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KS4 Media Studies: An Introduction To News
JunaidAleemKolsuma
Nawaz
SamranYahya
Shahbaz
Jordan
BAJ
AyaanleYasin
Rhiannon
Unzila
Cameron
Chadwick
Samiya
Neil
What Is News?• News is a Cross-Media topic. What does this
mean?
• This half-term you will be engaged in both theory and practical activities to improve your understanding of:
- What news is and who is interested in different news formats
- How the news is produced/written- Who decides the news and what effects this has
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/4780167.stm
Half Term 2: Introduction to News
(Cross Media Topic)
- Introduction to News- History of News
- What is newsworthy and why? - Media Ownership and Audience- Media Privacy- Timed Essay debating the media and privacy- Textual analysis: how to compare different newspapers- TV News- Copywriting workshop (journalistic conventions/techniques)- Individual production: create and evaluate your own front page.- COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1: Textual analysis - comparing two different newspapers
Let’s See What You Know About Print-based News:
Tabloid Broadsheet
News
International News
National News
Local News
Audio-Visual Media
ICT-based Media
Print-based Media
News Formats News Theatres
Tabloid vs Broadsheet
• There are two formats for national newspapers: broadsheets and tabloids. This denotes a difference in their physical size (until the new more manageable format of broadsheets known as the 'Berliner'). There are three main types of newspaper, they are listed below.
1. National newspapers (tabloid and broadsheet)2. Regional papers3. Free papers
These three types relate to their geographic distribution and circulation: where it is available and the size of the print run (number of copies produced per issue).
• All newspapers have a recognisable audience and have to adjust their content and layout to suit the audience they are targeting
Tabloid vs BroadsheetTabloid Broadsheet
Tabloids vs Broadsheets• Tabloids
A working definition:
Smaller newspapers aimed at a large audience. News is reported in less depth and emphasises human interest stories. The language level is lower, paragraphs and stories shorter, with more use of images. Content often includes more celebrities, media news and gossip. Examples of tabloid newspapers: The Sun, The Mail, The Mirror, The Express.
Click on the links below to find other high resolution archived front pages.
The Mirror has a range of archived front pages we can access to analyse and identify the conventions of tabloid front pages
• Broadsheets
A working definition:
Also sometimes called ‘the quality press’. A large format newspapers that report news in depth, often with a serious tone and higher level language. News is dominated by national and international events, politics, business, with less emphasis on celebrities and gossip. Examples of broadsheet newspapers: The Independent, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph.
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The Independent
The Mirror
The Times
The SunThe Daily ExpressThe Daily MailThe Star
Left Wing Centre-Left Centre-Right Right-Wing
Liberal-DemocratsGreen Party
Old/New Labour
Conservatives BNP, UKIP
The GuardianThe Observer
-Tolerant of others- Environmentally conscious- Concerned about individual rights and political freedom
-Intolerant of others that are different- Conscious of celebrity culture (to an extent), patriotic- Concerned about traditional, cultural values being eroded
Politics and Print News
Tabloids
Broadsheets
Which Newspapers Might You Find These Stories In?
Subject of Story Newspaper(s) Found In
The EU passing laws that say we can only use the metric system and not feet and inches
Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
Asylum Seekers pouring into Britain and getting free money and benefits
Asylum Seekers living in squalid, horrendous conditions as they try to make their way into Britain
British soldiers being awarded medals for heroic service in Iraq or Afghanistan
How might different newspapers report the Ross/Brand scandal differently?How might different newspapers report the American Election differently?