This past year has been a historical year for the United Kingdom. On June 23, 2016, a referendum was held on to decide whether or not the U.K. should leave or remain in the European Union. Many know this event as the “Brexit,” which is short for the merging of the words Britain and exit. The results were as follows: to leave was 52% and to stay was 48% of the more than 30 million people voting (Wheeler and Hunt, 2016). The decision to leave the E.U. has been confirmed to happen for some time over the next two years under the agreement called Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty giving the U.K. and the E.U. two years to decide on the terms of the split. The Brexit has caused an uproar of changes to happen to the economy and the citizens of the U.K.
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Many news stories tend to focus on one aspect of the Brexit whether it is the economic downturn, the side effect of the citizens, or the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. With that being said, the information given in the news articles can be perceived in different ways based on the facts, perspective and bias of the organization. “Language is never neutral. Communication is never neutral. Information is always framed” (Morales, 2016). The Brexit was talked about in a calm manner across all sources. Some were more biased than others. For example, The O’Reilly Factor gave more of an opinionated reaction to the Brexit rather than The New York Times who gave factual information and direct quotes. As stated before, “Information is always framed.” All networks framed the information in the way they wanted to showcase it for their audience. Some, like The New York Times and Talking Points Memo, network’s desired effect was to inform the audience on the historical event. Others like PBS Newshour were to bring light the horrific side effects that the citizens of the U.K. would endure. While some like The O’Reilly Factor wanted to shine the harsh light of the reality of the world. Many of the news sources cited one another or used old clips from other news stations as the source for their information. The concept of sharing information is extremely used in the world of journalism. “That web’s underlying culture of sharing, decentralisation and democracy, makes the it an ideal platform for groups to self organise, combining their ideas and know how, to create together games, encyclopaedias, software, social networks, video sharing sites or entire parallel universes” (Leadbeater, 2008). While each source brought something different to the table, in the end, they are shared similar information from the direct quotes to general themes of the
Many news stories tend to focus on one aspect of the Brexit whether it is the economic downturn, the side effect of the citizens, or the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. With that being said, the information given in the news articles can be perceived in different ways based on the facts, perspective and bias of the organization. “Language is never neutral. Communication is never neutral. Information is always framed” (Morales, 2016). The Brexit was talked about in a calm manner across all sources. Some were more biased than others. For example, The O’Reilly Factor gave more of an opinionated reaction to the Brexit rather than The New York Times who gave factual information and direct quotes. As stated before, “Information is always framed.” All networks framed the information in the way they wanted to showcase it for their audience. Some, like The New York Times and Talking Points Memo, network’s desired effect was to inform the audience on the historical event. Others like PBS Newshour were to bring light the horrific side effects that the citizens of the U.K. would endure. While some like The O’Reilly Factor wanted to shine the harsh light of the reality of the world. Many of the news sources cited one another or used old clips from other news stations as the source for their information. The concept of sharing information is extremely used in the world of journalism. “That web’s underlying culture of sharing, decentralisation and democracy, makes the it an ideal platform for groups to self organise, combining their ideas and know how, to create together games, encyclopaedias, software, social networks, video sharing sites or entire parallel universes” (Leadbeater, 2008). While each source brought something different to the table, in the end, they are shared similar information from the direct quotes to general themes of the