Newspapers Q1 - The Guardian/Daily Express

Task 1:

What genres do they both belong to?

G - Broadsheet, DE - Midmarket

Key opinions and ideas:

G - LW, modern views, valuing welbeing

DE - RW, aged views

Audience:

G - ABC1, middle class, 18+

DE - ABC1, 35+

Task 2: 

How is migration represented? (+ or -? stereotypical? audiences response? support or appose?

The Guardian:

(+) Story of council resistance but also the actions being taken (camp)

- stereotypical because the government is know to dislike migrants

- audience will support migration as they have the same LW views

- leader is liberal (influences)

Daily Express:

(-) Headline based on migrants being the enemy as if its a war

- stereotypical because there is more talk of migrants being bad than good for the country (conservative dominant nation)

- audience will oppose migrants as they have the same RW views

- owned by as right wing organisation, editor is actually labour

Task 3:

Which papers cover does Gilroy's theory link to?

Daily Express

- No photo (doesn't want to be associated)

- Headline sounds like a call to war

- Exterior stories based on anti-green energy, loving the monarchy and of course the only person photographed is a young white woman

Which papers cover doesn't support Gilroy's theory?

Guardian

- Photo of migrant from Calais (showing expression)

- Acknowledges pressure on the council

- States who the real enemy is (authorities)

Task 4: Question Outline

Intro:

- midmarket/broadsheet

- RW/LW

- ABC1 for both but G=18+, DE=35+

- owned by Scotts Trust and Express Newspapers

Points: A

- headline - strongly against

- no photo

- further RW ideas - no to wind farms and support of the monarchy

- audience, ownership and political values - all RW, want to please those alike (those who don't support migrants)

- links to Gilroy's

Points: B

- photo

- shows work to be done

- ownership, audience, political values - LW, please those with the same values (supporters of migrants)

- challenges Gilroy's theory

Conclusion:

G - doesn't support Gilroy's theory - LW view

DE - supports Gilroy's theory - RW view (praising the WW2 era Britain