Friday 17 April 2015

Example: Germanwings Crash

The Times newspaper

The audience for this particular media is those with a higher reading ability. Despite being a moderate newspaper, it often supports the Conservative Party in particular. It is intended to be read by people who are more focused on specific information, and generally uses fewer images, with the page being dominated by narrative, suggesting a middle class audience.

It uses more complex language than a lot of liberal newspapers and focuses more on text than images.  There is only a very small image of the pilot present, while there are many paragraphs of information either side of it.

It addresses its audience in a very serious way, highlighting the dangers of flying. The headline reads: "Killer pilot 'had made plans to go down in history.'"

It seems like there is a split between the victims and the killer being represented in the text and therefore both share an amount of control. However because of the title, it suggests more attention on the pilot as opposed to the victims' families.

Ideologies being represented are to show the dangers of people in society and that even people with high authority and a level of responsibility, can commit mass murder. It is warning people of threats they may face, while highlighting the issues trying to be solved in order to make their flying experience safer.




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