Monday, 30 April 2018

P1 - Providers of News Mind Map

P1 - Tabloid Vs Broadsheet on the Same News Story

Comparison of the Same Story in Two Different News Articles

The Telegraph

In the Telegraph when talking about ‘Brexit’ the writer often makes it seem like the Brexit negotiations are making the UK look weak. For example they describe Britain as being left as the European Union’s “Lackey” suggesting that the UK is being dragged around by Brussels and Germany and being made a fool of.

Another Example is that they ask for Jacob Reese-Moggs’ opinion as he has been appointed as the newly elected chair of the influential European Research Group of Eurosceptic Tory MPs. Jacob Reese-Mogg suggests that the UK would become a “vassal state” of the EU.

Overall the Telegraph has a negative view of the Brexit Negotiations that are occurring and want to get out of the EU as quickly as possible, this is a more right wing view as most brexiteers want stricter border control and less continental opinions.

This shows that there is bias towards certain politics and political stances in the newspapers/print media which can be interpreted. The telegraph is a conservative paper so its views come across as conservative. Even on Wikipedia the paper is described as a conservative paper. Sometimes being referred to as the ‘Torygraph’ showing that people know that the paper is more right leaning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/01/24/uk-risks-eus-lackey-brexit-transition-jacob-rees-mogg-warns/

The Mirror

On the other hand the Mirror approaches with a more optimistic outlook on the Brexit negotiations suggesting that the longer negotiations are a better way of getting out of the EU. The article says that “The influential figures tonight said they believe the UK is heading for a Norway-style relationship with Brussels during a transition period of around two years immediately after March 2019.” This view is a more optimistic view than being called a “Lackey” this comparison towards Norway is a positive for the extended length negotiations as Norway, although not being in the EU have access to trade deals and easy access to the other EU nations.

Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts told The Independent: "During the transition period, the UK will be a member in all but name, but it will no longer sit at the two tables where decisions are made; parliament and council. This sugar coats the fact that the UK is not in control of what decisions will be made about our Brexit and the deals that we get with Brussels and the rest of the EU after we leave.

The Mirror goes for a more liberal and Pro-Brexit negotiations taking a longer time as that is a more liberal view, which is what the paper describes itself as.

In conclusion it is apparent that different papers have a political opinion and that their articles reflect these opinions within the articles identifiable by the word choice and the language used. E.g. the Mirror tend to make the problems with staying in the EU lesser than leaving and vice versa for the telegraph complaining that the faster we get out the better we will do.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-meps-declare-britain-an-11897515

P1 - Mirror Group vs News Corp

Mirror Group vs News Corp

Mirror Group

The Mirror Group or Trinity Mirror, is a UK based conglomerate that has multiple news subsidiaries. It is the largest UK based newspaper, magazine and digital publisher; around 240 papers across all the UK, this includes Broadsheets and Tabloid, as well as other magazines and online News sites. Their headquarters are located at Canary Wharf in London. Some of the main Subsidiaries are:

· The Mirror
· Sunday Mirror
· Daily Record
· Sunday Mail
· Western Mail
· The People

News Corp

News Corp is another Conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Murdoch Family. They are based in the UK and have many subsidiaries such as:

· The Sun
· The Times
· The Sunday Times

They are also an International news company as they also own some large US news sites and papers, including The Wall Street Journal.

Pros and Cons of having different methods of news Deliverance

Pros

· A larger audience can be reached
· It can be easier for different people to access different types of news
· News can be targeted at different audiences

Cons

· The news stories can contain bias when written by people with an opinion
· Parent companies can choose what the subsidiaries can publish
· The news can b repetitive in subsidiaries

Sunday, 29 April 2018

P2 - Citizen Journalism and Comparison to Regular News Articles

Citizen Journalism

Global Voices Article

What it is:

Global Voices is a website that has been created to allow people to write their own journalism pieces if they think it is needed or they want to make them. In the about us page they say they are “a border-less, largely volunteer community of more than 1400 writers, analysts, online media experts, and translators” their trusted team of editors which are in over 167 different countries report on news that they think is relevant in their country/continent.

Some advantages to Citizen Journalism sites is that you can get a largely unbiased website as you can have people from all over the world, who may or may not have a political opinion.

Another advantage is that you can create a large non-profit company as the people working and creating articles are not necessarily being paid to create the journalistic articles

Whilst some people say these Citizen Journalism Websites are unbiased other think otherwise and say that the person who writes the article has some bias towards how they convey the article. This can be similar to some larger regular news companies who can have a political opinion

For example, in the article on the Global Voices website ‘Crimes of Solidarity Once again lead to Outcry in France’ this article is talking about how migrants have to cross over the Alps from Italy into France and how the public is outraged about the conditions that they are in, tweeting about Emmanuel Macron and his choices, plus the new policies he has set.

‘Crimes of Solidarity’ Once again lead to Outcry in France - Global Voices Article

The page details some of the problems in France as well as some of the publics opinions for example some people tweeted:

“In @EmmanuelMacron‘s world, it seems that:
minors are abandoned in the mountains at the Col de l'Échelle
minors are locked up in detention centers
migrants are tear gassed and deprived of water
tents are slashed
volunteers are taken to court for crimes of solidarity Link: pic.twitter.com/THlUZ68v2G”

This article seems quite left leaning due to the fact they mainly include statistics about the problems when the migrants are coming into France, and what can happen to them, where as an unbiased article would state the positives of the migrant’s information and it would also include some problems with the immigration.

Similarly, in papers like the Guardian, which is considered a very Liberal left leaning newspaper also has the same approach to documenting the travels and experiences of the migrants and how many problems they face. As the Guardian is not Conservative at all they also have the same approach as the article above.

Another thing about the article is that it has many Tweets and other opinions about the subject, I believe this is to make it so that there are many other opinions available so that people

On Paris’ Icy Streets, Migrants Wait for Word on Refuge – The Guardian

This article seems to villainize the French Government a lot more than the Global Voices one. Often saying things like

“I respect France, but France does not respect me,” he said.

The Title uses the adjective “Icy” to create more drama and make the user feel bad and sorry for all that Migrants that enter the country illegally.

This is to try and guilt the French people into feeling sorry for the Refugees who are coming into the EU and France. This Pathos plays on the hearts of the French people as they will believe that they need to do more for the migrants entering the country.

The Article has many 1^st person accounts from different people coming into the country as Refugees, people from all over the world such as Sudan, Kenya, Syria and Iraq. They document their stories trying to get to France and then talk about their conditions back home. Which is another way to make the French people feel guilty.

This Article is written by a Liberal person who believes that all people dissevered the same equal opportunities. As a more Conservative article could possibly talk about some of the problems with Mass immigration with no Integration, for examples Cities in places like Sweden or Germany which have a larger Foreign population that actual Germans.

Comparison

Some interesting things between both of the articles are that even though the Global Voices article is supposed to be an article without bias, due to being citizen journalism, it seems to me that anyone who writes the article will have a bias regardless of their choices when writing, as the subject they write about will automatically have bias, for example in the article that I have chosen to analyse it is about the “Crimes of Solidarity” even the title has bias in it as the injustice delivered to the migrants in Paris are “Crimes” some people would view this as left leaning, when citizen journalism is supposed to be unbiased.

Similarly, the Guardian is the most left leaning newspaper that is available in the UK with some people even referring to people who read it as “Guardianistas” it is apparent that the article that they have written is a left leaning article as the language used is very emotive which could be seen as a way to pander to the migrants and those that agree with their entry into the country.

In comparison both articles are similar on topic however the Guardian article tries way harder to show how hard done to the migrants are, whereas the Global Voices article does not pander as much to the left, and involves more facts and statistics.

Most news articles are usually written in a regular format, instead of as a Global Voices article are written by citizen journalism. I believe this is because people will find the information that they want to find. This is referred to as a bubble. People who agree with one type of paper will place themselves inside a bubble with views similar to that of themselves, where as to correctly tell both sides of the story you have to weigh up both sides. Bias occurs when the journalist writing the article does not consider the other sides views or disagrees with their opinions. This is apparent in papers such as the Guardian or the Daily Mail, who both have different political / moral ideas.

P2 - Online News Trends

P2 - Trends in News

Popularity

Some popular news sources in the UK are:

· BBC News

· Guardian

· Daily Mail Online

· The Telegraph

These are some of the largest news sources in the UK that offer an online news service. All of these sources are reasonably trustworthy.

Trends

Some trends involving how news is consumed are

1. The gap between television and online news consumption is narrowing – This suggests that 50% of the population gets their news from the television, and rising is 43% of people who have got their news off an online news source. This increase is readership via the online digital format shows that more and more people are moving onto the internet as a way to seek out information, instead of relying on the television is slowly becoming less used, as people become busier and impatient.

2. Another interesting trend in information is that news that is posted on social media only 5% of the population actually trust the news that they read on social media. This is a low number suggesting that there is a large distrust between social media, sharing and receiving news on this type of platform. This is probably as a result of all the fake news that people keep suggesting is being created, as well as Russian Bots that create fake news stories. Overall most people distrust news that is provided on social media.

3. A trend that is very apparent is the amount of older people who have started to use social media and obtain information online. 85% of all older people who have access to the internet receive some sort of news from the internet. This shows that more and more old people are likely to visit news sites online.

Online

Most newspapers have started to move online as a result in the drop off in people purchasing newspapers.

Some Companies that fully operate online and thrive there instead of choosing to print papers are:

Independent

The Independent newspaper have fully moved to a digital format, as they believed it would be a better business decision than to continue to print papers that do not sell as well. Instead making money off advertising on the site and app. “Its monthly audience has grown 33.3% in the last 12 months to nearly 70 million global unique users. The site is profitable and is expected to see revenue growth of 50% this year”.

Buzzfeed

Buzzfeed are a social media company operating out of California who create online news on social media. Business insider explains that Buzzfeed works by having an algorithm that monitors other websites that have news articles, videos and images. The algorithm then decides how much traction that each source is getting, adding it to a list of articles that might want to be created based off of the traction of other news sites. Then a writer at Buzzfeed investigates the source and then if they believe that the article will bring in large amounts of traffic, they will write an article that will feature on the Buzzfeed website, or their other forms of social media, such as Snapchat where they are regularly allowed to have articles on the Discover tab.

Overall Buzzfeed gets its money off of things going viral; and then diverting the traffic to their website and making the money off of advertising and CPM.

Independent:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-independent-becomes-the-first-national-newspaper-to-embrace-a-global-digital-only-future-a6869736.html

PewResearch:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/04/key-trends-in-social-and-digital-news-media/

Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-buzzfeed-works-2010-6?IR=T

P2 - Providers of News

Providers of news from BaileyWilkinson1

Sources:

¡https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cnn.com

¡http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldnews/bbc-website-record-global-traffic

¡https://www.statista.com/statistics/290872/sky-news-viewers-reached-quarterly-united-kingdom/

¡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)

¡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail_and_General_Trust

¡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal

¡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

¡https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BBC_radio_stations

¡http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661166

¡https://www.cision.com/us/2012/04/top-10-top-40-u-s-radio-stations/

¡https://www.statista.com/statistics/294635/iheartradio-listenership-in-the-us/

¡https://www.statista.com/statistics/228918/broadcast-tv-networks-nbc-watched-within-the-last-7-days-usa/

¡http://deadline.com/2017/05/tv-season-network-rankings-2016-2017-nbc-cbs-winners-1202100904/

Saturday, 28 April 2018

M1 - Compare and Contrast the Benefits of Different Media Platforms

Positive and Negatives to Different News Mediums from bailey wilkinson

Friday, 27 April 2018

P3 - Newspaper Structure

Newspaper Structure

Colloquial:

Colloquial text is where the text is written in the dialect of who is speaking, for example, if someone in Scotland gave a description of how someone looked for a crime report, it could be written colloquially as to show exactly how they person described the criminal. Informal.

Expletive:

Can also be just inappropriate language such as swearing or sexual comments? Most papers censor the swearing, however papers like the guardian allow swearing when writing about the article.

1^st Person Speak:

First Person speech can be used in things like interviews and some tabloid articles where a specific person is writing about an event. This is usually used in self Journalism and Columns. Guest Editors like comment pieces.

3^rd Person Speak:

Third person speak is used when someone is describing what has happened, this covers the Why part of the Article. No internal opinions, other than those of people who are in the article/commenting.

Bias Due to Structure:

Different papers will show different parts of a story and will structure their articles based upon how they want to present the article. For example in the Guardian, during the London Riots, which were started by a black teenager that was killed by a police officer. On the other hand the Daily Mail would show how the riots are doing/what has happened during them and then state why?

P3 - Who, What, Where, When, Why

W.W.W.W.H in News Articles

Who

“Bucket List Killer” Jemma Lilly aged 48

What

Serial Killer obsessed Jemma Lilly, and her housemate Trudi Lennon have gotten 28 Years in Jail for murdering a teenager in their Home. They garrotted, stabbed and buried Aaron Pajich at their home.

Both women exchanged homicidal fantasies which gradually intensified until they lured Mr Pajich to his death.

In the weeks before the murder they bought 100l of hydrochloric acid as well as circular saws and other various supplies.

They lured Mr. Pajich into their home where Trudi then cheese wired his throat whilst he was installing games onto her computer, Jemma then continued to stab him in the chest three times.

Mr Pajich was then buried in a shallow grave, where he was then covered with tiles.

It was discovered that they had committed the crime when a euphoric and confident Jemma told someone of her “triumph” at work

Where

At Jemma’s Home in Perth, Australia

When

13^th June 2016 she murdered the teenager, and on the 28^th of February 2018 she has been prosecuted.

Why?

Jemma Lilly was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Jurors where told that Lilly had a troubled childhood. She had emigrated to Australia in 2010 and developed what prosecutors have described as a long term fascination with serial killers.

Lilly had idolised the serial killer Freddy Kruger, and she had told a friend that she had wanted to murder someone before her 25^th birthday.

The two women Lilly and Trudi met through a friend than quickly became close friends, moving in together 2 months before they committed the murder.

Lilley's stepmother Nina said she had "always had an obsession with serial killers" but this had been "a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child".

P3 + M2 - Describe the Structure and Purpose of Different News Articles

Hard News And Soft News

North Korea at the Winter Olympics: All you need to Know (Soft News)

Headline Analysis

The News article’s headline is a god way to get people to want to know more about the article, as people like to stay informed.

Language Used in Article?

Expletive language is used in this article, it is very informative and gives many sides to the story, such as the political and the sporting parts of the two teams coming together.

1^st or 3^rd Person Used?

3^rd person language is used, as North Korea and South Korea are referred to in the third person.

Influences (Audience, Format, Genre, Expectation)

The audience is probably most types of people as the article is not too political, but is also interesting enough with context, so I would say the article is for people who are +10. It could be for any grade boundary either ABC1 or CDE2 bands.

The format is several paragraphs of information with some pictures throughout. It is an article of information about the Winter Olympic Games in Seoul. The Genre is sport, as it is linked to Winter Sports. And the Expectation of the article is to be informed about the North and South Korea joining together for the Winter Olympics.

An expectation of this article is to see some facts and things you might not know about the North and South of Korea coming together for the Winter Olympics.

Images or Videos

The Article has several images of the stadiums and athletes of the north and south. As well as the video that South Korea used to help advertise the Olympics.

Why did Kylie Jenner name her baby Stormi? The Hidden meaning behind the unusual Moniker explained (Soft News)

Headline Analysis

The headline is a question, which is used to spark the reader’s interest, as they will ask themselves the question why did she name her child Stormi, They then suggest that there is a Hidden meaning behind the babies Mysterious name. Overall this Headline is used to generate clicks onto the news article as people want to find out what the hidden meaning is.

Language Used in Article?

Some Colloquial language is used, as the main demographic for this news article is CDE2 category of readership which usually needs a more informal and colloquial approach as that is what the readers can be interested in, as it needs to keep their attention. There are also some comments about their announcement of the name.

1^st or 3^rd Person Used?

3^rd person is used with some 1^st person speak from Kylie Jenner, as she has to give the reporter a reason as to why she has named her child Stormi. There are also some comments about their announcement.

Influences (Audience, Format, Genre, Expectation)

The audience would mainly be women aged 13-30 as the Jenner and Kardashian families are mainly viewed by females. The format is a tabloid information article, and the Genre is Entertainment and Gossip. The Expectation for this article is to find out why Kylie has named her child Stomi and why she gave her child such a strange name.

Images or Videos

There are several images of the Kylie Jenner and the baby, as well as a video of Piers Morgan of Good Morning Britain where he “Slams Kylie Jenner “for calling her baby Stormi, which is a different opinion of how the article is written suggesting that the writer has put that in to interest people who may not agree with the name.

Bank of England hints at earlier and larger rate rises (Hard News)

Headline Analysis

When people view this article, they know that it is going to be boring and hard news so people looking at this article are probably interested in the finance of the UK or it is their job too. The main demographic for this article will be people in the ABC1 Band as they have higher incomes and are more likely to care about economics. It will also be an older generation of people who mainly view the article around 25+ will look at this article.

Language Used in Article?

The language is mostly informative and Expletive language that is used to inform the reader

1^st or 3^rd Person Used?

It is mainly 3^rd person as the banks are the focus of the article. However, there are some interviews and quotes from people inside the article as they give their opinions on the Earlier and Larger rate rises in the UK.

Influences (Audience, Format, Genre, Expectation)

The audience will be a bit older than usual around 20-60 years I would assume being the main demographic. As they are people who mainly have jobs as unemployed people in the CDE2 band will probably not be too interested in the Economics of the country. Also, the readers will most likely be more educated that people who view soft news.

Images or Videos

There are images of the main bank chains in the UK like TSB and Lloyds. As well as a video that goes into some depth about the topic featuring interviews from some important people in the banks.

US lead Coalition Strikes Pro-Regime forces in Syria (Hard News)

Headline Analysis

The headline seems very militaristic and informative, as well as could be pro US as they generally dislike the Syrian Regime of Bashur Al-Assad.

Language Used in Article?

The language used in the article is only in Expletive 3^rd person as it is talking about the US army air strikes.

1^st or 3^rd Person Used?

3^rd person is used most of the time, in the video there is some interviews but that is not part of the text so I wouldn’t include it.

Influences (Audience, Format, Genre, Expectation)

The audience would be around 17-60 again as most people want to be informed. The format is mainly paragraphs of info. With the genre being political.

Images or Videos

The first thing is that there is a video directly at the top of the page, this is similar to most CNN videos due to the fact that they have to appeal to an American Audience who generally do not like to spend too much time reading the facts.

Soft News Links

BBC North and South Korea:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42770887

Mirror’s Kylie Jenner’s Baby Stormi:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kylie-jenner-name-baby-stormi-11983736

Hard News Links:

BBC Bank News:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42986729

CNN USA Syria Air Strikes:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/us-strikes-pro-regime-forces-syria/index.html

Thursday, 26 April 2018

P4 - News Values in Articles

News Values

J. Galtung and M. Ruge said that there are 12 Factors that influence the news, these are known as News Values

The Twelve Values are:

1. Frequency – Long term event reported on regularly – Brexit in which the UK plans on leaving the European Union, as the UK believes that it would be better off outside the EU

2. Size and Scale – The bigger the event the more likely it is to be reported on – Trump and Kim Jong-Un.

3. Predictability – Is it an event that was expected to happen or anticipated – A far right demonstration and the ensuing riots that often come with them from groups like Antifa.

4. Closeness to home / Proximity – If it has relevance to Britain, local to the UK – UK terrorist attack on London Bridge vs a Mudslide in India

5. Demand – It is an event that we want to happen – The Royal Wedding which is a national event that people want to know about.

6. Unexpectedness – events that happen without warning. – Pet Detectives to use Drones to track down lost dogs.

7. Rarity – Something not predicted – The Japanese Tsunami on the 11th March 2011

8. Continuity – an ongoing story that has high news value – The Murder/Kidnapping/ Mystery of Maddie McCann who went missing in Portugal, Princess Dianna Death and the circumstance around it, Transfer Saga when football is on and a play might be transferred.

9. Elite Nations – Stories that involve powerful nations (political or financial) Trump and his planned Mexico Border Wall

10. Elite People – People in the Public Eye – Celebrity News – Celebrities going shopping e.c.t.

11. Ordinary people, Human interest story – Story about an ordinary person that might represent an issue or someone that provokes sympathy/approval/disapproval – Homeless man helps Manchester Bombing Victims (Actually robbing them)

12. Negativity – Bad News Sells – Murder of Rhys Jones, Acid Attacks on the rise in London, Car Crash Statistics.

News Values in news articles

Frequency – Elon musk and his company SpaceX are quite
often wrote about in the news as people are interested and
intrigued by the activities within the SpaceX company. Many
news sources love to talk about the latest coming from within.

Size and Scale – SpaceX is quite a large company within the US
that is at the forefront of technology, recently launching a
rocket into space and making it land again. Talking about how
both companies Tesla and SpaceX are only around by “the
skin of their teeth” is quite amazing.

Predictability – I believe this article was unexpected as many
people believe that Elon Musk's companies are incredible money
makers, Tesla is seen as one of the most innovation
companies in the US so jot many people would know this
would happen.

Proximity – This story is in the US although most large stories
in the US also make news in the UK due to the western nature
of the article.

Demand – This article is not something that anyone wanted, but sometimes some articles need to be reported on.

Unexpectedness – I believe the article from Elon was unexpected although the interview was
organised the speech within is not other than the questions that would of been determined before
the interview.

Rarity – I do not think this article is rare as it is something that could of easily happened to any company even large ones for example Blockbuster and Toys ‘r Us.

Continuity – This article does not continue on from any other major stories related to the SpaceX or Tesla companies it is the start of a new timeline.

Elite Nations – This article is about a large company in the US that is quite important in the US as it is quite a large and advanced company inside the US

Elite People – This article is definitely about an elite person. Elon Musk is quite an influential figure
who is trying to help advance society by creating trips to Mars and providing eco-friendly cars that run on electricity. He also has a huge Twitter following as he often replies to most questions.

Ordinary People – Elon Musk is definitely not an ordinary person as he is constantly in the piblic eye. As well as he is extremely intelligent and famous.

Negativity – I wouldn’t say this is a negative article ... I would however say that it is unfortunate as he has done os much for technology and to learn that his companies aren’t doing well is quite
unfortunate to hear.

M2 - Analyse the Different Linguistic Conventions in Different Articles

Analysing Linguistic Conventions used in Different

The presentation of a story or piece of news that is intended to generate a reaction, either Emotional or Logical. May not be Accurate, but helps storytelling, or pushing a certain view/idea.

Examples

“Snake on a Plane – Jon Bennet’s Killer lands in US jail”

Reference to the Film, but also would create a rhetorical question for the viewer as they want to know why there is a snake on a plane. The headline is not exactly relevant to the story, it forfeits accuracy. “Killer” is placed in Apostrophes suggesting that he hasn’t actually killed him or he is allegedly a killer.

“Terror as plane hits ash cloud – Dramatic pictures as a jet gets OK to defy volcano”

“Terror” is used as the first word, not just fear, it is “Terror” is a sensationalist word for people being scared. The word “Hit” also makes it dramatic as it didn’t hit a cloud it went through it, makes it seem to have more impact.

“1,200 killed by mental patients – Shock ten 10-year Toll exposes care crisis”

Number is a fact, although it is large on the page adds to it. “Exposes” suggests some kind of criminal association or injustice. “Mental Patients” make you think of insane and clinically insane people committing murder. “Care Crisis” suggests an end world scenario and makes it seem more important.