Sunday, 27 March 2011

Newspaper Analysis

1. Genre, Narrative and Representation
2. Visual Codes - Image analysis
3. Layout and Design - Composition of images and text.
4. Language

Daily Mail
- Genre: Newspaper - Current Affairs
- Narrative: Natural Disaster
- Representation: Destroyer, Highlights scale of natural disaster with full front page image.
- Visual Codes: Image relates to words 'Nature's deadly rage'. Dull focus.
- Layout and Design: Image fills most of the page with a mini border in which text is placed underneath and headline is on the image to show the extent of the natural disaster.
- Language: 'Deadly', 'Destroyer', 'Death', - harsh words directly addressing the audience, eye catching.

News Agencies
- AP - Associated Press - usually at the bottom of the picture.
- Reuters
- REX
- AFP
- EPA - European photo press agency.
- Getty Images

Discourse
How a text is structured:
- The nature of debate
- The approach of an issue based on the audience and their ideology.

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