Newspaper Revision
Newspaper Revision
Practice task
• Prince Harry - Charles II
• The Mirror = Left-Leaning
• The Mirror represents Harry as being treated unfairly, which can make the audience of The Mirror sympathies with him, and have a negative view of Charles II
• This is done through media language, such as the secondary image of Prince Harry and the sub headline.
• This may have been done as The Mirror is not conservative - they want to challenge norms in the UK, allowing them to construct negative views of the monarchy/royal family
• (The monarchy has been in England for EONS)
Other facts
• Rupert Murdoch and Lord Rothermere own 52.2% of UK news
• This can lead to less opinions and representations being constructed, as their ideology will be reflected in the news
• (Curran & Seaton's theory on power in industries!!!)
• Bad news & negativity is always rated above positive stories
• News outlets are very competitive about breaking news - exclusivity
• The bigger impact a story has, the more people it affects
• Audiences relate more to stories that are close to them geographically, or involve people from their country
• Events which have a continuing impact will develop into an ongoing narrative, encouraging audiences to read the news over a longer time period
• Stories which are easy to explain are preferred over stories which are not
• Stories which cover important/powerful nations or people have greater news values than those less significant
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