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Editorial comment.

Comparing the editorial comments: similarities: small masthead column single styles-text based no images authoritative, persuasive tone sub-heading always outline their opinion  based on current events  two, three different comment articles  differences: the guardian is longer in writing the guardian is more objective  daily mail is biased  the guardian is more facted  daily mail is more opinionated the guardian uses more formal language  the daily mail uses emotive language., not as complex, wordplay, biased, pro brexit.   gratification  theory: identify - this is being able to recognize the product or person in front of you, role models that reflects similar values to yours, aspiration to be someone else.  educate -  being able to acquire information, knowledge and understanding.  entertain -  this is what you are consuming should give you enjoyment and also some form of 'escapism' ending us to forget our worries temporarily.  social intera

Music Video Analysis Question

what are the songs about? The song unfinished sympathy by massive attack is about her not being able to get over her last relationship, it is also that she is finding it difficult to move on from it and to find a new relationship. The song is a bit like a poem and could be seen as her confessing her love to someone but also being too scared to start a new relationship with them.  The song burn the witch by Radiohead is about them burning a witch, they burn the witch because he's an outsider and is different to everyone else in the village and the people that live in the village want to be all the same. The music video makes an reference to the 1973 British horror movie 'the wiker man.'  what message or messages do they convey to the audience? unfinished sympathy conveys a message that love can take over your whole life and because of that you end up ignoring everyone/everything that surrounds your life, e.g when she's walking down the street she ignores

David Guetta -Titanium research

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David Guetta - titanium David Guetta:  David Guetta is a French DJ, song producer, record producer and re mixer. He co-founded Gum productions and then he released his first album 'just a little more love' in 2002, he released 'Guetta Blaster' 2004 and then 'pop life' 2007. Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album 'one love' which included the hit singles 'when love takes over.' The 2011 follow-up album 'nothing but the beat' continued this success, containing the hit single 'titanium.' Sia: Sia is a Australian singer/songwriter, record producer and music video director, She started her career as a singer in the local adelaide acid jazz band crisp in the mid 1990's, After the band broke up she continued as a solo singer and released her solo debut album titled 'only see' in Australia, she then moved to London, England and provided lead vocals for the British duo, 'zero 7.' In 2000 s

Radiohead Research

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Radio head The band: Radio head are a English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consisted of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brian, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway. After signing to EMI in 1991, radio head released their first debut single 'creep' in 1992. Th band has been together for 32 years, this is since 1985 - present. The genre of their music is rock(alternative rock, experimental rock, electronica and art rock). The lead vocalist Thom Yorke is usually in the center of most of the photos that are taken and with that this shows who the main vocalist is for the band. The moon shaped pool: The moon shaped pool is the ninth studio album, it was released digitally 8th of May 2016. CP and LP releases followed in June 2016 through XL recordings, they also sold a special edition from their website containing two extra songs and additional artwork. Radiohead recorded 'a moon shaped pool' in southern France with longtime produc

Massive attack research

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Massive Attack The Band: Massive attack are a British trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol. The group consisted of Robert 3D, Del Naja, Grant 'daddy' Marshall and formerly Andy 'Mushroom' Vowles(Mush). The group has won numerous awards throughout their career, including a Brit award. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide. Massive attack started off as a spin off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song 'Any Love.' Blue lines: Blue lines is a debut studio album by English trip hop group Massive attack. It was released on their wild bunch label through virgin records on 8th April 1991, a remastered version was released on 19th November 2012. Blue lines featured breakbeats, sampling and rapping on a number of tracks, but the design of the album differed from traditional hip hop. Massive attack approached the American-born hip hop movement from an underground British perspective an

The Big Issue

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Our Prezi presentation on The Big Issue

Online digital publications

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Online news For an overview online news use the space more have generally have more news stories on offer, whilst on newspapers there is only one big headline and then little stories inside the newspaper. Online newspapers use more images to show what the story is going to be about, whilst on newspapers they don't have the pictures on the first page to get someone interested. Daily mail: Daily Mail Online With daily mail online they have a lot more stories available, for example they have about 100 stories. Whilst on the other hand the newspaper only have a certain amount of stories on their newspapers. This online newspapers does follow some of the same codes and conventions as the print versions as they have the main masthead and the stories still have a main headline for each of the stories, they also have a main picture, also along with that they have some of the story for a snippet and then the person reading that would want to read more about that story. Due