For example: Celebrity A is seen courting Celebrity B. Celebrities A & B declare undying love for one another. They marry, Then they either have a child, or they divorce, or do both. It's easy to follow and the romantic theme holds the attention of the audience.
Little girl is lost on holiday in Portugal, parents are distraught. There's a huge emotional outcry. Then when everything seems hopeless people report sightings (due to the increased media attention). Conspiracy theorists theorize and the renewed interest sparks the curiosity of the audience. Eventually the police investigation ends, the case is archived and the inertia runs out.
Episode 2, series 2 of Newswipe explains this a bit better (video later, perhaps).
Episode 2, series 2 of Newswipe explains this a bit better (video later, perhaps).
Anyway, the commenters on 'Enemies of Reason' have drawn parallels with the reporting of Hurricane Katrina and that of the Haiti earthquake. For starters there's the relief effort (more on that later). Emotional pictures of children (see below), and the Prime Minister's speech stressing how we have to help out the distraught nation. We get headlines like: 'Disaster earthquake in Haiti: 2 British people feared dead' which illustrates how some sectors of the media aren't interested in the dead Haitians (btw that's not a real headline, I made it up).
And here's my second analysis: reporters constuct their stories and have certain camera angles in mind. I'm going to focus perticularly on one camera angle because it has a lot of evident meaning. There's one scene in a report where the cameraman stands inside an aid truck and films behind the western aid worker who passes down supplies to the people of Haiti. The reason this is important is because the view of the 'lens' and therefore the view of the audience is of a western saviour. The audience is made to sympathise with the aid worker and his action of giving to the earthquake victims. The cameraman would not position themselves within the crowd of hungry Haitians because they do not want to relate the audience to the victims. Again, Newswipe S02 E02 shows this, but in a more general sense.
And here's my second analysis: reporters constuct their stories and have certain camera angles in mind. I'm going to focus perticularly on one camera angle because it has a lot of evident meaning. There's one scene in a report where the cameraman stands inside an aid truck and films behind the western aid worker who passes down supplies to the people of Haiti. The reason this is important is because the view of the 'lens' and therefore the view of the audience is of a western saviour. The audience is made to sympathise with the aid worker and his action of giving to the earthquake victims. The cameraman would not position themselves within the crowd of hungry Haitians because they do not want to relate the audience to the victims. Again, Newswipe S02 E02 shows this, but in a more general sense.
In addition to all that I went yesterday evening to the #Oxtuttle Social Media meetup. I brought my Flip Video and should put up photos later on.
And I remember needing to analyse the Guardian website, I've got a free period today so I'll do that then.
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