Monday 6 November 2017

How do different news papers cover the same event?




For my assignment i will use the political event 'Brexit' newspaper coverage by outlets such as the guardian, daily mail and the times. I will see how these different news outlets cover the same event. I have chosen covers that saw Brexit as a necessary means of improving Britain and also covers that see the end result of Brexit in a positive light or those that see Brexit as a means to destroy Britain's economy.



Firstly, from the source above you can see that they are for the Brexit movement and see it in a positive light. As in the cover you see the British politician Nigel Farage on the front cover with him looking rather exited due to the outcome of Brexit, above him is the large bold words 'WE'RE OUT!' in this headline it makes their view of the event seem clear and the words we're out has connotations to being locked up so the daily mail is persuading the readers that if we were to continue to be in the European union it would be as if Britain were in a prison and restricted of freedom, the bold title is also eye-catching and will bring more attention to their coverage. Furthermore, the text also stands out more, which is used to gain a larger audience and therefore more people to send their coded message too. This event is the only news coverage on the front page as they wanted to shift all focus to the Brexit event this was it being a relevant and most indulging event at the time that they knew would captivate readers to read their newspaper.






















On the other hand, these two sources above are against the Brexit movement as the first cover from The Guardian has the headline ''Obama: Brexit would put UK at back of the queue on trade'', from this statement you can see that they are against the Brexit movement and the guardian has used the opinion from a very powerful influence (the president of the united states) they have done this to sway the audience in there favour as if they see such a person of high power go against the movement. Also the actual statement of the headline is outlining that Brexit will cause financial problems for Britain's economy, this is too somewhat frighten the audience which is to gain a larger audience by exaggerating a story. Furthermore, on the other newspaper cover from the news outlet The Times they do they same strategy by slightly exaggerating the story to frighten the audience, this is due to the headline stating ''Brexit puts jobs at risk, say 200 business chiefs''. Here The Times is using a problem very prominent in todays society due to the sensitive subject of limited jobs for British citizens, this might anger and frighten the audience to be convinced that preventing Brexit is the right direction.



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