1 - selection of images
Why were these images used to illustrate a story? What ideological perspectives do they encode? What codes and conventions are embedded within them?
2 - different perspectives
Compare and contrast the reportage from The Guardian (a broadsheet targeting a middle class, left-leaning yet broadly centrist audience) and The Mail Online (an online version of The Daily Mail, targeting a working class, right wing audience with a significant number of secondary audiences).
Make sure to have that textual analysis toolkit open...
Initial report via The Guardian 24/12/2019
Initial report via The Mail Online 24/12/2019
3 - going viral
What is the point and purpose of publishing a video like the one below? What codes and conventions does it evidence? What is this video showing? What do you see?
Video via The Telegraph 25/12/2019
4 - following up
How does The Daily Mirror follow up this story the day after the initial incident? How are new developments reported?
Later report via The Daily Mirror 25/12/2019
5 - Responses
Read this interview with the director of the film in question. In particular, what do you think about the below quote?
6 - audience interaction
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Why does the BBC post on Facebook? What benefits are there to a media institution by encouraging comments such as this? These people are not experts, yet are posting fairly definitive statements supporting basic and largely ridiculed models of audience behaviour are correct. What are some issues with this?
