KS4 Media Studies: An Introduction To News

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Nawaz

SamranYahya

Shahbaz

Jordan

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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?