News

 

what is news?

07/03/22

To explore the nature and ownership of the news industry. 

what is the purpose of the news?

inform 

educate 

entertain 

profit 

influence 

The history of news 

1. That everyone can join in and take part in.

2. Printing press , photography, telegraph.

3. Some can be wrong.

history 1960-1910

newspapers in the 1960 were already fearing competition other media - in this case 

however , newspaper circulations were very high by todays standard 

the peak in newspapers circulation of sunday newspaper had fallen to 25 million, which represented 1.4 newspaper per  household, meaning that it was common to buy more than one sunday newspaper.

by comparison, total circulations of sunday newspaper in 2010 was down to about 10 milling, which represent about 0.4 per household.

tabloid v broadsheet 
 

tabloid 

the sun 

the mirror 

the star 

hybrid 

the daily mail 

 the daily express 

Broadstreet 

the guardian 

the times 

the I

the telegraph 

the finical times 

news paper funding 

media barons owned by wealthily individuals or properties eg rupert Murdoch 

trusts- a legal arrangement that tranfers funds from the owner to a trustee to manage and control the running of the paper eg scott trust 

cross media converged conglomerates - global institutions that own numerous media outlets these may be own by media barons.

Newspaper funding and regulation 

14/03/22

To explore the impact of the newspaper funding and regulation on the printed press.

How do newspaper make money 

circulation 

advertising 

paywall membership 

events sponsored content 

Q1) What does free press mean?

The newspapers aren't controlled by the government, free on what they right about but they still have to follow guidines, they have to prove what they are talking about, has go to be true. 

Q2) What did the press do to jeopardise freedom f the press that also lost them a lot of credibility/trust with the public?

Q3) What was the government response?

Q4) What self-regulatory body do most newspaper now use today?

Q5) What is the rival regulator - who uses it 

The rival regulator is called impress 

newspaper case study 

21/04/22

L/O - To investigate the observer/guardian publications.

who owns the gaudian/observer?

how are they regulated?

self regulated 

media language 

L/O - To investigate how to print and online newspaper use media language to create meaning.

25/04/22

colour palete - the link underneath which is dark blue could show that the observer links to the gaudian 

masthead - could show that they dont want to get involved wth things that are going on in the world and that they only want to look at things that are only interested in.

Historical case study 

09/06/22

LO - To evaluate the impact of social, cultural, political and historic contexts on 1960 newspaper.

newspapers in the 60s 

Newspaper in the 1960s were already fearing competition from the other media- in this case, television. however, newspaper circulations were very high by todays standards. the peak in newspaper circulation was in the early 1950s, with decline ever since. by 1965, circulation of sunday newspaper had fallen to 25 million, which represented 1.4 newspapers  per household( a fall from over 2 per house hold in the 1950s), meaning that it was common to buy more than one sunday newspaper.

1960s political segmentation 

The segmentation of the newspaper market in the 1960s reflected the clear class and political diferences in society: labour supporting working class readers bought the mirror, conservative supporting working calls readers bought the daily express; the social elite the times, the conservative middle class read the daily telegraph and the labour or liberal supporting middle class read the gaudian.

1960s newspaper 

newspapers in the 1960s were starting to be defined by their physical size. all the upmarket newspapers such the observer were printed in broadsheet format, whereas downmarket newspaper such as the sun launched  tabloid formats ( the sun went tabloid in 1969). broadsheet newspapers were donated by news agenda, with the relatively little self promotion on the front page, whereas tabloid newspaper relied on their front cover to attract the reader.

quotes 

lawyers will urge divce by consent 

wilson-brown market clash 

so polite, this north sea spy game, america accused of spy frame up 

unions postpone strike 

briton shoots a gold 

stephen pollock with Elizabeth vambe 21 a Rhodesian born african

Exam Format 

L/O - To cover the exam format and context for the news unit.