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What is included or missed out of the story? Can you explain this?
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Is there any bias?
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The average number of words per sentence is 25.4. The word 'predatory' to describe spacey's behaviour is very fitting to the story and is also reasonably emotive because people who have experienced being around people who possess these behaviours could feel very emotional towards the story. The theatre that the allegations have been sent to have said that it "truly apologises" which could provide comfort and closure for some of the victims because somebody recognises how bad this is and have been the bigger person in recognising what they feel they had done wrong.
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The news article has mainly focused on what the Old Vic have said about it and seem to have missed out on the backstory of the allegations for readers that may not have read all of the Spacey stories before. The article does have many quotes however but still have not included a majority from Kevin Spacey himself.
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The article is formal. It is formal because the topic is very serious and not funny in any way. it also reaches out to many victims which is why there cannot be any jokes involved as it could hurt them emotionally and cause even more uproar. Nothing in the article is funny because again it is a serious and horrible topic to talk about where light heartedness may not be appreciated.
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Personally, i see no bias purely because it is an informative article and is just really telling the audience facts. The Old Vic theatre do not even show a single trace of bias and took all of the responsibility for their actions.
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There are two pictures of Spacey in one of which he is smiling. This could certainly be a dig at him because the situation that he has found himself in the middle of is really not something to be smiling about. The other picture looks quite invasive possibly signalling that he was invasive on people's lives and personal space and that is why he is in this sticky situation. He also looks like he is quite smug in this picture which resembles how he feels as he pretty much got away with all of these
allegations. It also has a board with "THE OLD VIC" written on it. The third pictures is of the Old Vic which is where the allegations were sent and where Spacey was its artistic director for 11 years.
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The beginning of the headline is just "Kevin Spacey" because the newspapers know that people will see his name and will want to read on as he is an elite person and the story has been continuing for quite a while. They do this because they know that by using news values people will be very interested. It is also informative because it is telling people about something new that they didn't know about.
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News Article Analysis - Kevin Spacey
Semiotics Analysis of Newspapers
Q2. Who is their audience?
Q3. Ideologies and values of the newspaper?
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH:
A1. The stories that have made the Telegraph newspaper, the sex scandal story for example, supports the news value of continuity as it is currently an ongoing story that the telegraph has used to continue the audience's interest and follow on from previous stories , furthermore it also uses the news value of elite persons as it is based on political ministers who are well known and have reputations. Additionally, the telegraph also uses this value of elite persons by choosing to use a picture of Donald Trump and his wife on the front page who is a famous controversial character which is unambiguous to the audience and therefore they expect negativity. Other stories that have a minor feature on the front cover is the Queen scandal which also plays on the news value of elite persons and unexpectedness as the queen is a famous and highly thought of individual, this story suggests otherwise and creates major shock value and therefore also makes us think of the news value proximity as it has a big impact on the audience as well. The proximity news value in this is also much like the other story featured which is about home schooled children falling into the hands of terrorists which also generates shock and uses the value of personalisation as children are involved which makes the reader feel very emotional and sympathetic.
A2. The telegraph is a broadsheet newspaper that attracts the A, B and C1 demographics who are more well educated and professional members of the public, which explains the formal and sophisticated language and layout. A3.
THE SUN:
A1. The stories that have made it on to the front page of The Sun, such as the Strictly Come Dancing vote off, supports the news value of unexpectedness because all of the Strictly fans would have never suspected Aston Merrigold who was supposedly the favourite to be kicked off the show. It is also using the news value of elite persons because Aston is a reasonably well known celebrity which makes people more interested in the story as it could contain some gossip. The other main story shown is a porn scandal with a PM with extreme porn allegedly found on his computer. This touches up on the news value of elite persons because he is a very important man involved in Parliament. It also supports the news value of proximity and continuity because it is based in the capital city of the country in which the paper is produced and stories involved with sex have been circulating in many newspapers in many countries for the last few weeks. At the side of the main stories, there are two additional and minor articles, one about the football scores and one about rewarding the people that read the Sun.
A2. The Sun is a tabloid newspaper that attracts the people from the C2, D and E demographics. These people are not as educated and are possibly unemployed which would explain the simple language and headlines and the gossip involved in it.
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