Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

Testing what you've learned...

1) What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer.
A news angle is the perspective that the news provider takes on a certain event. For example with the Nepalese earthquakes British news programme have mainly reported on survivors or climbers that were British.
2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?
Tabloid is has less serious content,focusing instead on celebrities, sports and crime stories e.g The Sun. Broadsheet is serious news like politics, economics and international news.
3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?
Channel 5 news
4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?
Channel 4 news
5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage?
International news is news that all countries would be interested or effected by, national news is news that only interests or effect that nation and regional news is around the county and local is in your local area all news that will interests the people in that region or local area
Answer the questions on the election coverage clips...

BBC News election story - via YouTube

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
We can see that this national news as the angle and the interviews only revolve around UK residents
2) What angle does the report take on the story?
The angle taken is very conservative making David Cameron look stronger
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Very Broadsheet
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
Maybe middle class voters looking to see who is taking the lead in the election
Sky News election story not available online - use your notes

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National
2) What angle does the report take on the story?
More conservative due to their private company.
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Broadsheet
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
I would expect
STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National
2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Making SNP look strong and labour look behind their Scottish opposition
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Broadsheet
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
Definitely supporters of the SNP and Scottish citizens mainly so that they can find out who is leading and has a a larger chance of winning.
Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National2) What angle does the report take on the story?
A Investigative angle but quite negative as well.3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Tabloid4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
 18-45 year olds - as you can vote at that age 
UK citizens