Agenda Setting Media Gatekeepers

 

1. Negativity	‘Hard’ News - bad news will almost always be prioritised.
2. Proximity	Things that happen close to home (domestic news) or that involve people from a local area.
3. Recency	“Breaking News’
4. Currency	The ‘value’ of a story. If it is useful for people.
5. Continuity	Stories that are likely to continue for a long time.
6. Simplicity	The easier the story is to understand, the better.
7. Personality	Often ‘soft’ news surrounds personalities in whom the public has an interest eg. Royal family, celebrities, athletes
8. Uniqueness	If a story is unusual or surprising
9. Expectedness	Includes diary events - things that happen at a particular time of the year.
10. Elite nations/people	Western societies such as European countries and the USA will tend to dominate the news.
11. Exclusivity	When a news channel has footage or information that is not yet in possession of others.
12. Threshold	How many people are impacted on by an event.

NEWS SITES

Euronews

Euronews is a euro-centric news organisation owned by euronews SA. As it specialises mainly in European news, the content contains mainly reports from Europe.

News 1: Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister

Proximity, recency, continuity, elite nations

The news about Rishi Sunak's ascension to become Britain's next prime minister relates to proximity as the UK is a European country and it can also be considered an elite nation. The timing of the news is also very recent, and considering the state of British politics for the last 3 months, the audience can expect that continuity will occur.

detikcom

Detikcom is an Indonesian news organisation owned by Trans media. It specialises in Indonesian affairs.

News 1: Demokrat Yakin Capres-Cawapres Koalisi Perubahan Pilpres 2024

Proximity, continuity, recency

Because the news is from Indonesia and is covered by an Indonesian news outlet, it relates to proximity. It also relates to continuity and recency because the news is recent and is expected to continue until the election in 2024.

The Onion

The Onion is an American satirical news organisation that specialises in satire. 

News 1: 

What We Do in the Shadows analysis

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2019)

I have watched a portion of What We Do in the Shadows and have analysed the first pilot episode based on two concepts that we learnt in media studies, which are the Binary opposite theory by Levi Strauss, and the 5 Narrative codes by Roland Barthes. These are my findings.

BINARY OPPOSITES

Human vs. Vampire

The film consisted of vampires, and the so-called familiars, or humans that serve the vampires. The vampires in the film are pretty much stronger than the humans and are able to do anything as they wish. 

Monogamy vs. Infidelity

In the pilot episode, the female vampire sees a male human who she believes is a reincarnation of her past lover. She then lusts and even approaches the alleged past lover, only to realise the gravity of the situation; she is possibly committing infidelity against her current spouse.

5 NARRATIVE CODES

Hermeneutic

In film starts with strange banging sounds coming from a coffin. This is attracts the audience in to thinking and asking themselves, what could possibly be inside the coffin?

Proairetic

When the vampires received a letter from the mysterious baron, when the female vampire suddenly murders a random passer-by in cold blood, or when they invited random virgins into their mansion, these events further attracts audiences by making them guess the possible outcomes of them.

Semantic

Other than the fact that they are vampires, their peculiar behaviour can be attributed to their immigrant status in the USA, being from Europe, thus unfamiliar with local traditions and lifestyle.

Symbolic

Their vampire-like behaviour can be traced back to centuries of how vampires act.

Identity theory David Gauntlett

Music genre and youth identity

Published by Rolling Stones and Metal Hammer, left to right

The Rock music genre has constructed the youth identity by displaying young

rock musicians. The texts also show us the rebellious nature of rock music

which fits the youth who are always rebelling against the status quo. We can

tell from the magazine because they are displayed rocking long hair, young

musicians, and very vulgar language.

The preferred readings would be the audience finding long hair, being

rebellious and rock music as something very cool. Some might find some

aspects of the representation cool and others not, such as finding rock music

fun but not necessarily interested in being rebellious. However, there are

also people who feel repulsed by the magazine’s identity and reject everything

the magazine shows, for example, men’s hair should not be long, or rock music

is satanic.

These representations may affect the audience in different ways. People who

feel attracted to them may want to look like them, listen to rock music, adopt

rebellious attitudes, etc. People who feel disgusted by it may petition for the

termination of these representations and identities that they feel have a

negative impact for the  public.

Jump Cut

 

Different representation of Queen Elizabeth II after her death

 

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE