Newspaper Key Terms

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BROADSHEET
A larger newspaper that publishes more serious news, for example The Daily Telegraph has maintained its broadsheet format
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CIRCULATION
The dissemination of media products to audiences/users - the method will depend on the media form e.g. circulation of print magazines, broadcast of television programmes etc.
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DISTRIBUTION
The methods by which media products are delivered to audiences, including the marketing campaign. These methods will depend upon the product (for example, distribution companies in the film industry organise the release of the films, as well as their
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GATE KEEPERS
The people responsible for deciding the most appropriate stories to appear in newspapers. They may be the owner, editor or senior journalists. They will only let the stories most appropriate for the ideology of the paper 'through the gate'.
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HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
Where a media conglomerate is made up of different companies that produce and sell similar products, often as a result of mergers. For example a company with interests in film, TV, magazines newspaper
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IDEOLOGY
A set of messages, values and beliefs that may be encoded into media products.
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NEWS AGENDA
The list of stories that may appear in a particular paper. The items on the news agenda will reflect the style and ethos of the paper
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POLITICAL BIAS
Where a newspaper may show support for a political party through its choice of stories, style of coverage, cartoons, etc. It may be subtle and implicit or explicit as in the case of the tabloid newspapers on election day.
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PRODUCTION
The process by which media products are constructed.
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SYNERGY
The combination of elements to maximise profits within a media organisation or product. For example, where a film soundtrack sells the film and the film sells the soundtrack.
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SUBSIDIARY
When a business owns another one eg News corps owns The Times
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TABLOID
Refers to the dimensions of a newspaper; a tabloid is smaller and more compact in size. However, there are further connotations attached to the term and it also tends to refer to a newspaper whose content focuses on lighter news, for example celebrit
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VERTICAL INTEGRATION
Vertically integrated companies own all or most of the chain of production and distribution for the product. For example, a film company that also owns a chain of multiplex cinemas to exhibit the film and merchandise outlets
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CONGLOMERATE
A large organistaion that has an intrest in spanning across a number of differnt business or industries
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CONVERGENCE
The process through which differnt media industries form and merge
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RIGHT-WINGED
Support poltical parties which oppose socialism eg Conservative
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LEFT-WINGED
Those that tend to support Labour and socialist parties
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The dissemination of media products to audiences/users - the method will depend on the media form e.g. circulation of print magazines, broadcast of television programmes etc.

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CIRCULATION

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The methods by which media products are delivered to audiences, including the marketing campaign. These methods will depend upon the product (for example, distribution companies in the film industry organise the release of the films, as well as their

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The people responsible for deciding the most appropriate stories to appear in newspapers. They may be the owner, editor or senior journalists. They will only let the stories most appropriate for the ideology of the paper 'through the gate'.

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Where a media conglomerate is made up of different companies that produce and sell similar products, often as a result of mergers. For example a company with interests in film, TV, magazines newspaper

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