Circulation and leadership

Media facts

• The Guardian has  6.9m followers on twitter compared with The Daily Mail which has 2.1m
• The sun has 1.3m followers on twitter where as the Daily Mirror has 969K

Bias newspapers

How can you spot bias in a newspaper
At one time or other we all complain about 'bias in the news'. The fact is, despite the journalistic ideal of 'objectivity', every news story is influenced by the attitudes and background of its interviewers, writers, photographers and editors.

1) Bias through choice of photos, captions and camera angles- Does the person look empowered? Weak? Foolish? ect.
2) Bias through placement-  Is it on the front page or hidden on page is? How long/thorough is the article?
3) Bias through word choice and tone- (sympathetic or critical)
4) Bias through headlines- What is the headline article, and how is the article pitched through the headline?
5)Bias through source control- Who have they interviewed/ask for information
6) Bias through use of names and titles- Nicknames, respectful terms ect.
7) Bias through selection or omission- Which articles are included and left out?
8) Bias through statistics and draw counts- How statistics are manipulated to make a point.


Bias through selection or omission:
An editor can express a bias by choosing to use or not to use a specific news item. Within a given story, some details can be ignored, and others included, to give readers or viewers a different opinion about the events reported.

This newspaper is biased thorough its word choice and tone. Its critical outlook to this murders religion is key, in the way this certain article is categorising Muslims. The innocent photo in which they used in he top corner can be seen as this newspaper stating that the Muslim religion has turned this innocent lady into a roofless killer where as her actions she took could have been because of something more personal as the article has specifically left out any other motive they just jumped straight to the conclusion that Muslim=terrorists.

Online news

Advantage

• Free
• Lots of people can access so more navigable
• Navigable to own interest
• Up to date
• Interactive
• Archive facility
• Apps make getting the news more navigable
• Up to the minute news

Disadvantage

• Overload of news- flooded
• Ads
• Cost of broadband
• Fake news
• Comments    

Newspapers

Gatekeeping:
A term which is applied to the editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information pass through to the reader (audience) and other information remains barred.

News Values
Galtung and Ruge
Media researches who analyse international news stories to find out what kind of stories came to of the news 'agenda' worldwide and what factors placed them at the top of the news agenda.

KEYWORDS

Threshold: The bigger the impact and reach of the story.
Unexpectedness: An event that is a shock or out of the ordinary
Negativity: Bad news is more interesting 'if it bleeds it leads'
Elite person/places: Stories that are about important people and powerful nations
Unambiguous: Stories that are easy to understand and for papers to report on
Personalisation: Stories that include human interest- 'Real people'
Proximity: Stories that are closer to home and more likely to be included
Continuity/currency: Stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated

Moor news article analysis

How has this news article been constructed?

Headline:
Works as an enigma (Barthes), teasing the audience to want to find out more. They are an important hook to capture the audience and encourage them to pay attention to the article. There is an assumption in this headline that the audience will know who Brady is, and the word ‘moor’ will remind them if they have forgotten.
Intro:
Like the headline, the hook should grab the audience’s attention and encourage them to want to read the rest of the article. Intros are usually very short – maybe 30 words – and should be able to be read and digested quickly and easily. The intro sums up the main point of the article – in this case the discussion of Brady’s possible final resting place.
Focus
Journalists often present stories from a human interest angle, putting people at the centre of their stories. Quotes are often used to give a human touch by emphasising the importance of the people in the story. In this instance, Brady is the focus but the sympathy clearly lies with the victims and their families. A quote from one of the victim’s brothers shows this.
Narrative
Reveals information in such a way as to keep the reader interested but also to aid their understanding of what is going on.
Structure
Short paragraphs are important in news reports and each one is used to develop the narrative of the story a little bit more. There is also often a structure to news stories in that all the important info is given at the start and less important details are added later. In this example, the important info is that a coroner will not release Brady’s body until he is satisfied his ashes won’t be scattered on the Moor. Arguably less important information comes later such as how he died.

News Introduction

Newspaper overview

• Newspapers have been around since mid 17th century
• Until the 20th century newspapers were the primary way of delivering news
• Unlike broadcasting newspapers do not have to be impartial so they are allowed to show the political bias.
• Newspapers are largely self regulating, there regulating body is the IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation)
• But newspapers are now largely declining

The Leveson inquiry 2011
This was in response to the phone hacking at The News of the World. Which consequently set out a code of conduct that made tighter controls to be imposed.

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