The Times is pro-Donald Trump, "you will be so proud" and "the new world" suggest that Trump is a new beginning and will save the American people by creating a better "world" or in this case, nation. They're not very supportive of Trump, they don't include anything which is very bias like "Trump wins yay", but only include how Pro-Trump supporters reflect him by including quotes.
The Serif font "The New World" suggests seriousness and positivity, and the ideology that Trump will be a global force for good. The headline is directly over his heart, demonstrating his love for america and his intentions to shape the world.
Trump's red tie has connotations to patriotism, hope and positivity. The red is associated with the Republicans
Has Mike Pence clapping for him in the main image, suggests that he has a lot of support
The mise-en-scene of the The Times is the American flag is symbolic of freedom and justice. This anchors to the audience to believe that Donald Trump is a positive force.
Bias through selection of images by selecting a smug image of President Trump suggests that he is unprepared. But for other audiences it might suggest confidence or Trump's fear at responsibility.
The choice of the word shockwaves is perhaps symbolic of natural disasters, potentially the audience may negotiate a negative response.
A pull quote's lexis demonstrates the new President's egotism. But may be comparative to other orators like MLK, however also an intertextual references to a comic book super villain.
Yellow has connotations to superiority.
The Daily Mirror is against President Trump, they say "What have they done?" which is a question presenting hatred, confusion and just why America would do such a thing, meaning that they have caused something terrible; which is reflected on the Statue of Liberty with her hands on her face, showing disappointment.
Representation: The process of showing something again
- Identify the group, place or issue on which a media is focusing
- The technical devices the media text uses in order to present these groups or issues
- The message about the group or issue being created within the text
- The impact of this message on the target audience
PEA: Point, Evidence & Argument
Hegemony: Acceptance of certain rules and regulations in society (Hegemonic norm)
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- Patriarchal hegemony is the idea that that men have dominance over women
- In this society, women should look stereotypically attractive and men should always be adventurous
- "All women should be skinny, large breasts, tanned, blond hair": these are all hegemonic norms about beauty
- Stereotypically western body types
- Cultural Hegemony: Its is said that some cultures are stereotypically better than other cultures
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Key theory 8: Feminist Theory/Male Gaze Theory
Lisbet Van Zoonen
The theory is that every media product is aimed to a heterosexual male audience
- Gender is constructed through discourse, conversations, media products
- And that this gender stereotype can change over the world depending where you are.
Van Zoonen believes that women are used in media products to attract heterosexual men
Aspirational image: an image that inspires you to look like that model in the image to gain a better life style.
Sexualisation: To make something sexual
Objectification: The change someone to the status of an object
Why do producers use representations?
- Entertainment value
- Ideological Reasons
- Financial Reasons
- Narratives
Voyeurism: Taking pleasure in watching someone when they don't know they're being watched
In what ways can [Media Products] can incorporate viewpoints and ideologies?
Explore how audiences can respond to and interpret the ideological perspectives of [Media Products].
- The Point you are making, which links to the question marked "An advantage of the newspaper manipulating the ideology of the audience is"
- Evidence (Media Language) that supports your point "The use of a close-up shot anchors the target audience in a position of..."
- Argument or deeper analysis of this point "The use of the setting functions as a referential code"
- A Theoretical Perspective which is used to confirm your point of view (Don't need a theory in every paragraph) "This in turn reinforces hegemonic notions about gender stereotypes"
Newsworthiness is stories are approved and good enough to be on newspapers
Every story must go through the basic tennets
- Who
- What
- Where
- Why
- When
- How
- and more
Anchorage: weighing down something so it's enforced into people.