Recency- How recent a news story is, it has to be recent in it's time.
Superlative- Over the top expressions
Unambiguity- Having one meaning. Having one interpretation.
Consonance- The agreements of an opinion or action.
Unexpectedness- When a story happens without any warning.
Relevance & Proximity- A story must be important, relevant to society. Close to facts
Personalization- When the writer adds something personal to the story
Negativity- When a negative story does better than a positive story
Reference to elites- A reference to a higher power, authority, the ruling minority for example royalty and billionaires.
My Story
KID KILLER Teen, 14, who shot dead his own father and gunned down two schoolboys, six, had been expelled for bringing machete to class ‘because he was bullied’
The first screen shot shows recency because is tells us that the event happened yesterday a 2pm. The second screen shot tells us that this story was published today at 8:41 am.
Superlative
This screen shot is an example of a superlative because it is very over the top and exaggerated because you wouldn't say that and it is in capitals
Unambiguity
I find this title unambiguous because it really paints the 14 year old in a bad way and the only interpretation you get when you read it is that he killed other children.
Consonance
These screen shot of a comment on the article shows an opinion that is agreed upon by a lot of people
Unexpectedness
This screen shot tells you how unexpected this news story was because the child did this after shocking his dad and killing him then going off and shooting at random school kids.
Reference And Proximity
This screen shot of quotes a close to fact because these people were there and this also means it has a close proximity.
Personalisation
This screen shot is an example personalisation because the writer used slang in this. And this is something a writer uses to make it less formal and more personal
Negativity
This story is a negative story and this might get a lot of publicity and this may be the reason it is in a tabloid paper
Reference to elites
These people are a sign of authority and have a sort of power over people
Moral Panic
Hyperbole- Exaggeration of a satement Emotive Language- Language that makes you feel a certain emotion Moral Panic- When the public, very quickly start to get anxious because of a problem. Superlative- An adjective used to compare things, or exaggerated word or phrase
Primary and secondary research
Primary sources
For my primary source is Mrs Anders a respctable media techer that has two children of her own.
Who do you think social media has effected the most? Why?
How has it effected them? Why do you think so?
What makes people join social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram?
When do you think it is ok to introduce your children to social media?
Where do you think social media will be in 10 years time, in terms of how will it advancing? Will it be a positive or negative impact?
Only 9% of teenaged social media users even have concerns about the privacy of their data. Does that bother you that 81% of teens don't even have a slight concern about their privacy when it comes to social media?
Why do you think social media has such a big part in teenagers lives? Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?
Why am i asking these questions? What do i want from them?
I am asking these question because I need a good in-site on social media and what impact it has on the younger generation.
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