Friday 22 November 2019

Newspaper codes and conventions

Newspaper is print media.

Newspaper conventions
multiple main images
mass market appeal
several headlines instead of coverlines like magazines
copy is typically on front covers- especially in columns.
often feature satire which is political humour that ridicules politicians.
newspapers have shorter articles than magazines
blocked layout
masthead

The Guardian analysis

A powerful binary opposition is formed through the colour palette. The yellow headline stands out against the blue border, attracting the audience's eye and the red against the white has the same effect. The image of the robot anchored by the yellow headline is an example of a specific aspect of mise-en-scene functioning as a proairetic code. The hermeneutic code formed by the typeface 'no. no. no.' encourages the audience to question what the parliament is refusing, it is connoted that whatever Theresa May is proposing is ridiculous by the repetition of the word 'No.' with a full stop. 

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