Conventions of Nordic noire

Police protagonist

Elements of corruption

Looks at societies underbelly

Violence against women

Dark grim settings

5 major influences of stranger things

Fear of the unknown

The Aids epidemic

Racism/ civil rights movement

Distrust of the government

Project MK Ultra

Aspects of media language to incorporate into writing

 Dominant representation of gender in The Killing

Dominant ideologies presented in the killing regarding gender	Dominant ideologies presented in the killing that are challenged
Theis is seen as the provider in the relationship whilst Pernille is the stay-at-home mother, reinforcing the archaic marriage stereotypes  Nanna follows the typical female victim route  The police treat the crime initially as if the victim is a sex worker, showing their opinions on violence against women	Sarah Lund challenges the stereotype as she is a woman in a senior position whilst also having a family

Gender performativity
Judith Butler

police procedural

mystery

represent how social groups are treated in society

refection of their time periods

both feature characters on the fringes of society

both successful in their own ways

both blend and use genre

DR must primarily focus on their own national audiences, as they are a psb for Denmark. This is shown through the focus given to the political campaign, something Danish audiences enjoy. Whereas Netflix have created the shown with the intention of profit, limiting them as they must recycle genres and rely on repetition in order to draw attention and guarantee profit.

question 4 breakdown

 About online papers- macro

• Due to the decline of print. newspapers have gradually moved online over the past decade
• online advertising is now more lucrative that print advertising

Mailonline is sperate from the Daily Mail

• It is editorially different, and as a result they appeal to a different audiences which allows them to reach a wider audiences for the DMGT
• They have a much younger audience than print
• 2000 articles, 900 videos and 30,000 photos per day
• 35 millions readers a month compared to 2.5 million on print

Guardian online

• 36.5 million  monthly viewers, however less active compared to the mail readers
• 33% aged 15-34, 67% 35 plus
• Like the Mailonline a far younger audiences
• Generally ABC1, well educated and want to see a variety of opinions

Evaluate the usefulness of one of the following theorist in understanding the extent to which media ownership influences the content of the news stories

summaries the theories and what it means for the news brands briefly

outline one way the theory helps us understand the audience of the news brands

outline the ways audiences use and respond to the news brand that don't fit the theory

Question 4

1. Consise (one/two sentences) outline one of the main aspects

 The Mediation Process

selection
omission 
construction

News values

In 1973, media researchers Galtung and Ruge looked at what news stories have in common 

Negativity- 6 times more likely to sell than a positive story Negative bias

Recency- how recent the story is, this is a large factor in the downfall of print media as online news can be instant in comparison 

Exclusivity- stories which are unique to that paper such as interviews or the first to report on a story

Size-The bigger the impact of the story and the affect of the reader the better chance of the story selling. Also called threshold

Proximity- Audiences are more interested in stories that relate to them such as from their general area or country whilst they will not feature many international stories

Continuity- Events that are likely to have a continuing impact such as a war, a sports event as they are able to draw readers in for repeated buying

Uniqueness- A story which is unique or unusual 

Simplicity- Stories that are easy to explain such as the war in Ukraine Ukraine good Russia Bad

Expectedness- does the paper produce the views expected by the audiences when writing about events

Elite nations or people- Stories about the top, celebrities' first world countries as these stories are easy to attract viewers who are familiar or interested in what hos being shown

Personalisation- Stories about real people

Daily mail

News Feedback

 Q1

• Need to revise the theorists
• Revisit structure
• Need to look for a way that the theory doesn't apply or is limited

Q2

• Ignoring Macro comments
• Use more specific media language terminology
• Try to make connections between media language and representation
• Don't ignore the second bullet point on the question, reaching conclusions on how far you agree

Q1- Applying representation to theorists

Hall- representations are constructed and contested. They are not fixed. This might particularly apply to representations which might go against dominant ideologies

Gilroy- Looks at the creation of a transatlantic black identity. Post colonial Also focuses on the way media "others" non-white representation

Van Zoonen- Gender is contextual and performative and women are seen as object and men as spectacles

Butler- Gender is not natural, it is culturally determined and performative

hooks- bell hooks believes that white, wealthy men upper class people control the media industries and their values and beliefs are the ones that are enforced in the media

Gauntlett- identity is not fixed, online media offers a route to self expression

Analyse the social representations portrayed in source a and source b

Use van zoonen in your response

the guardian do not support this theory as they do not report on the story in the same way

Van zoonens theory states that women are objectified in the media and men are viewed as spectacles, this is supported in the daily mails story on Angela Rayner where they accuses her of being seductive in parliament, likening her to Sharon stone in basic maneuver and choosing suggestive imagery 

 news 15 mark question

normally a comparison of two unseen images where you are asked to give an analyse of the two in relation to the stories and the papers they come from

the question will ask you to look at the political, economic and cultural context of the stories being told and will be placed into a structure which goes as follows

intro

• Introduce The Sun/The Guardian and how they differ/ are similar. Consider genre (popular/quality), ownership, politics/ world view/ ideology of the paper, audience
• Unpick use of headlines, subheading , stand first, lack of and mode of address eg in the sun and guardian and sun how do they reflect their ideologies
• Analyse the sun and guardians choice, framing and placement of images and how do they contrast connotations of the papers ideologies
• Look at the use of language and the mode of address which differ from formal/informal
• Compare the page layout and use of space including proportion of image/ text, use of quotations, captions and other elements
• Draw conclusion about the differing representations to create meanings of the story: if you only saw one of these stories, how would your perception be swayed
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• this question will often take around 20 minutes to finish 

Big Issue Practice question

 

In the edition of the big issue we see their take on the 2016 UK referendum where the country was voting wether to leave the European union. The magazine had chosen to have a quite comedic take on the event by representing the key British figures as members of the 80s pop group ABBA. in the image we see Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, Prime Minister David Cameron, UKIP Leader Nigel Farage and London Major Boris Johnson. Sturgeon and Cameron being retainers and Farage and Johnson being leavers.

There are a number of reasons for why the big issue have chosen to reference, one of them being the how well the use of this group will resinate and get the hidden meanings across too their demographic. Being that the audiences of the big issue are members of the ABC1 demographic they tend to understand references to social event especially those taken place in previous pop culture like ABBA and the history of the band. As a result the will understand the line such as 'take a chance' and 'breaking up is never easy I know' being not only references to the EU refereed but to the bands infamous songs. Furthermore many will understand the correlation with the UKs departure from the EU and see the relation with the bands eventual collapse. Another reason for this is they will be able to make references as seen with the song lines being turned in to statements about the referendum as this will allow them to attract readers who are aware of ABBA and will intis them to read more and buy the magazine.

In conclusion, the big issue use intertextuality on their covers in order to encourage their readers to buy as they know their demographic are likely to understand the references they will produce ce for their magazines, furthermore they do it as a way to give indications one what stories will be about and use pop culture references as these indications, increasing viewership and readership of the magazine and benefiting their vendors.