Supercurricular

 Princess Diana in the news summary of article

The article was talking about how Diana even after her death is still featured lots in the news and discussed why this is the case. The article suggests that Diana features in the news a lot since her death because ‘Britons love royal stories’ according to Dutton in his book the media. Even though her death was a small event, the people involved and the circumstances around the car crash made it newsworthy. The article says that car crashes are not usually deemed newsworthy but the circumstances of the event made it newsworthy. Argues that Diana is featured not necessarily to inform or educate about her life or death but to entertain, this is one of the key components of the BBC’s public service remit. Stories that feature Diana often sell more copies and do better in numbers. Galtung and Rugr devised a list of news values, two of these are consonance, claims a story is predictable, and unexpectedness which claims a story is unpredictable. Both of these values despite their contradiction disprove when applied to stories featuring Diana. People expect to see news stories about Diana but the stories themselves are not predictable so go against consonance. Newspapers use Diana stories when there is nothing else to write about or include her in a story, for example ‘Di’s gym is sold’ the story is not about her but something she used to be associated with when she was alive. Overall the article argues that Diana is used to sell papers because of the British love of royalty and the royal family. 

Shelter YouTube advert- Give Real Change: Leave a Gift in your will: https://youtu.be/aufRr6LvqjE?si=7y11RMlZgf-QcTuq

This film clip is about the older generation committing to donate to shelter in their will in order to make a better future for the younger generations so they don’t have to grow up in unsafe environments and houses. It creates a narrative of family and collectivism, as a society we should band together to help those in need when our government has failed to do anything about it. I chose this clip because it shows shelters message and brand identity of wanting to help solve the housing crisis that England is facing.