How do we identify what is positive and negative about London on a daily basis? How do we digest this information? Do we always experience an equal measure of both? We bought in a copy of a daily London Newspaper and in pairs went through it ticking or crossing what was positive and negative.
We swapped papers with another group to see if they considered all the information on the page such as adverts, images or inserts or if there were any particular themes cropping up.
1. How did they decide what was positive and negative?
They based it on the headlines and imagery and personal feelings/opinions.
2. Did they consider all of the information on the page: articles, adverts, images, inserts etc?
No they mainly considered the main article on the page/newspaper and disregarded the adverts, inserts and images.
3. Is there anything remaining unmarked? What type of information is this? Neutral? Unnecessary? Arbitrary?
Yes-->they have unmarked smaller articles, images, adverts or repeated articles/ stories, arbitrary information i.e adverts or reviews, or obituaries and letters.
4. Are there are any particular themes/ topics cropping up?
Yes global and breaking news, looking at headlines and ignoring arbitrary information as they did not consider it important or could not decide whether it was positive or negative information such as the headline 'murdered family obtain retribution.'
"Giving shape to meaning... distilling information down to its most essential and meaningful elements; sorting and organizing until the patterns come to the surface; bringing clarity and focus to what initially feels overwhelming; providing a layered visual experience encompassing both the big picture and, at closer examination, the smaller details." -Christina Van Vleck
The Shape of News: Front Page News Coverage Across the Country
This was Christina Van Vleck's exploration of the choices our nation's papers make about the stories on the front page.
This was Christina Van Vleck's exploration of the choices our nation's papers make about the stories on the front page.
From the few remaining foreign news bureaus to the
hyper-localism movement, do our papers reflect a nation at war?
The key of different colours to represent the different range of news that the newspapers were publishing about is a simple yet easy, clear and effective way of differentiating and clearly symbolising her information. Its graphically intriguing and a successful way of illustrating her research.
“Like many around me in Beirut in the late 1970’s, I collected bullets and shrapnel. I would run out onto the streets after a night or day of helling to remove them from walls, cars and trees. I kept detailed notes of where I found every bullet and photographed the sites of my findings, covering the holes with dots that corresponded to the bullets diameter and the mesmerising hues I found on bullets tips. It took me ten years to realise that ammunition manufacturers follow distinct colour codes to mark and identify their cartridges and shells. It also took me another ten years to realise that my notebooks in part catalogue seventeen countries and organisations that continue to supply the various militias and armies fighting in Lebanon: Belgium, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Libya, NATO, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, USA and Venezuela”. _ Walid Raad notes, Whitechapel Gallery
This map charts the origins of disease, where that disease was carried to and the drop off of the contagions over distance carried.
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