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Newspapers: The death of print media blog tasks

Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 165: The death of print media . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years? People have since had picked up the ability to end up makers of the media as they can get to all data for nothing with the flexibility of the web. Print media has gone from being one of the key or only sources of media for people and one of the only ways to find out the news and get information about what was going on in the world, however this new wave of online news and social media has meant that people are able to access their news almost instantly and that too at no cost, which has meant to the clear decline in print media, leading to a decline in profits and even forced some print media companies to close down. 2) Why is the  Independent  n...

Newspapers: The i case study

Work through the following tasks to complete your case study on the i and specifically the 21 September edition of the newspaper.  The i analysis: Friday 21 September Use your notes from the lesson to answer the following questions. 1) What are the front page stories on the 21 September edition of the I? 2) From your analysis in class, what other stories and topics are covered in this edition of the i? You should address the following pages: Page 2 The News Matrix: A short summary of many news stories of many different topics, famous birthdays and an index. The main story is a focus on the maintenance costs of a car for a 17-24 y/o first car. Page 3 Newsnight presenter Evan Davis will take over the Radio 4 PM programme (a highly listened to radio podcast for politics). Other stories highlight the ongoing narrative of feminism with the first women being cast at Harvard Theatre. Pages 5 Tigers, chimps and rhinos receiving aid from UK taxpayer Have I Got News...

Newspapers: Daily Mail case study

Work through the following tasks to complete your case study on the Daily Mail and specifically the 21 September edition of the newspaper.  Daily Mail analysis: Friday 21 September Use your notes from the lesson to answer the following questions. 1) What are the front page stories on the 21 September edition of the Daily Mail? One of the stories at the front of the page is " FURIOUS MAY: WE'RE READY TO WALK AWAY" which suggests that the Daily Mail are on May's side. Another story is " Meghan's adoring look for Doria that says: Mum's now one of the firm, too". which suggests that the daily mail respect the royal family. 2) From your analysis in class, what other stories and topics are covered in this edition of the Daily Mail? You should address the following pages: Page 3 Page 5 Pages 6-7 Page 10 Pages 12-13 Page 16 Page 19 Page 23 3) Media language: Write an analysis of the construction of the Daily Mail front page: Page design...

Newspapers: MailOnline case study

Work through the following tasks to complete your case study on Mail Online.  MailOnline close-textual analysis Go to MailOnline and analyse the stories currently featured: 1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news? British couple are killed when their taxi is swept away and fellow Britons are missing after Majorca flash floods caused by torrential rain claim at least nine lives  - HARD  Cops call on 'Commissioner Coward' to quit: Officers share photoshopped images of London police chief with white feather after he revealed he stayed in his car during Westminster terror attack  - HARD Katie Price's fraught ex Kris Boyson is pictured at policestation after her ARREST for drink-driving and crashing £75k pink Range Rover  - SOFT I'm the 'monster' who spray-painted homeless man! Decorator,33, wears FRANKENSTEIN mask to court to admit attack on rough-sleeper who later died - but leaves with order to do 180 hours of unpai...