Esther's Media studies blog

The Times The Times newspaper is a British national 'quality' newspaper first published in 1785 Who is Rupert Murdoch: Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931, in Melbourne, Australia. He is the funder and head of News corporation, a global media conglomerate. He created Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986. His father was a famous war correspondent and newspaper publisher. Murdoch inherited his father's papers, 'The Sunday mail' and 'The News'  and continued to perchase other media outlets over the years. Point of View and Ideology  The Times is known for having a range of journalists with varied political viewpoints which allows the newspaper to offer a more neutral political point of view on the Brexit negotiations. Layout and Design:  There is a large photo of Theresa May in the centre of the front page. The image is anchored by the headline 'Driven to Despair'. He facial expression also shows she is in despair and is not

Sentence starters: A powerful binary opposition is formed through… The conflict created through this binary opposition positions the audience… This specific aspect of mise-en-scene functions as a hermenutic code…  The proairetic code formed by the typeface suggests…  The target audience will of course be aware of the symbolic connotation of… Example: The conflict created through this binary opposition positions the audience to choose a side and makes them decide which opposition they are pulled towards most.

Set Text - Newspaper analysis  References: Landbrokes betting Eastenders Cheltenham Festival References a previous vote Coral - betting Assumed knowladge: Knowing what Brexit is Enders referring to the Eastenders soap TV program  MAY is our MP Able to Bet Ideological Perspectives: People are fed up with Brexit Betting is ok and you can do it There interest is celebrity culture

There is a lot of political comments in both the headlines on these newspapers. For example 'Bexit delay mayhem', 'a faller at 2nd', and 'Driven to despair' all create anchorage to the images. They show the political bias views of Theresa May and how she loses the vote for the 2nd time. These newspapers have constructed a representation of Britain in a bad way. It shows that our PM was not winning and that the hole government system was not working. It is in 'shambles' says the Daily Mirror. This figure here appears in both papers The photo here shows May in despair which is anchored by the text.                                               

Daily Mail Analysis   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5099651/Scantily-clad-women-upstaged-messy-bedrooms.html#comments Who: Young woman  How: There is use of ancourage to support the photos as they have wrote a caption underneath each photo. Message: They have been represented as self obsessed and implying the idea of 'slut shamming'  due to the fact that all the pictures are of woman with minimal clothing.  Impact: The article makes young woman feel uncomfortable in posting photos due to the fact they will get shammed. Stereotypes have been used here in this article as assumptions have been made on the fact that they just have a messy room. 

Woman Represented in the Media: Sexulisation:                                                         Objectification: To make something, be it                                    To present somebody or something person or object exhibit sexual                            as inanimate or unfeeling                               aspects. To define somebody purely by                            To define somebody purely by their their perceived physical                                       use or function  attractiveness This Article -states that Prince Andrew 'had sex with her when she was 17' and that he is a 'trafficked sex slave of epstein' This shows ideology due to the fact that even though people who are seen as superior to the country are doing wrong and treating young girls like objects. This article shows a photograph of Rihanna dressed in a 'mint dress by Fenty' for the British Fashion Awards in london. This shows that woma