Information Controls by Newspapers :: Papers

Information Controls by Newspapers All newspapers have different slipway of passing on the news to their readers. This often depends on the audience the newspaper is draw a bead oning. The four newspapers that I will be writing about all target various readers. I will be looking at which pieces of information newspapers would use when reporting about the invasion of the Central European state of Bernia by Cara. The Planet is a tabloid newspaper that backs the government. It is happy with the way things are and has a large circulation of readers, most of which are working-class people. The Reporter is also a tabloid newspaper, which supports the push back Party and also the trade union movement. This newspaper targets similar readers to that of The Planet but has a smaller circulation. The Enquirer is critical towards the two main parties and is known for its in-depth political and world-wide reporting. This newspaper is a broadsheet whose readers are mainly middle-class. The final newspaper, The Daily Recorder is a strongly patriotic pro-government broadsheet. It believes in family values and in a British Identity. As newspaper A, The Planet, supports the government it would be very careful about the information it dispensed. It would not want people to know that there had been 150 civilian deaths because they had been caused in retaliation against the arrival of British soldiers. The reason it would not want people to know this is The Planet backed the move by the government to send troops to Bernia. Printing this could stop other troops from wanting to go to Bernia. To help emphasis the fact that the troops were really needed they would talk about how Bernian refugees were fleeing to flight rumours of ethnic cleansing. The Planet would also avoid printing the fact that there were 150 UK casualties as this like the civilian deaths would lower the moral troops. This newspaper would probably stage the photograph of the man who had been killed in hand-to-hand fighting in Bernia just to show how out of control the civil war was becoming.