News Values

Negativity: Nepal Earthquake - Sky News

This is bad news as it involves both a natural disaster and death. This story could also come under 'Closeness To Home' as some people may have relatives that live or are from that country.

Closeness To Home: Ed Miliband - Sky News

This is a story that is closer to home as people in the UK are going to care more about the elections as it is happening in the UK and people in the United States wouldn't really care about it. This could also be a story that fits into 'Immediacy' because as soon as the politicians deliver the speech, it is in the news.

Immediacy: Taiwand Plane Crash: Passenger Jet Hits Bridge


Simplicity: Nurse Jailed For Life After Stepping Hill Deaths


Uniqueness:  Mum Disciplines her son after he joins the riot - Sky News




This is unique as some mothers wouldn't really care if their sons were involved in a riot however, this mother, in front of everyone, put her son straight. It is an unusual story that made it to the news because it has a video to go with it. which i rather a humiliating feat for the young irresponsible boy.

 Elite nations: president of america gives a meaningful speech of two Pakistani men who gave their lives for the better good.

Representation and gatekeepers

Representation and Gatekeepers.

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story?

 - Sky News have used the polices perspective to present the story. Out of 100%, 80% of the news story focused on how police officers were injured, or and over the shoulder shot of young teenagers attacking the police officers.

2) How are the police represented in this coverage?

 - Police officers are represented as vulnerable beings when the news presenter said that some officers are injured and in hospital and also how they are not in control of the situation. They also make police officers seem weak and defenceless as they do not defend themselves whilst being attacked.

3) How are young people represented in this coverage?

 - Young people are being negatively represented as most citizen journalism clips being shown includes young teenagers with their hoods up, stealing clothes, electronics etc. They are also presented as uncontrollable, raging humans as clips of them burning down a bus and a building is being shown.

4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?

 - Sky News chose the videos which portray the young people negatively, for example, when the young people are throwing rocks at them and chose clips were police officers seemed to look very stable and had most of the power. Citizen journalism videos are being used, however, they have only used video clips that make the young people look over-powering and make them look dangerous.

5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?

 - They didn't use many sophisticated words. However, they did repeat a few words such as 'young people' which suggests that young people have a big part of this riots.

6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report?

 - The most important aspect of the story is the police officers because in most sentences they are mentioned.

7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?

  - Young people star in this story therefore people the same age as the ones in this video will relate to them.

8) How can we apply Todorov's equilibrium theory to this coverage?

 - Personally, I think there is a disequilibrium which is the riots as this story is filled with negativity and there isn't really a positive angle to it.

9) What examples of Propp's character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains?

 - The protagonist in this story is the young people doing damage to the town. However, they are not the hero. The hero of this story is the police officers that are injured/trying to stop the riot as they are being positively represented and the news programme shows more of an angle of the police officers.

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?

 - To provide a different angle to this story, citizen journalism clips of police officers attacking young people could have been used to make the young people look more vulnerable. They could also use citizen journalism clips of other young people peacefully rioting and not stealing clothes and electronics.

Extension task: Find another news story on Youtube that offers a particular representation of young people. You could look for a story such as the three South London schoolgirls who ran away to Syria to join ISIS. Embed the video on your blog and write an analysis of the representation of different people and groups in the clip.

Case study 4( news round and BBC 60 second news)

News round

1) Newsround doesn't use the key conventions of TV news as they don't present their sports story last, they present it at the beginning with the serious stories.

2) The presenters of Newsround are Jenny Lawrence, Hayley Hassall, Martin Dougan and Sonali Shah. Newsround has a variety of presenters so that they don't get told that they are only employing one race and one gender of presenters. They are trying to have a variety of ages, races and both male and female to widen their viewing figures. 

3) John Craven was the original presenter however he died.

4) The studio is quite colourful and the presenter sits on a sofa while presenting news which shows that the programme is quite informal and friendly unlike BBC News which is formal and traditional news. Technology like an iPad is used in the programme to read the news from. The presenter has a laptop and iPad in front of them most of the time.

5) The opening sequence to Newsround fits the key conventions of TV news because it has graphics and lasts around 3 to 5 seconds.

6) Newsround typically presents a news story with the presenter to the camera and then shows clips of the news story that it is presenting. It has many graphics and makes the story clear and understandable.

7) The target audience for Newsround is 8 to 15 year olds.

8) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme by visiting the website and sending in their views. Young people are always featuring in the programme. For example, they were interviewed about what they thought about Scotland becoming and independent country. They were also given the chance to interview a labour party politician. This indicates that the programme's target audience is young children as they could have chosen adults to be interviewed or ask questions however they used children which indicates that the audience is supposed to be a young audience.

9) The royal baby is first story covered which explains why the baby was called 'Charlotte Elizabeth Diana'. The second story was a positive representation of the migrants in the sea trying to find a safe place to live. The third story was a story about what children thought about Scotland becoming an independent country. The fourth story was a sports story. The fifth story was of young children interviewing a labour party politician.

BBC Three 60 second news

1) BBC 60 second news does not use key conventions of TV news as it is completely the opposite of a normal TV news programme. It's news is presented on two graphic and animated iPad's. They do not have TV news packages and they present their news stories really fast. They have words written on the bottom of the screen that go really fast and are written informally when telling serious news.

2) The main presenter is Sam Naz. Previous presenters include Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Andy May, Matt Cooke, James Dagwell and Claudia-Liza Armah. Their ages vary and they are dressed formally.

3) No.

4) The studio is not brightly coloured however the presenter wears formal clothing and presents the news formally but once the screen changes to two iPad's, which the news is presented on, the news and everything that is presented becomes informal. Graphics are used in the presentation of the news throughout the whole programme as there are many things shown on the screen at once.

5) The opening 30 seconds of 60 seconds news do not fit TV news' key conventions. The first 3 seconds are the graphics and 4 after that are of the presenter presenting the news.

6) BBC 60 Second News typically presents a news story with graphics, animations and images.

7) The target for 60 second news is mainly a young audience of 12-20.

8) People can get involved with the channel by sending in their views and news stories. They can visit their website to find out more.

9) The stories that they cover are about the elections and the royal baby.

General Election

Testing what you've learned...

1) What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer. This is the way it is perceived due to  the perspective it is shown from e.g. protester violence could be triggered by police rioters violating the protesters but on a news show it could be shown the other way around that the protesters start the violence due to the government demanding them to do such a thing.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? the difference is that broadsheet is serious and is more about politics whereas tabloids are more celebrity gossip and the new things to wear and buy. Also the layout for tabloids are more big headline with colour whereas broadsheet have more simple an sophisticated layouts with sand serif headings.

3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? A tabloid style programme could be news round because it has flashy animations which is a form of dummying down which also shows that it is a tabloid news programme.

4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? An example of a broadsheet TV news programme would be BBC news at 10.

5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage? The difference between these 4 types of news coverage is international is world wide, national is country news, regional is city news and local news is town news.

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips...

BBC News election story - via YouTube

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?this is national news because BBC stand for British Broadcasting Corporation therefore its British news which is national also the election effects the united kingdom therefore its a national news added to the previous fact that it is being broadcast by a national tv news programme.


2) What angle does the report take on the story?They take a wide UK angle. They look at different locations in the UK and state what the parties have to offer.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?I would say its fifty fifty because the manor that they discuss the election in is really posh and intelligent and respectful so they don't speak out of line and give others a chance to talk rather then going at one another but as well as that you may have  noticed there are quite a few forms of dumming down like the animations shown that contain data of the number of votes and seats in the house of parliament for each party which is fits into tabloid.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? i would expect a  more mature and elder group to watch this tv news programme because the news is presented in a rather upright formal way as elders would be perceived to talk and act like.


Sky News election story not available online - use your notes

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? National as this story affects the whole nation.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?t was far more right-winged than any other news programme as they offered far more coverage to political parties and only a few seconds to left-winged parties such as Labour.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?I would say sky is a bit of both because it has a fair amount of animations to declare it b being tabloid and a fair amount of formal news telling to suggest its broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?Right-winged people who have very traditional views on society as the coverage of political parties such as the Conservatives are greater represented.

STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?I would say it is national because iot presents Scottish news stories as well as England news story's like the general election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?The views of people living in Scotland.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?I would say its more broadsheet

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?I think most of the Scottish population would watch this as their country is a part of the story.

Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?This is national news because only people in the UK will be interested as this election will determine the prime minister of the UK.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?Channel 4 has an angle on all parties.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?i would say its more broadsheet

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? WhyChannel 4 is most likely going to be viewed by 16-32 adults or ABC1 adults.

BBC:

Basic details

1) What do the letters BBC stand for? The BBC is commonly known as the British Broadcasting Corporation and so this is what 'BBC' stands for.

2) How is the BBC funded?  Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations.

3) What is the BBC's famous mission statement? (Clue: it's three words) Inform, educate and entertain 

4) What is BBC1's programme remit? The BBC's remit is be the most popular TV service across the UK with high quality programmes.

5) How does the BBC News at Six fit into BBC1's remit? They share the views of the whole UK rather than their own views only.

Presenters
1) The presenters are George Alagiah and Sophie Raworth
2) The presenters would often be wearing smart clothing such as a suit but may not wear a tie for a casual appearance which could suggest that the BBC News at 6 is targeted at a younger audience most preferably young teenagers.
3) A TV news programme may use a variety of presenters to show diversity in the news studio as well as maybe change it up so viewers don't have to see the same people presenting time and time again.
4) Other presenters are used to cover different stories such as the different topics and interviews that are in location to cover a lot of stories.
5) There isn't much equality on gender as males still mainly have most of the positions. There also doesn't seem to be a diversity in the ethnicity of the presenters as they are mainly white.

Opening Sequence

1) The first shot is the graphics of the name of the news show.
2) The opening sequence includes graphics as it has graphics in the first few shots of the BBC news title and a moving screen which continuously shows moving animations.
3) Music is used in the opening sequence as it is used as the theme song of the BBC news title.
4) The audience are told the several stories that will be shown throughout the programme and all of the titles of the stories are introduced to them so that they know what they are going to be watching in that episode.

Studio mise-en-scène

1) The audience can see the cameras that are set in place to record the programme as well as the desks, the lights, the screen behind that the news is presented on as well as the studio.
2) The presenters are behind desks and I think this is because they have scripts or newspapers behind them to read everything that they need to say. Also, it looks more professional therefore it appeals to the audience,
3) Journalists and technology such as the cameras are visible to the audience and this shows them how everything done so that it feels more realistic to the viewers.
4) The studio is red as a background and has 4 main colours; black, white, red and grey.#

How news stories are presented

1) They present the story whilst standing behind a desk and telling the headlines of the story in which after, they show citizen journalism or the journalist goes to the destination.
2)  The programme has the presenter to camera, the reporter on the location, they present interviews, have graphics and images.
3) The TV News programme covers politics such as the elections, international news stories from around the world, sports news and also news related to crime and murder.
4) News stories are presented to keep the interest of the audience by making sure that the screen is continuously moving so that it does not bore the audience. They also keep the interest of their audience by not talking about one news story for the whole of the news programme.

Running Order

1) The top story is the elections.
2) The top story lasts 7 minutes.
3) It will cover the earthquake in Nepal.
4) Each story is shown for 4 minutes.
5) It was shown for the time that it was because they weren't as important as the main story.

Audience

1) The target audience is mainly families.
2) 4 million viewers.
3) Someone might choose to watch this TV news programme over others because it is more traditional news and has been running for years therefore it is trustworthy and reliable.
4) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved with the TV news programme as it has a website that people can visit and they also provide you with an email to send in your views.
5) The programme offers...

Institution

1) BBC offers BBC news at One, BBC news at Ten, CBBC and Cbeebies.
2) Ofcom has a set of rules which is called the Broadcasting code and they make sure that the TV news is fair and accurate by letting viewers call and complain about what they have seen so that OFCOM can review it.
3) I agree with the accusation that the news is dumbed down because in one of the shows they put a down arrow on an animated receipt when it clearly said decrease beside it.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1) The TV News programme has a dedicated website called BBC News.
2) The website offers viewers a chance to get involved with the news and send in videos.
3) The TV news programme has a twitter feed.
4) The Twitter feed promotes the programme by tweeting what is going to be shown next on the news and when the next programme airs.
5) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme and submit news stories.

channel 4 news details

                                                       Channel 4 news

Basic Details
1.      Channel 4 news is on at 7.00 pm to 7.55 pm from, Monday to Friday.

2.      The programme was first broadcast in 1982.

3.      The awards that channel 4 news have won are of the following international emmy awards for news, British academy television award for best news coverage and British academy television award for best news and current affairs journalism.

4. The media institution that produces channel 4 news is 

Presenters 1. The presenters are Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy,Cathy Newman and Matt Frei.
2. The male presenters wear suits (blazer, trousers and a tie) to look smart and formal and the women wear dresses which look smart and upright to show that they are intelligent and again formal.The clothing of the presenters could communicate to the audience of their hobbies and even age e.g. wearing a shirt and sweater compared to a tie and blazer. 
3.A TV new programme may use a variety of presenter to maybe show it is a multicultural TV news programme( only if the presenters are each of different race) or so that there can be a difference in a way that each presenter talks about a news story like one presenter may talk about a an education story seriously and another talking about the evolution of gaming in a fun and happy chill way. 
4.Other news presenters and reporters are used in the the news by communicating with one another trough a small microphone like when a reporters on the screen of a car accident and after that there is an interview with the person who had been injured in the car crash incident so the reporter would communicate to the presenter telling them to start the interview as the screen switches form the scene of the incident to a room when the presenter and the interviewee.
5. In my personal perspective i believe that channel 4 news show equality both in gender and ethnicity. I have come to this conclusion because out of the four presenters one of them is a female (Cathy Newman)  therefore this shows gender equality and one of the there presenters (Krishnan Guru-Murthy) is indian whereas the other there presenters mentioned above are British this therefore shows ethnicity equality.

Opening Sequence
1. the very first shot is of the channel 4 logo in white.
2. The opening images are intriguing and yet exciting due to anticipation on what the full story of the specific image is. From what i had viewed I had seen a striking video of a Tesco shop in the night with lightning striking over it which made me think that something bad had occurred in Tesco straight way die to the contents of the video.
3. Music is used in the open sequence to the pace that images are shown of news story that will be mentioned later on in the programme.
4. The news stories are introduced with the main points first leading to points that may be equally as important or add onto the point for nearly all of the news stories mentioned but some may just be introduced by the subject itself the talking about what may have caused it oir why it is happening.. Also in the beginning news stories have been said by the presenters to be talked about later on in the programme.

Studio mise-en-scene

1. Viewers will see some of what's behind the scenes with some of the lighting and tech that is currently being used. The surroundings of the studio is covered with the purple colour scheme making it consistent throughout. There is also the desk which is present and towards the centre of the studio as well as the screen at near the desk.

2. The graphics are used to make the opening and transitions more visually appealing. It is also used to make some of the piece to camera sections in the programme look better as it could signify that the news is on the move. 

3. The technology is visible during the introduction  of the programme to show that this programme uses state of the art equipment to bring the news to their viewers or to show technological supremacy. The journalists are also visible which can suggest to a viewer that the topic is about to be discussed in detail.

4. The studio uses colour consistently with purple being the main colour that they are recognized with. Even for subheadings, purple is the main colour used throughout.

How news stories are presented

1. News programmes typically present the story with the presenter introducing the story to the audience by giving a brief summary as to what is happening. the piece to camera will soon transition to either an interview or some footage with a voice-over describing the scenario. And it goes on to show different views on the situation that is at hand. And it finally transitions to the presenter where it then changes story.

2. The varied techniques that they use by having the reporter on location to suggest to an audience that their source is coming out new. 

3. The type of news to typically appear would be politics, international, controversial e.g. Habbo, sport, and business related news.

4. In the intro of their show, they give a brief summary of Tesco's loss that could attract the audience to watch the rest. Also, a summary for the "feared death of 700 migrants" by just giving a small sentence and proceed on ton the show.

Running order

1. The top story is Tesco losing £6.5 billion

2. The story lasts for about 5 minutes

3. The other stories involve the food bank problem, migrants and the Mediterranean sea, the elections, and an interview with Robert Downey Jr about Age of Ultron.

4. Tesco: 5 mins, Mediterranean: 10 mins, Wall Street: 2 mins Elections: 15 mins, RDJ: 7 mins

5. I think that the Elections have the most time since it's an important topic that many are affected by.

Audience

1. The target audience is young adults at 16+

2. people may choose to watch Channel 4 as it challenges controversy as well as look modernized for a younger audience to enjoy.

3. There doesn't look to be any form of interaction during the programme

4. The programme successfully does surveillance for the uses and gratification theory so people are informed about what's happening.

Institution

1. Ofcom owns Channel 4 News and regulates what is happening to ensure that no one is offended.

2. Ofcom also has ITV and Channel 5 News.

3. The programme fits by having a select time and makes it unique so that Channel 4 News is different and makes a different viewing experience.

4. Ofcom checks to see that stories aren't biased but impartial by having two sides of the story.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1. Channel 4 News has a dedicated website with catch-up available.

2. It offers catch-up and clips from the show so that people can be informed of the news.

3. Channel 4 News has a twitter feed.

4. The Twitter page helps promotion by posting parts of the show  so that people maybe intrigued.

5. People cannot use twitter to get their stories on 

Chosen Movie

1) I chose the movie "Hunger games catching fire"

2) I chose this for the reason that it inspires people to stick up for there rights and consists of revolution occurring.

Institutional background

1) The institution that produced the huger games was the film company "Colour Force".

2) The distributor for the theatrical release of this film was the company "lions gate".

No brand loyalty

1) The genre of this film would fit into sci-fi.

2) I would say the movie fits this genre because it consists  of thing like futuristic ships and technology and future revolution.

3) Yes, my chosen movie is a sequel.

3a) The prequel of this movie  which is the first shows what the movie is about and what the the title of the movie actually means and this movie which is the sequel gets to the main parts like what will happen to change this and so on.

It's all a matter of timing

1) The uk release date for the chosen film was on the 11th November 2013.

2) The first trailer for the movie i am doing appeared on the 14th April 2013. Here it is:

3) More examples that were shown of this movie or presented this movie before the release date were these:

A social thing

1) The majority of the review for this movie that i read were good and in fact from the words said the writers of the reviews actually loved the mov some more than others.

2) Here are three quotes that prove my point above: 
"Easily the most sophisticated and thoughtful franchise film of 2013, Lawrence’s adaptation of the second novel in Suzanne Collins’ young adult series"
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – which honestly required nothing more than that to be considered successful -- is something truly remarkable"
"Jennifer Lawrence is one of our best young actresses, and she shines as the stubborn, courageous, vulnerable and (sometimes reluctantly) heroic Katniss."

Risky business
1) The original budget for this movie was 78 million dollars.

2) The film made 161.1 million on the opening weekend.

3) The total earning for this movie had grossed 691.2 million.

Stars in their eyes
1) The director of this movie was francis Lawrence who also directed legend which has the different genres of which is drama and thriller but they both share the the genre sci-fi.

2) The main star of this movie was Jennifer Lawrence.

3) Jennifer Lawrence has also appeared in the movies X-MEN first class which both have something on the concept of revolutionising the world.

4) The main star of the movie is mentioned in the main trailer but not the director of the movie.