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1960's Case Study 2

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Contemporary Framework 1960's Ethnicity UK There were riots where white police beat up black people There was segregation everywhere  Black people didn't get the right to vote until 1981 Not equal job opportunities No other ethnicity for prime minister than white british Interracial relationships not against the law but not socially acceptable Stereotypes that black people are athletic, also stereotypes that they were all criminals America Black people got the right to vote in 1965 Not equal job opportunities until Obama became President in 2009 No Native American President Native Americans discriminated against Interracial relationships not against the law Stereotypes that black people are athletic, also stereotypes that they were all criminals The way that the photographer used a low angle respectful shot of the couple connotes that the newspaper is forward-thinking and agrees with liberal vies. It is going against the status quo in Brita...

1960's Newspaper Case Study Covers

  Q1) What threatened newspapers in the 1960's? Newspapers in 1960 faced competition from other media, such as television.   Q2) What percentage has Sunday Newspaper circulation figures fallen by 1965? By 1965, circulation of Sunday newspapers had fallen to 25 million, which represented 1.4 newspapers per household.    Q3) By comparison, by what percentage were figures down to in 2010? In 2010, figures were down to about 10 million, which represents 0.4 per household.   Q1) Which paper did working class Labour supporters read? The Mirror   Q2) Which paper did working class Conservative supporters buy? The Daily Express   Q3) Which paper did the social elite read? The Times   Q4) Which paper did the middle class Conservative supporters buy? The Daily Telegraph   Q5) Which paper did middle class Labour/Liberal supporters buy? The Guardian   Q6) How does this differ in 2010? There is less...

Types of Newspapers

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  Q1) What are the main differences between a tabloid and a broadsheet? A tabloid newspaper has a softer news agenda, while a broadsheet newspaper has a harder news agenda. A tabloid also uses less formal language with pages dominated by headlines and images, whereas a broadsheet uses formal language, with pages dominated by copy. A tabloid targets a more downmarket audience and offers news as a form of entertainment, on the other hand, a broadsheet targets a more upmarket audience and offers news for education.   Q2) What category of newspaper was the Observer in the 1960's? In the 1960's, The Observer was printed in the broadsheet format.   Q3) What category of newspaper is it now? How has it changed? Now, The Observer is printed in a tabloid format, which means it focuses on softer news, uses less formal language, has its pages dominated by headlines and images, targets a more downmarket audience and offers news primarily as entertainment.

1960's Cover October 1966

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5 things I know about 1960's attitude Sexism Racism Ho m o p h ob ia Nati ona lism Worried about war Feminism/ Gender Respectful low-angle close-up shot of the queen looking serious, the biggest photo proves that she is more important than the photo of her husband. Picture of women in lingerie, objectification of women, shows progression in terms of the contraceptive pill and attitude. Less important view of the queens husband, anti-feminist because feminism is about equality. When the queen married her husband, they made sure he was given the title Duke instead of King so the public would know that the Queen was the ruler. This shows that Britain was quite forward-thinking about feminism because we have a female ruler. Racism The article entitled "Spain can have the apes" is an example of racism. It's an example of blatant racism because they said that the dark skinned Spanish are apes and should leave. The article about Russian spie...

Technology in Media

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Printer  - The Printer helped improve the production of newspapers the inkjet printer was first invented in 1860. Typewriter - The Typewriter posed no threat to the production of newspapers

News History

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1960's Newspapers fearing competition from other media, for example, television The peak of newspaper circulation was in the early 1950s, declining ever since  By 1965 circulation of Sunday newspapers had fallen to 25 million Labour supporting working class read the Mirror Conservative supporting working class bought the Daily Express The social elite read the Times The Conservative middle class bought the Daily Telegraph Labour or Liberal supporting middle class read the Guardian 2010's Total circulation of Sunday newspapers down to about 10 million online media is better supported

1960's Contemporary Framework

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The Swinging 60's In 1940's WW2 happened which influenced the 60's in terms of rationing and poverty Baths once a week Poverty Children in the 1960s were malnourished 1950s, USA invented the term 'teenager', before, from 4-21 you were a child Anti-war campaign Any women over 21 could have a prescription for the pill In 1968, men wouldn't go to prison for being gay Hippies, protesters, do drugs Mods and Rockers, youth groups many did drugs The 60s in the UK had three main youth groups, hippies, mods and rockers Hippies - Druggies, 'free love', protestors, anti-war campaign, long hair Mods - bowl cuts, dressing well, getting into fights, rode scooters Rockers - listened to rock music, rode motorbikes, carries switchblades, dressed like rockers   1960s, Britain was multicultural but, interracial relationships were frowned upon The Vietnam war created LSD which led to the hippie culture of taking drugs. POP art