online and participatory media

Participatory media is media where the audience can play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating content. .

participatory media is important to express views and opinions from those who cannot partake in the newspapers production. It also helps share information. Unfortunately there are some negatives to this as you are open to criticism and even crimes, some people go as far to "doxx" (search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the Internet, typically with malicious intent.) those who don't agree with them.  

Shamed Ant McPartlin's family tree revealed - as sister openly lashes out at gas fitter 'deadbeat' dad

-Tries to humanise him

   -using deadbeat dad as a reason

   -saying he and his other family members were close (he helped them, they helped him)

-arrested for drink-driving

-addicted to pills and alcohol

How is Ant represented?

represented as an alcoholic and druggie with a deadbeat dad but who is still close to his family. broken homes, single mothers

How might this reflect stereotypical representations of the working class?

middle or upperclass people may think a stereotype of working class people is to be involved in drugs and alcohol, Newman argues that when in the media working class are often depicted in a very non positive light 

What kind of news is it?

gossip news

Why does it feature as the Newsplash?

It features as the newsplash as he is a celebrity that most people in Britain know and he has committed a crime which is quite important and interesting to most people.

replies to tweets about ant

'He knew I wasn't out to my mum': Whistleblower weeps as he describes being outed by Theresa May aide

-outed by ex boyfriend (Theresa mays aid)

-for the leave campaign, corruption

-had to come out to his mother quickly

How is He represented?

-heartbroken

-betrayed 

-a good man (volunteers for political party)

-loyal ^

The mirror might want to link May and other party members to this as the mirror are left wing and Theresa is right, they might want to make her look bad through association, to make the conservative party look bad as a whole.

Compare online and participatory media

usually the general public agree with the media they choose to view but as this is twitter it is open to those who have different opinion. There are people in favour and not in favour of the news.

Jeremy Corbyn accused of being 'poster-boy' for anti-Semitism as 15 Labour MPs join protest against him

-accused of being anti-semetic

-labour is publicly against anti-semitism

-" he admitted that hostility to Jews had "surfaced" during his leadership of the Labour Party. "

-"his decision to question the removal of an anti-Semitic mural and described it as " the socialism of fools". "

-Between 2004 and 2008, the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army militia, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, killed at least 70 British soldiers, not to mention thousands of Iraqi civilians. Last February, the man who might become the next leader of the Labour Party shared a platform with al-Sadr’s British representative.

Left wing newspapers such as the mirror would like to talk down upon or have negative views in general of right wing parties such as the conservatives and the leader Theresa may, even though it was just by association. 

Right wing newspapers such as the telegraphy like to talk down upon or have negative views in general of left wing parties and the leader Jeremy corbyn.

Though because of the social media platform twitter, the audiences are very mixed and there is always many different viewpoints and opinions.

Newspapers and Political bias

ARE NEWSPAPERS BIASED?

Yes. Newspapers in Britain are biased towards a certain political side, either the right or left wing. Most of Britains mainstream newspapers are right wing. "The Mirror" is mostly seen as a left wing newspaper and "The Telegraph" as mostly right wing. 

•Working in groups you will identify the Splash (main story)

•You will identify the target audience for  each of these papers using the socio-economic model

•Collectively you will discuss how the papers are representing Brexit, THE DUP and Theresa May.

•Discuss the possible political agendas of the Mirror and the Telegraph in what way do they seek to influence their audience?

The splash is about a deal between the EU, theresa may and the DUP. 

The mirror is for lower class (E-C2 in socio economic class) The telegraph is for higher class (C1-A in socio economic class). 

The mirror shows brexit, the dup and TM in a negative light while the telegraph paints them in a positive light.

The mirror might want to push the readers to a more centerist of left wing view while the telegraph might want to push them to a more right wing view.

“discuss the difference between Broadsheet and Tabloid papers through a comparison of the Telegraph and Mirror 05/12/2017”

Broadsheet and tabloid are two different types of newspapers aimed towards two different types of people. An example of each is "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Mirror". "The Daily Telegraph" is a broadsheet newspaper. Broadsheets are usually more formal and factual with more detail in the headlines, and content within the paper. "The Mirror" is a tabloid newspaper. Tabloids usually use big eye catching photos, and quite often uses humour and short paragraphs to keep the reader entertained. In relation to socio-economic class, people in classes A to C1 would most likely read a broadsheet and people in classes C2 to E would more likely be entertained by the tabloid. 

Both of the newspapers splash (main story, located on the front cover) is about the Brexit deal and includes; the EU, Theresa May and the DUP. The story was about the Brexit deal on the irish border falling through between Britain and the EU.

“The Daily Telegraph” conforms to the conventions of a broadsheet by using formal language and factual information, it is also quite a bit longer than the tabloid newspapers. The public sees “The Daily Telegraph” as a mostly right wing newspaper with the majority voting it as “fairly right wing”. This is demonstrated, as it seems to be in favour of May, using words like “salvage”, showing that the deal may be able to be saved by her.

Media Today

What is Brexit?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

EU was trying to push the Euro, Britain wanted to keep the pound

Wants to control immigration more

EU has too much power

In the EU since 1973

Is there an age gap?