the times 13 march 2019 Flashcards
product context
-times newspaper British national newspaper
-1785
-published times newspaper 1981
-owned news corp, Rupert Murdoch
-may commons defeat Brexit proposal
-ramge journalists varied political viewpoint, neutral- but rw
political context
-23rd June 2016 leave eu
-48.1 percent and 51.9 PERCENT
-remainers xenophobia and racist. leavers unpatriotic undemocratic
-David Cameron resign
-tm faces leadership challenges within part calls snap up election 2017 party suffers heavy losses
-brussels eu deal
-mps voted against deal leave 10 days
- no deal catastrophic healthcare’s migration and trade
Cultural context
-horse racing ascot/ chelmnham brit culture upper class
-aud familiar codes and conventions newspaper and mode of adress
-layout broadsheet- 1 main story detail, smaller headlines at bottom - boeings grounded
lethal air pollution
Maduros rallies thug
Bank ‘must do better
- broadsheet more eduated, detail more hard news, more formal, more text than images - social politically aware
front page media lang
-central image close up , Tm distraught
-pained facial expression dark ring eyes high emotions low sleep
-headline anchors image “driven to despair” defeat more personal/ emotional than factual/ political
-dry story personalisation politicians characters empathise w
-smaller headlines:britan in crisis as mays plans crushed again , pm may face registration calls, mps vote today on no deal Brexit- bigger picture focus on may
-in the news-global content finance, travel env aud interests
-prinyt black and white serious . fashion puff box pastel purple feminine unserious
-strapline Britain most trusted newspaper . long history.reputation and quality - range viewpoints serious issues
-dieu et mon droit- God and my right- coat of arms- motto British monarch
semiotics
-photo through car window , shadow review mirrior and driven to despair
-unposed/private
- framing candor to photo emphasises emotional personalised story
narrative propp
-style complex political debate - factual detail
-turns into dramatic/emotion incident for character may
rep front page
-may stereotypical women emotional/vunrable/easily upset
-candid allowing feelings show private public contolles
-hard politicians- strong/ capable and Carin g warm humans
-rival mp tm not good not got children - come across to masculine lose supports not issue men
-long headline focus may emotion rather political achievements tone suggest feel gs suggested
-men politicians not show emotions strength confidence defiance masculine traits
van zoonen
-tm vunrable image; defiance in face adversity
- not sexualised mail mirror legs it headline
-high profile powerful women battling privileged male politicians
- this kind women not seen current affairs
-women admire status
industry
-1785
-part times newspaper group subsidiary News UK
-News uk British based, American owned subsidiary news corp mass media conglomerate News Corp
-news corp newly formed formed following split News corporation a conglomerate filed broadcast swell newspaper and publish
-produces sun and news of the world sun down Leveson enquiry 2011
-right wing company sun right wing times neutral
-one first uk introduce online newspaper and pay wall
-only national quality newspaper show year on year growth print sales- 407,566 daily average
- part IPSO regulate anti Leveson
curran and Seaton- power and media industries
times horizontally and vertically integrated company- large conglomerate
-huge press organisation limit creativity journalists freedom
-murdoch known controlling newspaper content and editorial team
-diverse pattern ownership varied adventurous
livingstone and lunt
-Times newspaper group and News corp pressure strict rules and regulations of industry practice - phone hacking scandall
-increaxing power and expansion digital media place traditional approaches to media at risk
hesmonghalgh
-verticakl and horizontally integrated- range titles max aud max risk min
-digital expansion and pay will online contend and income
-part news corp responsible diff cultural; industries benefit newspaper with production and promotion
Audience
-ABC1
-over 35
-liberal/rw
- well educated/middle class
- interest global affairs and detailed political reporting
- high ratio text to imgage yes and no assume no what the vote about
Aud interpret product
-brexit chaos target neutral aud , construct own opinion /response to the votes
-close up may face- empathise/identification: aud feel similar may ab Brexit process
cultivation theory
-repeated patterns rep may struggling deal and Brexit chaos newspapers can shape aud views/opinions
-established belied
- politicians ineffectual needs resonate belief Brexit chaos in aud right/middle wing
