1st April
Newspapers always reflect the societal values of the time in which they are made.
Newspapers are fickle as they change their opinions to reflect popularity.
Curran and Seaton argues that newspapers wield power without responsibility
- Who publishes the Mirror and who publishes The Times?
Reach PLC and News UK (News International)
- What else do these companies publish?
Reach PLC - Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Daily Star Sunday as well as the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail and the magazine OK!.
News UK - The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers; its former publications include the Today, News of the World and The London Paper newspapers.
- What controversies have these companies been involved in?
Reach PLC -
News UK- Phone hacking scandal, in July 2009 they paid £1 million in settlements after they hacked into peoples voicemails (thus invading their privacy) and published it without their consent.
- Find three examples of explicit political bias (eg how is The Mirror left wing and how is The Times right wing?)
- Find three explicit examples of possible regulatory breaches
- In what ways are newspapers distributed, and what advantages do these different forms of distribution hold?
Physically and digitally. Physical is a sort of luxury to some people.
online is messy and selling audience is taking place
online paywalls are very common in the uk
- Find three explicit examples of how the regulation of online newspapers is particularly difficult and problematic
- Research the current financial situations of the parent companies of both of these newspapers. How has this potentially shaped the output of these newspapers
left wing tabloid newspaper: Huffpost
independent
misleading news
infowars
far-right conservative
provides a sense of unity
both arent regulated in the UK so they are independent and American.
- Explore alternatives to mainstream news sources. Find at least one explicit example
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