Discuss The Representation Of Britishness In Two Or Three Media Texts

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GCSE Media Studies

Coursework 1.2

Discuss The Representation Of ‘Britishness’ In Two Or Three Media Texts

The three British Media text that were analysed were, first of all, pages 1-3 of ‘The Sun’ newspaper dated January 30th 2007, secondly the BBC news web page created January 5th 2007 and last of all the first episode of the British television sketch show, ‘Little Britain.

‘The Sun’ is a tabloid newspaper that aims at stories that hold gravitas, which are usually big political issues in a short time period. A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format); or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensational crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuendos about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and other so-called "junk food news" (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format). As the term "tabloid" has become synonymous with down-market newspapers in some areas, some small-format papers which claim a higher standard of journalism refer to themselves as "compact" newspapers instead. Tabloids are also known as ‘red tops’ because the title on the front cover is red, they can also be referred to as gutter press. The article that was viewed was the article involving two celebrities from the show ‘Celebrity Big Brother’. The situation involved was a moral issue, which involved the prey Shilpa Shetty and the predators Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, and Jo O’Meara. The moral issue that was used was Racism. The article shows that racism still exist today’s society - Britain. The article shows 11 kids from different cultures and backgrounds, and the racism they still experience in their lives. On the front page we are given a mask head showing how Jade Goody is coping with the situation and below this we are given a teaser ‘AS SHILPA WINS BIG BROTHER, 11 KIDS ASK…’

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This particular article contained many news values: Immediacy, as this story was very serious at the time it was published. Familiarity was within the news article because the celebrities involved are people with uprising reputations. Amplitude was really shown within the article because it is a big deal and it is something that maybe everyone has experienced within his or her lives and it was also shown on public television, which increased the uproars. Surprise was shown because the media always shows the nice side of celebrities and the good they are doing but this came as an absolute shock as it ...

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