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Writing A Class Newspaper. The five W's of journalism: What happened? Who is the story about? Why did it happen? Where did the story happen? When did the story take place? POLAR BEAR WASHED UP ON SCOTTISH BEACH! In the early hours of this morning, a polar bear has been found washed up on Scotland's Isle of Mule beach. The polar bear, found by RSPB officer Dave Sexton when conducting a wildlife survey, was found on the beach in the early hours of this morning. The officer left the bear to find help, returning an hour later to find that the beast was no longer there.  In an interview with Sexton after this event he said: " At first I felt sure it was dead, but then I realised it was still breathing. Scarily, it opened its eyes as we got near it, but didn’t show any other signs of moving. We grabbed a few photos and ran off to get help." having returned to find the animal was no longer there Dave added: " Having spent many years protecting thr

Key Assessment. Explore how audiences can respond to and interpret the ideological perspectives of newspapers? The story of the Finsbury park murder of a baby in a hammer attack by his dad was mostly met with shock and horror, wondering how this could have happened. A theory created by Stuart Hall, surrounding a polysemic ideology,  states that there are three readings to every text, these are: the dominant reading, the negotiated reading and the oppositional reading. The dominant reading is the most common and widely-accepted interpretation of the text. In this article, the dominant reading is one of outrage and shock, wanting nothing less but to "put him in jail for life." The second reading, the negotiated reading, means that a member of the audience partly agrees with some parts of the product but also holds a different opinion. From the comments made on this article we can see that some readers of the piece agree with the idea that the baby's death was horrific.

Key Theories. Here you will find a complete list of the nineteen theories and theorists that you have to know for the A-level media exam. Remember that these are not the only theories or theorist out there, and you may refer to other concepts. Also please keep in mind that very few of these theorists ‘invented’ their concept, and all of them explored many more aspects than just the things we have studied. The entries here have been adapted from the EDUQAS A-level media studies specification. MEDIA LANGUAGE 1 - Semiotics - Roland Barthes (advertising, music videos, newspapers, magazines, online media) sign, signifier, signified • Media products communicate a complex series of meanings to their audiences through a range of visual codes and technical codes. These codes can broadly be divided in to proairetic, symbolic, hermeneutic, referential, and so on. • After many years of codes being repeated, their meaning can become generally agreed upon by society. For examp

Making the front page of a newspaper.

How Channel 4 present the death of the Finsbury Park baby. Hegemony- L eadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others with consent. The four steps to representation- Who is being represented? How is the person or group being represented? What message does the representation send to the audience? What is the impact of the representation on the audience? Polysemy- One story can be decoded by the audience to reach several different meanings. Edition- Each day/ week/ month's edition. The radio station Channel 4 represented the story of the baby being killed before and after two political articles, suggesting that the channel believe political matters are more important than the tragic murder of a baby and attempted murder of his twin sister. Channel 4 seem to brush over the story and never say much about it, also implying that they do not think that it is a big enough story to be given a lot of time on air. The story was ranked 5th in th