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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? UK coronavirus death toll jumps from 54 yesterday to 87 today - bringing a total of 422 fatalities - and infection cases leap by 1,427 in biggest daily rise yet... so why are people STILL crammed on Tubes and trains and mingling in parks?- Hard News Police break up BARBECUES as people defy government lockdown by gathering in parks and streets across Britain- Hard News Greta Thunberg says she may have coronavirus and is isolating with her father after displaying symptoms- Soft news Drive for 250,000-strong 'volunteer army' to boost the NHS: Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeals for helpers to stop coronavirus swamping services- Hard News Number of critically-ill coronavirus patients in England could outstrip the number of ICU beds 'within two weeks'- Hard News 2) What celebrity content is f...

1) What is the front page story on the 31 January 2020 edition of the Daily Mail and how is it presented? The front page story focuses on Brexit and how 'At 11pm our proud nation finally leaves the EU-still a friend of Europe, but free and independent once more after 47 years. Now, on this momentous day, we saute...A NEW DAWN FOR BRITAIN'. It is presented as a huge momentous occasion for Britain which we should all celebrate when in reality many people are displeased with this and are aiming a lot of hate towards those who are pro-brexit. 2) From your analysis in class, what other stories and topics are covered in this edition of the Daily Mail? Address the following pages: Page 2-3:  Boris Johnson talking about getting the Brexit deal done and 'a new dawn for Britain'. Page 4-5: On page 4 we see the advertisement of Mailplus as we see TheDailyMail changing in order to adapt to the digital age by putting their newspapers onine. On page 5 we see more talk about lea...

1) Keith Perch used to edit the  Leicester Mercury . How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? The Leicester Mercury used to have 130 Journalists employed. In ten years tune Perch thinks that if it is still in print, it will be weekly, extremely expensive and have a very small circulation. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? "The biggest single issue is that something  illegal was going on which obviously  should not have been, and which  wasn’t dealt with by the police, and  unfortunately the resulting actions  have been disproportionate [...] Far too  many newspapers and magazines have  been caught up in a regulatory system  that they shouldn’t really be caught  up in [...] A small section of the press  was behaving in a totally unacceptable  way, but it should have been dealt with  legally." 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? IPSO st...

1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson: Conflict- War in Syria Progress- Brexit Disaster- Corona Virus Consequence- Increase in London shootings Prominence- Trump impeachment  Novelty- Kobe Byrant passing 2) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? The example is about a British servicewoman who passed away due to an Afghan bomb blast. This is an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage as it has high importance to the British community as she was not only British but a servicewoman as well. 3) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is most often done via the editor but can also be done by the journalist 4) What are the six ways bias can be created in new...

1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? Clay Shirky argues that accountability journalism is important because it informs people the wrong doings in society and gives a way for people to complain in order to resolve the issue. He gives an example of a Priest named Father John Geoghan who was employed by the Catholic Church. It was revealed he was in fact a pedophile and 'had raped or fondled over 100 boys in his care'. At first he was able to get away with this but when the Boston Globe published a story on it he was punished. 2) What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)? He states newspapers were overcharging advertisers which enabled newspapers to have enough money to do more risky and long-range work. 3) Shirky talks about the 'u...

Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption 2019 Read  this Ofcom 2019 report on the consumption of news in the UK . Note down the key statistics and changes that Ofcom highlight and answer the following questions: 1) Look at the key findings from the report on pages 2-3. How do UK adults generally get their news?   Fewer UK adults use BBC TV channels for news compared to last year, while more are using social media  platforms. As was the case in 2018, BBC One is the most-used news source among all adults (58%),  followed by ITV (40%) and Facebook (35%). However, several BBC TV news sources (BBC One, BBC News  Channel and BBC Two) have all seen a decrease in use for news compared to 2018. Use of several social  media platforms for news have increased since last year (Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat). 2) Read the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What do you notice about the changing way adults are getting their news? Social media ...