Ideology And Representation

Ideology And Representation 

  • News Worthiness, the process of choosing what is worthy to be in the news, from their biassed ideologies.
    • Such as crimes. 'If It Bleeds It Leads.
  •  The difference between a broadsheet and a tabloid, was that broadsheets were huge newspapers, and they are much more formal paper, targeting at the middle class. Yet tabloids aim for more of  working class audience as its much more informal. Tabloids tent to have red mastheads.
Intertextuality
  • When a media product makes sense referencing another text.
  • This links to Barthes codes, Intertextuality is a referential code, we recognise everything by comparing it to other things.
 
  • The statue of Liberty looks like the weeping angels off Doctor Who, in which is a intertextual reference, and many people connote them with fear, which shows it is fearful for America to have Trump as President.
  • The statue of Liberty represents Liberty, hope and America, and it is is showing that everything is bad, as even the statue ofLiberty is upset.
  • The background , look almost apocalyptic, a biblical one.
  • In each case of whatever we think of when we see this image, we all thought it was bad.
  • The background looks like the next world war, and what is going to happen to America since Trump is President.
  • It looks lot like D-day.
  • The statue has her hands over the face, it is symbolic that she is ashamed of what America is going to become.
  • '7 Killed In Speeding Tram Crash' is almost as though it is describing an action film, and uses that language to make it sound more disastrous and exciting, and that these 7 people are not important enough, the word speeding got us drawn in.
Opinions on Statements
  • 'Newspapers are politically biased'
    • Not everyone will agree, and it may stir up a discussion.
    • News in America is far more dramatic, and far more politically biased,  as they have a Law where you can get away with stuff like that.  
    • All newspapers are at least slightly politically biased, however we can change our opinions, as Britain as a whole we are very anti-Trump.
  • 'Newspapers generally appeal to older audiences'
    • Older people would stereotypically sit down have tea and biscuits and read the newspaper.
    • Younger people would much rather read up on celebrity gossip on snapchat, than sitting down and reading about politics.
Ideology
  • It is often used to describe ways in which those in power use their power to distort meaning. So a producer may be able to change someone else's ideologies through their media product.
  • And ideology can be used ti normalise the dominay ideas of the ruling class.
  •  The two big ideologies in British newspapers are Left and Right Wing views.

Difference Between Left And Right Wing Ideologies
  • 'Left wing is generally a more liberal and forward-moving ideology whereas right wing is more conservative and generally traditional. In the UK, Labour are leaning left from centre and the Conservatives are leaning right from centre.'
  • Left wing want people to be more equal, and everyone to have the same class level, and have the same amount of money. They believe you should tax the richer more to help out with the poorer. It is about collectivism and helping each other
  • Right Wing have the ideology that you get what you work for and earn, that if you earn the money you should be able to spend it on yourself. They think that the poor should work for their money just like they did. This is about individualism and getting what you worked for. 
  • The NHS is more of a Left Wing view, as everyone pays taxes to keep the health system going, so people with no money can get help and live, and don't have to be in debt for their own life.
  • Free education for everyone, paid for by everybody, Right wing is against that, so they have private schools.













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