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Component 1 A and B (NEWSPAPERS)

Newspapers 

 Verisimilitude - 'like the truth' e.g. Eastenders?

To what extent do representations in these newspapers make claims about realism?

                         























Both The Metro and The Times make explicit claims that the representations of issues and events on their front covers are 'real'. A representation is a re-presentation where a person, issue or event is shown again by producers for ideological purposes. However, representation is essentially biased to the ideology of the producer. Due to this, representations can cause harm to audience and in particular those being represented.

To explore this idea I will be looking at the set edition of The Times, published on 10th November 2016 by News UK, a subsidiary of News International. The Metro is a tabloid, free newspaper published by DGM media, a broadly rightwing conglomerate that also publishes The Mail and The Mail online. 





Plan:
Anchorage 
Intertextuality 
Stuart Hall 




The Times
Populist - appeals to lots and lots of people. 
The representation is that Trump is an intellectual leader who was the right choice. He is the main focus of the page with "The new world" written next to him. This implies he will be bringing us into a new and better world as president.
Quote "You will be so proud of your president/You will be so proud" - makes him seems trustworthy and respectable, gives hope. Yellow holds connotations of happiness and wealth also to contrast against the background.
Serif fonts - Paradigmatic feature of broadsheets, middle class audience. 
Postcolonial perspective - America is seen as most important country of all
Potentially negative connotations of the word "shockwaves" functions as a priaoretic code (something is going to explode?) and symbolic code (disaster movie) 



The Metro 
Knife crime - affects predominantly working class, teenage, black people.
"Random Attacks" - lexis sounds more violent than 'crime'. 'Random' invokes fear in audience. Sensationalist and hyperbolic. Helps reinforce the moral panic around knife crime. 
Anchorage of image - blue protective clothing and camera, crime scene forensics. Intertextual references simulates crime shows e.g. NCIS, Dexter, CSI etc. Also creates a hyperreal representation of the crime. 
Stereotype - reinforcing stereotypes of black teenagers committing crimes 
Sans-Serif font - Paradigmatic feature of tabloids, working class audience. 
Problems with constructing representations like this is damaging for the representation of black teenagers by reinforcing hegemonic ideological perceptions in the audience. 
April fools - Anchorage of Theresa May shows political bias 

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