News trial exam feedback

 Example

"Rishi goes to war over rail strike" is the headline which is also in all capitals which shows the support of rishi and how they are against the rail strikes. Suggests that rishi is tough 

Kate "reunited" with her children which makes the readers feel sympathy

the headline has a old font, it is also in all capitals 

the word "tsar" makes it seem like the guy helping boris seem like a dictator

express are right wing which they are trying to ease it up

Wording on "Johnson's schools betrayal" and "You've let down the children.. again"

Picture of boris johnson, which suggests that he could be fake and saying that he let them down 

PM own catchup tsar which suggests part of the blame is also on boris johnson                                           

question 1 target: I need to make more points/give a more comprehensive/detailed answer and using more key terms in my answer

Ronald Barthes theory suggests that texts have meanings which is through the process of signification. He also suggests that media texts have connotations and denotations. This allows us to attach myths which can help create a lot of ideological meanings to the Media Language used within the news. The news industry can be explored by Barthes as we can see a strong sense of myths and ideologies through media language in newspapers which influence political contexts.

In both sources, media language is used to help portray the same stories but in different ways. Whilst both sources have the relevant political contexts however both sources uses media language to help fit into their ideologies. Both of these sources links to Barthes semiotics theory as both have connotations which help create certain myths. For example in the Guardian they used the words "The Verdict" which give the connotation of court and crime and with the colour red on the words "The Verdict" shows that he is dangerous whereas in The Daily Mail they talk about the Tories revolting which gives the connotation that the Tories have backstabbed him.

The Daily Mail uses more of a positive and less critical connotations of the story. As we see on the front page it's title states that "Tory revolt over vindictive bid to banish Boris" the words "revolt" and "banish" suggest that they are trying to shift the blame onto the tory party and not onto Boris and making it seem like that the Tories are the ones that betrayed and banished Boris. This could be used to help drag out the negative connotations being used on Boris Johnson and making it seem like he is the victim rather than him being in the wrong. They also mention that there was a "Spiteful partygate report" which could give the connotation that whoever reported partygate must have had a vendetta against Boris Johnson especially since they had quotations marks over the words "Spiteful".

The Guardian however had a different approach to Boris Johnsons removal where they have more negative connotations towards Boris Johnson

Question 2

How much do people respond to and interpret media representations in terms of social, cultural and historical circumstances

How much has social cultural and historical circumstances influenced this post and responses, and how much might it be something 

Target - I need to practice applying the knowledge to a text and using it as a example. To combat this, I will practice a couple of questions to help apply the knowledge to the text

Question 3 & 4

Historical, Social + Cultural, Political, Regulatory and Economic

Explain how historical contexts the way newspapers target, reach and address audiences. Refer to The Guardian and The Daily Mail.

- Proliferation of digital technology since the mid 1980s and converged media platforms including the development of mobile tech and social and participatory media which lead to falling circulation figures in print news and influenced news brands to adapt in order to target, reach and appeal to existing new audiences

Changing distribution and circulation methods in response to digital advancements - and them having to reach national audiences

Development of online news and social media platforms has extended the traditional, historical conventions of news and contemporary audiences are encouraged to be active in their consumption of news]#

News content for online news platforms have created a new media form and may be different to print counterpart in content

Producers can use online data and cookies to understand which news topics and stories are most appealing to their audience enabling them to target and appeal to their online consumers through clickbait thus driving traffic and gaining greater understanding of how to address their audiences in a way that they couldn't do historically

Newspapers are dependent upon historical contexts since most news stories are connected to past events, reference to and understanding of the historical context of the news is critical if audiences are to interpret it effectively. In terms of addressing audiences different newspapers will approach the interpretations of context in different ways. The agenda will be based on each newspapers traditional/historical pov as well as traditional socio-economic audience

The Daily Mail and The Guardian both had to to adapt due to the proliferation of digital technology since the mid 1980s due to the development of digital technology. Both the Daily Mail and The Guardian have shifted to online news due to the decreasing numbers of circulation in print news. Historically, the news has been on print but now we are seeing a drastic increase in technology and the audience are now becoming more interactive with the news now. 

Question 4 

Summarise theory

How theory can be applied to news, how it can be applied to TDM and TG.

Evaluate.

Limitations.