Definition of phone hacking –
Phone hacking is where someone gains access to your data stored on your phone by unauthorized means. This is done in order to access someone’s voicemail especially, though still illegal.
Two online
stories about celebrities which have been phone hacked –
Story 1
The full
stories pasted here:
The common theme within this article which follows throughout is the statistics and figures of how much people are receiving in compensation because of their phones being hacked into. This covers the aftermath of the phone hacking in particular compared to a story which has been produced because of the phone hacking. Presenting the statistics of how much people have been given in compensation keeps the article and ball rolling. It gives the article a way to stay interesting and gives the reader questions of who else received what? and makes the reader inclined to keep reading.
Another thing which this article does is explain the thoughts and feelings of various people who were a victim of the phone hacking. Powerful quotes like “Nothing can take away or repair the damage that was caused to me both personally and professionally and the impact it had on my friends, family and relationships at that time. The damages although welcome can never repair the hurt that was caused.” are used because the reader is then able to feel empathetic or sympathy for that person if they wish to and also leave the reader to form their own opinion based on the person involved.
In the article further implications are presented as well as in the form of this paragraph: "However, with the company now facing new phone-hacking damages claims from more than 100 high-profile figures, it also said it was increasing the amount of money set aside to deal with the legal cases from £12m to £28m."
The further report on the accusations that there may be even more to this story that meets the eye, opens up to possible progression on the story and continuation of the story.
Another thing which this article does is explain the thoughts and feelings of various people who were a victim of the phone hacking. Powerful quotes like “Nothing can take away or repair the damage that was caused to me both personally and professionally and the impact it had on my friends, family and relationships at that time. The damages although welcome can never repair the hurt that was caused.” are used because the reader is then able to feel empathetic or sympathy for that person if they wish to and also leave the reader to form their own opinion based on the person involved.
In the article further implications are presented as well as in the form of this paragraph: "However, with the company now facing new phone-hacking damages claims from more than 100 high-profile figures, it also said it was increasing the amount of money set aside to deal with the legal cases from £12m to £28m."
The further report on the accusations that there may be even more to this story that meets the eye, opens up to possible progression on the story and continuation of the story.
Analysis of story 2 -
In our second story I searched for a story on phone hacking with a different theme to the first one, I did this because I wanted to cover how different stories are not only covered by different news websites but also how the story is reported in the views of the victims and now in views of reporting on someone who is being jailed for it.
The story itself covers the happenings of a former News of the World Editor who has been jailed for 18 months. It also covers the story further by breaking it up into four subheadings, "Intensely Personal", "In court", "The lucky one" and "Stronger person". Each category acts as a way to split up the large article in a way which can be easily read. Some are straight forward like "In court" whilst others only vaguely hint and give an idea to the contents of that paragraph, like "The lucky one.
Like the other article, statistics and statements are present which keep the reader inclined to reading as well as allow their own opinion to be informed whilst the news remains neutral. Quotes are also present in the article and are an integral part of any online news stories. These quotes, such as, "Asked about the jailing of his former communications chief, the prime minister, who has apologised for hiring him, said: "What it says is that it's right that justice should be done and that no one is above the law - as I've always said."" are essential to an article such as this and in this case start off one of the subheadings in this article nicely.
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