Media messages: news

What are the titles of the national newspapers available to buy in print from Monday to Friday in

England?

The Sun, Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Times, The Guardian, I,  The Independent,  Daily Star, 

The Daily Telegraph

Do all of these newspapers have an online version?

All newspaper's have an online version of there paper's in order to keep up with the times. I is one of the only UK papers that has moved from a printed newspaper to a full online paper. The reason why other paper's have both printed and digital is not only because it expands the audience towards all ages but it also allows them to create more of a profit and expand their coverage over the news within the UK. Using an online establishment allows the newspaper ownership expand there advert avenue onto there sites

What is the difference between a ‘broadsheet’ and a tabloid’

A red top tabloid is a newspaper that is based upon the entertainment side of 'news', focusing upon the working class or more so the C2DE social demographic. it contains a large amount of simplistic language that would intrigue there target audience. Broadsheet Papers are at the other end of the spectrum, focusing on the Middle class and higher class or other wise known in demographic terms as the ABC1. it contains a variety of complex words that a tabloid reader would most foreseeably not understand. it Contains as little entertainment as possible and will only include it when has some issue of importance of the country of the world around us such as political aspects and life changing ordeals.

In less than 100 words what did Curran and Seaton have to say about power and the media in their book titled ‘Power Without Responsibility’?

         Patterns of ownership and control have a key importance in the effect of media functions. In there theory they believe that the media industries are capitalist and aim to increase concentration of ownership; this leads to narrowing of opinions represented in the press, affecting plurality. The owners of these industries pursue profit at the expense of quality or creativity. The impact of the internet on the ownership of news is nominal and it is still controlled by  an oligarchy. Rupert Murdoch is one of the main individuals that has an extreme amount of power and control due to the fact that he owns not only American News programmes such as Fox News but News within the UK such as all of Sky and also newspapers such as The Sun and The Daily mail which highly read across the country. The control comes in politically, as Murdoch is a conservative, all of his ownership's have to also be conservative which leads to individuals being controlled to what to vote in due to how they present the opposite side (Labour).