News Media
News media
Pictures are deceiving. They are often misrepresented by editors in order to make them more appealing to the viewer. For example, take this Big Mac from McDonalds. Here, advertisers have used a false portrayal of the real Big Mac to manipulate it’s viewers to want to the buy their product. Similarly to advertises misleading us, so too does the media in their depiction of conveying real life issues and events through the use of language features.
Good morning/afternoon fellow classmates, today I am here to discuss the misrepresentations displayed in news articles. Recently, there has been a controversy between bikies and Campbell Newman’s new anti-bikie laws. In the articles titled ‘This Brisbane man posted a menacing video warning the premier. Police say he’s done nothing wrong’ by Robyn Ironside, and ‘Senior police packing heat’ by Thomas Chamberlin and David Murray, both authors convey an unfair representation of the groups of bikies within society. These groups are often marginalised and authors portray them negatively based upon stereotypes. Together, these articles demonstrate the inaccurate representations of bikies as minorities.
The article ‘Senior police packing heat’ published by the Courier Mail on the 11th of November (2013), describes the Queensland Police battle against the bikie legislation. Through closer examination, it is clear that the authors, Thomas Chamberlin and David Murray have created a biased depiction of motorcycle groups though the utilisation of language techniques such as evaluative language, repetition and actions.
The headings of newspaper articles are considered to be one of the most important aspects of the text as it aims to engage and catch the reader’s attention. The title ‘Senior police packing heat’ is a great example of an attention grabbing heading; however, it incorporates a negative connotation about motorcycle groups. The phrase “packing heat,” is quite alarming as it coincides with the Queensland
Pictures are deceiving. They are often misrepresented by editors in order to make them more appealing to the viewer. For example, take this Big Mac from McDonalds. Here, advertisers have used a false portrayal of the real Big Mac to manipulate it’s viewers to want to the buy their product. Similarly to advertises misleading us, so too does the media in their depiction of conveying real life issues and events through the use of language features.
Good morning/afternoon fellow classmates, today I am here to discuss the misrepresentations displayed in news articles. Recently, there has been a controversy between bikies and Campbell Newman’s new anti-bikie laws. In the articles titled ‘This Brisbane man posted a menacing video warning the premier. Police say he’s done nothing wrong’ by Robyn Ironside, and ‘Senior police packing heat’ by Thomas Chamberlin and David Murray, both authors convey an unfair representation of the groups of bikies within society. These groups are often marginalised and authors portray them negatively based upon stereotypes. Together, these articles demonstrate the inaccurate representations of bikies as minorities.
The article ‘Senior police packing heat’ published by the Courier Mail on the 11th of November (2013), describes the Queensland Police battle against the bikie legislation. Through closer examination, it is clear that the authors, Thomas Chamberlin and David Murray have created a biased depiction of motorcycle groups though the utilisation of language techniques such as evaluative language, repetition and actions.
The headings of newspaper articles are considered to be one of the most important aspects of the text as it aims to engage and catch the reader’s attention. The title ‘Senior police packing heat’ is a great example of an attention grabbing heading; however, it incorporates a negative connotation about motorcycle groups. The phrase “packing heat,” is quite alarming as it coincides with the Queensland