Does the news matter?
English Media Coursework: Does the news matter? The printed news does matter. In fact, it is extremely important. Although there are various other ways to find out news, for example, radio and television broadcasted news, the internet and by word of mouth, it is still very important for many reasons. We may want to or even need to read further into particular stories, or take more time to read the full story on what we've heard on the radio or seen on television. Newspapers are also important because it keeps the original way of finding out the news alive, and also, newspapers contain news stories which we may not even hear on the radio, or see on the television. There are also usually local papers for many towns and counties around the country, which let people know the news in their area. I also think that the extra magazines that come with the newspapers at the weekends, about fashion, style, beauty, what's on television, and film reviews are also very important and interesting, although the actual news does not interest me. People also buy newspapers for this reason. There is not always enough time on the televised news or the radio news for every single piece of news to be broadcast to the nation. They have a time slot in which they must use, as there are programs that the broadcasting company has to fit in both before and after. The news on the television and on the
Steven Spielberg Interview
Shoni Vaknin Friday 4th January 2008 What cinematic techniques are used to grab the audience's attention in the opening 10 minutes of Saving Private Ryan? When Steven Spielberg made Saving Private Ryan he aimed to portray "the terrors and triumphs of D-Day as more than just make-believe." He has taught the entire world to view history as he sees it: in black and white, with musical accompaniment. A legend who has stamped his mark on every film genre known to man; and we asked that little boy from Cincinnati how he created one of the most realistic, intense and memorable war movies of our time. Spielberg produced a film that was praised for its authenticity and uncanny likeness to the surviving 1940's footage and that gritty feeling of reality that runs down your spine is what made this film critically-acclaimed by peers and audiences alike. The first 10 minutes are the most heralded sequence of the film, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6 1944, but how did he capture the past so magnificently? Shoni Vaknin: The opening of SPR was very patriotic, with the overflowing American flag, so why was it saturated? Steven Spielberg: Well, the flag was there in the first place to show, like you said, patriotism and to give an idea of the film. It was saturated with a reddish tint to show that you can't wash away the blood of those brave soldiers and to show that
Since the start of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" on 20th of March 2003, the media coverage of this event in traditional and new media has been both intensive and pervasive.
Since the start of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" on 20th of March 2003, the media coverage of this event in traditional and new media has been both intensive and pervasive. The issue of whether the war is justified and of whether Saddam Hussein had indeed violated the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 by possessing weapons of mass destruction has been debated in the lead up to the war. By the time the coalition troops moved into Iraqi in a war aimed at toppling the Saddam regime, viewers were unable to escape being bombarded by the onslaught of news and information coming through to them. Front pages of every major newspaper, as well as precious airtime on television and radio network in Sydney and beyond have been devoted to following this war. Even the Internet is awash with breaking news, discussion forums, and every other sort of information not available in the traditional media outlets. With such extensive reporting by all the different media, it is inevitable that the media bias would lead to vastly differing views in war coverage. This is because having so many people involved in this big media event would mean that the personal biases of the media owners as well as the editors and journalists would all affect the way that the news is conveyed. Each one of these media gatekeepers would be privately pro or anti-war, and this would inevitably come across to
Copyright Stephen van Fleteren/MSF
Introduction Médecins Sans Frontières (from here on referred to as MSF) was founded in 1971 in Paris out the efforts of 12 dedicated French doctors. It is a private international organization which believes that "all people should have the right to medical care and that the needs of these people supersede respect for national borders" (MSF, 2001). MSF offers assistance to population in distress, to victims of natural and man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, or political associations. Figure 1 represents the stakeholders of MSF. The information we collected concerns the General Public, Employees, Volunteers and Donator groups. Figure 1 General Public The public at large represents the population that is as well aware or unaware of the existence of MSF, and who does not actively participate in any direct activity (e.g donating, volunteering) in connection with MSF. This group represents a great potential for MSF, as the general public are potential donators, volunteers and opinion makers. Direct mail letter The direct mail letter is distributed randomly via the letterbox to the general public in France. The letter is on A4 mat paper. On the upper right hand, the red and black MSF logo is present. The text is written in the sans serif Arial letter type, black, with 1,5 spacing between the
Evaluate how effectively the Barnardo's website presents it's campaign to prevent child poverty.
Evaluate how effectively the Barnardo's website presents it's campaign to prevent child poverty. You should consider: * The layout of material * The way in which language is manipulated * The effect on the intended audience In this essay I will analyse how the use of graphics, language, lay-out and links in this website are effective in raising peoples' awareness so that Barnardo's can help to stop and prevent child poverty. Barnardo's deals with many situations and projects such as day care and play schemes, after school clubs, advice and counselling for parents and parenting education. There are over three hundred of these projects, run by Barnardo's, around the UK. In this website, Barnardo's are appealing to a younger audience. In the text it tells us that they have launched an e-card campaign asking 1 million "children and young people" to respond. I think this is a good idea because most of the young people are on the Internet now as opposed to the older generation. The other aspect of the article that appeals to young people is the fact that it is related to people of the similar age groups and the case study can be related to more easily by younger people as it is about a young person. Although it is aimed at younger people it is going to get passed on to the adults anyway by asking for help on the Internet, telling a teacher as part of a school project. The idea
To conclude, if the youth of today are the future then I feel that one must worry
The New Generation Are the youth simply throwing their lives down a long and winding pipeline which leads to nothing but an empty space somewhere in this prodigious yet opportunistic world we live in? It's a question one must think about now that the new generation has decided to place their priorities in an order which astounds all. If we were to put aside the priorities of less importance, such as homework for example, or eating healthily, or even taking an interest in what happens in the real world, we are left with the most essential decisions a teenager may have to make. What to wear, who to send a text message to next and most importantly which coloured contact lenses will look best. There is a growing concern with the youth of today as they have become incessantly obsessed with new technology and how to look better than their peers. Now as we know from basic economic factors competition never has been a bad policy however, this growing competition has led to nothing but stereotyping and a lack of awareness of the more important factors in life. In the world we live in today, it is extremely difficult to be able to walk down a street without being stereotyped as a "kind" of person without e having said a word. However having spoken, the images that people may already have of you are adapted once again. Furthermore the chance of bumping into people who are
Media Video Evaluation
Evaluation of a Narrative Pop Promo Video A pop promo is any piece of work (of any length) which can be considered a music video. If the pop promo includes a storyline, than it becomes a Narrative pop-promo meaning that it has a story to tell. My group had the task of creating a narrative pop promo video. With this in mind, my group ensured that there wasn't too much focus on the music itself but on the narration. We also ensured that the use of camera shots, angles, and techniques were correctly and professionally used for each scene in order to present the narration in a correct and professional manner. The same applied to the use of symbolism, representation, ideology, lighting, and also the mise-en-scene. We decided that we would create the video with the purpose of having a storyline pointing out an issue which occurs in reality. The narrative structure of our music video is a nerd who gets regularly bullied by a gangster at school. We see how the nerd gets regularly hurt and beaten by the bully, but all of this is before we witness the scene when he gets his own back on the bully. At the end of the music video, we see how the bully considers becoming a better person now, and end all of the bullying he does. The ex-victim had attacked and beaten his ex-bully, but how did he do this considering that he used to be much weaker and frightened. This scene is an example of
'Kerrang' magazine Blink182 article analysis.
February 2004 Rough copy ~ Penny Eiberg 'Kerrang' magazine Blink182 article analysis. * Blink182 - when they were younger * This Blink182 interview was published in alternative music magazine 'Kerrang' - issue 979 in November last year and was written by Tom Bryant. It's purposes are mainly to discuss their past, their success and above all their new album ! They tell us how it was almost never made as two years ago they were ready to split. This article is informative and at times quite humorous, 'There are many ways you'd imagine how a conversation with Tom DeLonge might start. Most of them involve a certain level of immaturity, a teenage crack about blow jobs, poop or possibly your mother. A reasoned debate on Californian politics is roughly last on the list '. But it also feels sad as the band recall feeling as though they were drifting apart. I think fans of the band would find this piece interesting. The implied readers would include Blink's fans (usually teenagers), people considering buying their latest album, fans of punk-rock music and people who may just be curious about them. So in general - most readers of 'Kerrang' i.e- people interested in alternative music such as punk, metal and rock. Having read the article through a few times now i have noticed that it differs to previous Blink interviews i have read. As a group they have been out of the public
What are news values and why are they important in constructing news? What are the most important news values operating within TV news?
Rhian Morgan October 31st 01 What are news values and why are they important in constructing news? What are the most important news values operating within TV news? All media institutions go through a process of deciding what items are news worthy or not before they include them for incorporation in the news. News Values are the various aspects that are generally considered in determining whether an 'story' is investigated, and then whether it is included or not. Galtung and Ruge wrote the best known list of news values. Even though it was written quite a while ago (1965) it is still of great relevance to news researchers today. The list consists of approximately 13 points, although these vary slightly from source to source. Frequency This is the time span of an event, and how well it fits into the production schedule. Items such as murders, plane crashes, etc, are of short duration and therefore will fit into the agenda. Background news items though, such as social, economical or political stories that have a longer life span and can take longer to unfold are of much lower priority. It is only if a particular event occurs, that such a topic would appear in the news. It is for this reason that political press conferences are often held to coincide with the media production schedule. Threshold This is the importance of a story. How big is it, and it is
A close textual analysis of Chapter Eighteen of 'Notes From a Small Island' by Bill Bryson.
Lauren Wood 2CAO 26-01-03 A close textual analysis of Chapter Eighteen of 'Notes From a Small Island' by Bill Bryson Bryson immediately establishes an informal and comic register: he does this through his use of colloquial speech, noun phrases and condensed writing style. He creates comedy by drawing on British people's general and cultural assumptions. An example of this is Bryson's stereotyping of American and Chinese races. Colloquial phrases are interwoven throughout the text, such as: 'well into' and 'getting on for'. These are also dialectical features of many regions in Britain. Early on in the text, Bryson states that he 'emerged from Piccadilly Station'. This suggests that he has been drowned by the scenery that he previously described, which carries the connotation of emerging from water. When describing his corporal journey through Manchester, Bryson uses rather negative noun-phrases such as 'boundless sprawl'. This is then followed by a post-modified prepositional noun phrase: 'streets filled with slow-moving traffic'. This further contributes to his negativity, working together with the compound adjective 'slow-moving' in order to create full impact. Contrary to this, his experiences once in Manchester are positive. The sentence structure throughout the text is predominantly complex, with several clauses joined by sub- and co-ordinating conjunctions: 'I