BBC Breakfast Show

Episode from Monday 27th January

Special features? Key talking points?

- Announcing the line-up for the radio one 'Big Weekend'

- '10 minute takeover'
- Biggest news story is Kobe Bryant's death 

Hosts, guests and interviews?

- Greg James (Main Host)
- Guests from Dundee (Where the 'Big Weekend' is going to be held) students and a school teacher

News stories? How many are 'serious' & how many are 'celebrity' news stories?

- Kobe Bryant helicopter crash (Serious / Celebrity news)
- Coronavirus spred (Serious news)
- BAFTA's (Celebrity news)


Fun stuff? Games or quizzes?

- A 90 second quiz on the news from the previous day
- 'Jam Slam' Quiz to figure out a secrete word in order to win tickets to the 'Big Weekend'
- 'Unpopular opinion' feature on the show
- '10 minute takeover' Audience the chance to choose the songs 



Examples of how the show 'informs, educates & entertains'

- Quizzes

- Frequent news updates


Key ways the show targets its audiences? (Key words only)
E.g. informal language

- Immediate audience response to songs
- Some of the latest biggest songs to appeal to the audience 
- '10 minute takeover' giving audiences the chance to choose three songs to play
- Response to viewers tweets and texts



Examples of the show being challenging, original, innovative and nurturing UK talent?

- Having a guest announce the line-up for the radio one 'Big Weekend'

- Liz Lawrence, a young english singer/songwriter being promoted
- Response to viewers texts


Quotes from the show to remember:

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Online News Case Study

The Daily Mail Online

Most Popular Comments On The Mail Online

Most Unpopular Comments On The Mail Online

Twitter Comments




Facebook Comments




Instagram Comments

The Guardian Online

A2 Exam Overview

Paper 1

Section A (News)

- 19 Theories
- Two Unseen Covers
- 2 Guardian Covers
- 2 Daily Mail Covers
- The Guardian Online

Section B (Media Language And Representation)

- Music Videos
- The Big Issue
- Advert Case Studies

Paper 2

Section A (Media Industries And Audiences)

- BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show
- Minecraft
- Jungle Book

Section B (Long Form Television Drama)

- Homelands
- Trapped
- 19 Theories

Revision

Revise

Need to Screenshot websites from Daily Mail and the Guardian with twitter and Facebook pages from the same day.

Revise the newspaper table showing ownership and political bias.

Press Coverage Of 12th December Election

Labour Party

Green Party

Liberal Democrats

Brexit Party

Conservative Party

Scottish National Party

Monday 9th December Newspaper Collage

Thursday 12th December Newspaper Collage

Friday 13th December Newspaper Collage

Will The Newspapers Influence The Outcome Of The Election?

Halls Theory Of Representation


Analyse the representations in sources A and B. Use Hall's concept of representation in your answer

Stuart Hall's theory of representation argues that the images and headlines portrayed. Fix representations of the figures and political parties that are on show. This draws attention on the role of power in terms of representations and how audiences can take different things from representations with these two newspapers.

The Daily Mirror newspaper cover shows their political bias toward the labor party. Supposedly with proof that there is deal on the table for the NHS. The headline reads 'The Proof', this would fit into Halls theory with the way that the Daily Mirror are fixing representations of the conservative party on this front cover of their newspaper. When looking at representations of Boris Johnson and the conservative party, not just from the Daily Mirror but the news around us, the BBC and their support for the conservative party came under fire recently when Boris laid a wreath on remembrance day reportedly hungover and disorientated, the BBC showed an image of Boris laying a wreath from a while back.

In comparison, the Daily Telegraph have chosen a far less appealing image of Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Just from this representation alone, the Telegraph show how they are fixing their cover against the Labour party. Looking further into the cover, it shows a supposed poll with puts the conservative party way ahead. So it looks as though that Halls theory of representation fits in well with this newspaper cover as well.

The differences between these two covers in respects to representation are the fact that their is a lack of a good story for Jeremy Corbyn. The images used in the Daily Telegraph emphasises this and the headline underneath is negative and against the Labour party and Jeremy Corbyn. Whereas the Daily Mirror shows their political slat toward Labour with the unflattering image or Boris Johnson and the main story being proof of some trad deal with the US involving the NHS. This shows the differences between 

Press Bias Against Labour

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/think-corbyn-is-a-danger-to-britain-heres-how-youve-been-brainwashed/12/12/

• Corbyn wants to stop corporate tax breaks

• Wants to close down overseas tax avoidance

• Wants to stamp out wage inequality

• Biggest threat to the right wing ideology and stability of the super rich

• Newspaper owners have privileged access to politicians and have the ability to effectively set the political agenda.