Why do producers use representations?


Why do producers use representations?

  • Entertainment value
  • Ideological reasons
  • Financial reasons
  • Narrative (and pushing an agenda)

'The Times' STORY


Headline: "Man held after baby dies in 'attack on twins'Caption: "Police at the scene after a boy aged one was allegedly murdered"

"He had added that he believed the mother was Romanian and said that Mr. Das was Indian and had worked as a night porter in the Pembury Hotel" // "Left his job two days ago". 

I feel that the ethnicity was overall irrelevant to the story, this is because it seems to have been added on top of the article, possibly just to bulk it out, or maybe even to incite hate speech from consumers of the newspaper, as this tends to happen with any articles concerning foreign people and violence.

'Held' is a tender word, with connotations of love and caring. This seems to be juxtaposed with the nature of the incident, as traditionally, it is the baby that should be 'held'.

'in attack on twins' is in quotation marks because it is unconfirmed, much like the rest of the article. 'Allegedly' is used a lot in the article, as well as 'locally'. 


'Daily Mirror' STORY

Headline: "MAN HELD AFTER TODDLER DIES IN HAMMER ATTACK"
Captions: "HORROR Twins Gabriel & Maria were attacked", "GRIM SCENE Property in Hackney, North London", "PARENTS Cristinela Dad with Bidhya"

All caps headline typical to that of a tabloid newspaper, very direct and essentially confirms it. A tabloid newspaper could get away with being wrong as a lot of people let them off the hook a lot easier, in comparison to a broadsheet.


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