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Mediation
1. HOW TRUSTWORTHY IS THE SUN? HOW TRUSTWORTHY IS THE TIMES? HOW TRUSTWORTHY IS THE BBC NEWS? Silent Debate Task DISCUSS
2. FACT – There was a lot of snow this winter and as a result there were a lot more accidents on the road and there were a lot of hold ups, queues and delays. Plus lots of schools had to shut. WHAT’s THE PROBLEM WITH THIS FACTUAL STATEMENT? Yet more snow brings misery and travel chaos snow and ice on the way This is called MEDIA TION – the act of taking something (an event) and turning it into something else (a news story).
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4. Pictures are just one of the ways MEDIATION occurs in Newspapers. Another is the language a journalist chooses to use… compare these headlines that are based on exactly the same event. WOMAN KILLED BY MANIAC CAR THIEF WOMAN KILLED AS SHE TRIED TO STOP CAR THIEF Which of these two headlines came from a Popular Press title? Why do you think the Popular Press like to mediate their news stories more than the “quality” press?
5. NOW look at these contrasting headlines (each pair is based on the same event / facts) – THESE HEADLINES ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER – BUT IT’s NOT SIMPLY A CASE OF USING DIFFERENT LANGUAGE… why are they so different? KILLER WEATHER WILL GET WORSE THE WORLD’s WEATHER IS CALMING DOWN DOWN WITH BROWN BROWN IS DOWN, BUT NOT OUT GOTCHA! (After British troops attacked Argentine navy in 1960’s Falkland’s War) Did 1900 Argentines Drown? GOODY RIDDANCE – BULLY JADE BOOTED OUT BRAVE JADE GOODY TELLS FRIENDS GOODBYE (same paper, 2 years later).