

News and the Online Media Notes:

• Daily mail has the largest online readership (14,068,817) 
• The Guardian has the largest twitter and instagram followers
• The Sun has the largest print circulation/ readership
• The Telegraph has 55.6% of there readers at an age of 65+ years 

• The more mainstream the newspaper the more copies it sells as well as online hits
• To read online for the sun you have to pay (the printed version costs less than online)
• The Guardian readers are younger so their readers are more likely to use twitter and instagram
• The Daily Mail has successfully gone/ translated online improving  numbers
• The Sun hast had the same success translating online

Newspaper: The 5 W's of Journalism

The 5 W's:

• who is the story about?
• what is the story about?
• where did the story happen?
• when did the story happen?
• why did the story happen?

- Framework:

Newspapers: News Vaules

News Values: 

• Threshold - the bigger the impact and reach of the story

• Unexpectedness - not seen coming/ strange news/ don't expect/ can sell

• Negativity - bad news story/ fear + moral panics/ "if it bleeds, it reads"

• Elite persons/places - stories about important people and powerful nations 

• Unambiguous - a story with no confusion over it/ doesn't need explaining

• Personalisation - names people/ identification/ human interest

• Proximity - local/ known people/ where it effects/ how close it is to you 

• Continually/currency - stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated 

Newspapers: Construction - Ian Brady

Construction of a news story:

Newspapers: The History

- Newspapers:

• Have been around since the mid 17th century 
• Until the 20th century newspapers were the primary means of bringing news to the public 
• Unlike news broadcasting, newspapers do not to be impartial and are allow to show their political bias 
• They are regulating 
• The regulation body is IPSO - Independent Press Standards Organisation (formally know as the press complaints commission)
• Leveson Inquiry 2011 - in response to allegations of phone hacking at The News of the World (among others) was carried out   

     > It suggests a code of conduct and tighter controls be imposed 

• The newspaper industry is largely in decline in terms of print circulation
• Newspapers have had to adapt and move online in bid for survival 

Newspapers: Codes and Conventions

Codes and Conventions of a Newspaper:

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Main heading (MH) - Title of the newspaper displayed on the front page

Bar Code (BC) - Used to scan the newspaper when purchasing. It is an optical, machine-readable representation of data and contains information such as price

Caption (C) – Brief text underneath an image describing the photography or graphic

Headline (H) – A phrase that summaries the main point of the article. Usually in large print and a different style to catch the attention of a reader

Main Image (MI) – Dominant picture, often filling much of the front cover

Page Number (PN) – A system of organisation within the magazine. Helps you find what you want to read

Target Audience (TA) – People who the newspaper aims to sell to

Pull Quote (PQ) – Something taken from within an article, usually said by the person in the main image

Classified Ad (CA) – An advertisement that uses only text, as opposed to a display ad, which also incorporates graphics

Skyline (S) – An information panel on the front page that tells the reader about the stores in the paper to tempt them inside

Edition (E) – Some newspapers print several of every night, these are versions with some changed and maybe additional late stories

Stand First (SF) – Block text that introduces the story, normally in a different style to the body text and headline

Byline (B) The line above the story, which gives the author’s name and sometimes their job and location

Body Text (BT) – Also known as copy Written material that makes up the main article

Standalone (SA) – Picture story that can exists on its own or on a front page leading to a story inside

Centre Spread (CS) – A photograph, often in full colour, that runs across the middle two pages

Lead Story (LS) – Main story, usually a splash

Gutter (G) – The blank space between margins of facing pages of a publication or the blank space between columns of text

Folio (F) – Top label for the whole page. Can relate to the area covered in the paper for example, National or big news topic such as Social Media, Syria

Page Furniture (PF) – Everything on a page except pictures or text stories

Newspapers: Bias in a newspaper

How can you stop Bias in a newspaper?

1.) Bias through choice of photos, captions and camera angles - does the person look empowered? Weak? Foolish?

2.) Bias through placement - is it on the front page or hidden on page 15? How long is the article?

3.) Bias through word choice and tone - is it sympathetic or critical?

4.) Bias through headlines - what is the headline article and how is the article pitched through the headline? 

5.) Bias through source control - who have they interviewed asked for information?

6.) Bias through use of names and titles - nicknames, respectful terms etc. 

7.) Bias through selection or omission - which articles are included and left out?

8.) Bias through statistics and crowd counts - how statistics are manipulated to make a point? 

Newspapers: Broadsheet and Tabloids

There are 3 different categories that each paper can fir into. It can be Mid-Market, Popular or Quality:

Daily Mail = Mid-Market

The Sun = Popular

The Telegraph = Quality 

Metro = Mid-Market 

Daily Mirror = Popular

The Guardian = Quality 

The Times = Quality 

Sunday Times = Quality 

i = Quality 

Daily Express = Mid-Market

Sunday Express = Mid-Market 

Two categories of a newspaper can be Broadsheet and Tabloid: 

- Features of a Broadsheet Newspaper:

• One Photo
• Political articles 
• One main bold title
• Expensive (£1.60-£2.00)
• Formal Language 
• Clean layout/straight lines 
• Small writing (have ti stop to read)
• Big quantity of writing/longer articles/details (take/invest time)
• Multiple articles on the front page 
• Has a form of contence page above title
• Aimed at A, B and C1 demographic
• 'Quality' or 'Serious' press

- Features of a Tabloid Newspaper:

• Busy/Messy layout 
• Loads of colour
• Lots of different headlines
• Headlines try to add comedy aspect/chatty/puns
• No main articles on the front page 
• Advertisement (Free Stuff)
• Big colourful pictures 
• Appeals to C2, D and E demographic 
• Don't expect you to read loads/limited articles
• Popular Press
• More of a gossip (Not politics more lifestyle)
• Games/quiz/scratch cards