Media blog 1 (Mr Halsey)

MailOnline case study 1) "Baby-faced joyrider, 18, who at 5ft 2in was barely able to see over the steering wheel as he posed in a £200,000 Rolls-Royce is jailed for four years for mowing down a policeman"- Soft news "Chip shop owner is arrested over the death of his wife who died after being covered in boiling oil at their village takeaway"- Hard news "Kate's time to shine: How the Duchess of Cambridge is asserting herself as a future Queen consort now Meghan's taken over as 'princess in training' - and her newly fashion-forward wardrobe is just the start"- Soft news "Benefits cheat magistrate who claimed she could barely walk only to be caught strolling round a shopping centre and dancing at wedding is jailed for nine month"- Soft news "France launches nationwide probe into 'excessive' number of babies born with mysterious deformities"- Hard news 2) The celebrity content shown talks ab

Daily Mail case study 1) The front page stories on the September 21st edition of the Daily Mail is a news story about Meghan Markle and the other one is Theresa May trying to get strike a deal which allows the UK to leave the EU. 2) Meghan Markle, EU deal. 3) The front cover has been split into two stories covering Meghan Markle and EU deal. The part that is focusing on Meghan Markle uses a Sans Seriff font and is coloured in purple which has connotations relating to royalty which links to Meghan Markle as she is royalty herself. It also has a picture of Meghan Markle and her mother both appearing to be happy and smiling which gives a positive image towards the both of them. It also shows how the Daily Mail wants the audience to think a certain way when it comes to reading the news story on Meghan Markle as they use positive images which makes the audience think a certain way when reading the news story. The second news story about the EU deal uses black and white and us

News Story 5 1)  https://inews.co.uk/nhs/plans-to-make-pharmacists-tackle-nhs-prescription-fraud-are-fraught-with-problems/ The title of the news story is " NHS plans to make pharmacists tackle NHS prescription fraud are fraught with problems." 2)  3) Pharmacists are going to be placed on the frontline of a government crackdown because of suspicion of prescription frauds. This would be considered hard news as it can be considered as an issue that can affect people on national or regional scale. 4) This story can appeal to an audience be Familiarity and Negativity. The audience can appeal to an audience as a British audience are going to be familiar with the NHS and if there are any issues facing the NHS, it can affect the person reading it too. Also, this can also appeal to an audience because of the negativity of the story. Not only does it focus on a scandal but also focuses on prescription fraud which is very controversial. 5) This story can be d

News Story 4 1)  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6274093/Turkish-officials-audio-recording-moment-missing-Saudi-journalist-murdered.html The title of the news story is  "Turkish Officials 'have FOUND audio recording of the moment journalist was murdered by Saudi assassination squad recorded on his Apple watch" 2)  3) Turkish Officials found out that there was a audio recording on an Apple Watch belonging to a journalist that was murdered by a Saudi assassination squad. I would say that this is hard news as it is political. It would also be hard news because of the fact it talks about a journalist being murdered by Saudi assassins. Lately, Saudi Arabia has been the focus of many news stories with this being one of the many new ones. 4) The news story would appeal to an audience because it uses Negativity and Elite nations and people. Saudi Arabia is a controversial country and has many incidents happening around it and because of this many

Regulation 1) The amount of staff the Leicester Mercury had was 130 journalists. Perch see's the paper taking massive opportunities allowing them to create all sorts of different content which allow them to communicate with the audience. 2) He views the phone hacking scandal as something that should not have happened and he views the news regulatory system as problematic and should be dealt with in a legal way. He states that the a small number of the press behave in a total unacceptable way. He also states that regulation isn't useful as they don't look at regional press or a small weekly newspaper. 3) The IPSO stand for the Independent Press Standards Organisation and is a " independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK." Many of the things  that they do are: Make sure that member newspapers and magazines follow the Editor's Code Investigate complaints about material that may breach the Editor's Code Make news

The death of print media 1) 30 years ago, the newspaper industry was successful however 30 years later its starting to decline. 2) The Independent has started to fall prey to the decline in the newspaper industry allowing it to be used further evidence and proof that the print industry is indeed dying. 3) The Independent was famous for supposedly being  " free from political bias, free from proprietorial influence". 4) Evgeny Lebdev states that " the ceasing of a printed version was a bold transition to a digital-only future." 5) Online newspapers make money through adverts in their website. 6) Simon Kelner stated that "For me, the power of the Independent came from  the variety of voices, the originality in its design and the iconoclastic  feel of the paper. It is very difficult to replicate that in digital form. And  it is even more difficult to do that with a paper like the Independent." 7) Fake news can be used by newsp