The Observer home page shows different types of media language. People that read the Observer think that they are open minded. We know this because they show both sides of arguments equally. However, if the reader of the article doesn't agree, they will still agree with the Observer's and their own values. In the Observer, the entertainment articles take the form of humour, they would have cartoons, punning headlines. Another thing they include under entertainment are puzzles, crosswords and some short and fun games. They also include some biased ratings and reviews talking about how good their articles are and how good their newspapers are as a whole.
Another example is of the imagery used on the front page. On the front page, they pick the main headlines and the pictures they use would have colour in them so they stand out. These images with a variety of different and bright colours will catch peoples eye in wanting to read it. We also get to know what they article is about as it would show a little sneak peak of what to expect in it.
All of these examples show a variety of different types of media language that create meaning i=on the Observer home page.
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ReplyDeleteThe extra material about The Observer was to help you apprecaite context. However, you did not really understand that you needed to analyse specific uses of language from the online extract given(with the blue and pink on it). For instance, can you pick out examples of hyperbolic, emotive or sympathetic language? Use of metaphor? Concerns with gender politics or social diversity? How is photography used? Human interest? Celebrity? provocative or controversial material to engage readers such as the rape question?
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