ideological perspectives of newspapers and representation

Ideology- ideas and beliefs of the producer.

newspapers are to entertain the audience.

Newsworthiness- Process of selecting which stories to include.

Broadsheet- Formal, serious and more expensive newspapers.
Tabloid- informal and cheaper newspapers.
Local- Local newspapers.
School- School newspapers.

Intertextuality:

-Where one media product refers to another media product.
-Where a media product only makes sense only through it's reference to other media products.

Double mode of address- Where a media product targets 2 audiences.

• Direct mode of address.
• England's not responsible.
• Alliteration.

What images, events and media products does this front page make reference to?

• Cloverfield film.
• Planet of the apes.
• Post-apocalyptic.
• War.
• Terrorism.
• Pollution.
• End of the world.
• 911.
• Doctor who- weeping angel
• Home alone 2.

What knowledge is assumed by the producer of this front page?

• That New York will end in ruins.
• World will be polluted.

What ideological perspectives are encoded on this front page?

• America will loose its freedom through the statue of Liberty crying.
• The hermeneutic code of the statue crying, why is she crying?
• America is bad.
• Trump will effect the world.
• Trumps an ape.

Polysemic- A media product has multiple meanings.