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    Event 2: Ebola and Recap Plurality

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    This document discusses and compares news coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak between the United States and United Kingdom. It references a YouTube video from comedian Russell Howard where he jokes about the extreme differences in how Ebola was portrayed in the media of each country. In the US, coverage emphasized fear and threat, while in the UK, coverage took a more measured, less alarmist tone. The document prompts analysis of this contrast and how different news platforms may target different audiences or hold different political biases in their reporting. Students are assigned to examine newspaper front pages about Ebola and analyze representations from potentially left-wing and right-wing sources.

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    This document discusses and compares news coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak between the United States and United Kingdom. It references a YouTube video from comedian Russell Howard where he jokes about the extreme differences in how Ebola was portrayed in the media of each country. In the US, coverage emphasized fear and threat, while in the UK, coverage took a more measured, less alarmist tone. The document prompts analysis of this contrast and how different news platforms may target different audiences or hold different political biases in their reporting. Students are assigned to examine newspaper front pages about Ebola and analyze representations from potentially left-wing and right-wing sources.

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    This document discusses and compares news coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak between the United States and United Kingdom. It references a YouTube video from comedian Russell Howard where he jokes about the extreme differences in how Ebola was portrayed in the media of each country. In the US, coverage emphasized fear and threat, while in the UK, coverage took a more measured, less alarmist tone. The document prompts analysis of this contrast and how different news platforms may target different audiences or hold different political biases in their reporting. Students are assigned to examine newspaper front pages about Ebola and analyze representations from potentially left-wing and right-wing sources.

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    Event 2: Ebola and Recap Plurality

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    Dee Watson
    This document discusses and compares news coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak between the United States and United Kingdom. It references a YouTube video from comedian Russell Howard where he jokes about the extreme differences in how Ebola was portrayed in the media of each country. In the US, coverage emphasized fear and threat, while in the UK, coverage took a more measured, less alarmist tone. The document prompts analysis of this contrast and how different news platforms may target different audiences or hold different political biases in their reporting. Students are assigned to examine newspaper front pages about Ebola and analyze representations from potentially left-wing and right-wing sources.

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    Event 2

    Ebola and recap plurality

    Starter
    What is the importance of
    plurality?
    How many voices are required to
    properly ensure alternative
    perspectives on an issue?
    Who owns Fox News?
    What else does this person own?

    What is the
    connection?

    Northern & Shell. Owned by Richard Desmond, Northern


    & Shell owns a number of nationally-published newspapers
    and magazines, and also owns the Channel 5 TV station.

    Ukip has reportedly received a


    pledge for a 300,000 donation from
    the owner of the Daily Express in a
    significant boost toNigel
    Farage'sparty. The prospective
    donation fromRichard
    Desmondindicates that his
    newspapers could give their support
    toNigel Farage'sparty in the
    General Election.

    What suggests
    this paper supports a
    left wing agenda/ POV?
    Give 3 different reasons

    GMGs core business is Guardian News & Media, publisher of theguardian.com, as


    well asThe GuardianandThe Observernewspapers.
    The group has a portfolio of investments to help support its journalism.
    They comprise:
    Top Right Group(formerly Emap): an international business-to-business digital intelligence and events
    business, also jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.
    GMG Property Services: a provider of software, technology and design solutions to the property industry.
    An externally managed investment fund.

    Guardian Media Group exists to support the core purpose of its owner, Scott Trust
    Limited: to secure the financial and editorial independence ofThe Guardianin
    perpetuity,but in the 2011/12 year the group lost 75.6 million, and for the three
    years up to June 2012, the paper itself lost 100,000 a day leading Intelligent
    Lifemagazine to question whetherThe Guardiancan survive.[9]
    Basically the portfolio of investments allowed - 619mn earned from the sale of
    Auto Trader adds to the 253.7mn of cash and investments which GMG published
    in its 2013 annual report. This leaves an investment fund which is likely to be in
    excess of 850mn to underwrite Guardian losses.

    Who owns this?


    How does create bias?

    Daily Mail and General Trust. Primarily


    controlled by the Viscount Rothermere, DMGT
    has a large share of the national print media
    market (including a 25% stake in the Evening
    Standard) as well as holdings in ITN, the ITVaffiliated news company which produces
    broadcast news for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel
    5. It also owns 38.7% of Local World following a
    merger of its regional press assets in 2012,
    and publishes the Metro - a local free daily
    distributed in London and other urban centres.

    EBOLA

    Compare two events


    Second event Ebola
    Also a representation Ethnicity
    Issues?

    The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAz
    -F1QnyCk&t=158

    Published on 24 Oct 2014


    Russell Howard looks at the extreme
    difference in coverage of Ebola in the
    UK and USA.
    Watch new episodes every Thursday
    at 10pm on BBC Two.

    Who is the
    target
    audience?
    Think about
    Platform
    (YT)
    Ex
    girlfriend?
    His Job?
    His political
    view

    Watch
    Use analysis sheets
    Can use both interviews The Trews
    or the texts contained inside eg. Fox
    News.

    *The trews can help to decode Fox


    or be used as an alternative
    perspective (left wing)

    Read
    Debate: Is the threat of Ebola
    overhyped in Britain?
    What do you think?

    Find Newspaper front covers


    Find 2 Different representations in newspapers
    Where might you find a left wing view?

    Analyse, prepare for presentation


    Thursday
    I will pick individuals to present so be
    prepared!

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