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Daily Mail and Mail Online analysis  1) What are the most significant front page headlines seen in the Daily Mail in recent years? A NEW DAWN FOR BRITAIN 2) Ideology and audience: What ideologies are present in the Daily Mail? Is the audience positioned to respond to stories in a certain way? Far right ideologies / views are presented in the daily mail 3) How do the Daily Mail stories you have studied reflect British culture and society? The daily mail attempts to create headlines that would emotionally move the british public and what they stand for. Now  visit Mail Online  and look at a few stories before answering these questions: 1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news? Are there any  examples of ‘clickbait’ can you find? Privately educated Brit graduate,28, is killed on holiday in Thailand by karoake bar by bouncers who threw him out and hunted him down Trump reveals fate of 'f***ing idiot' who leaked top secret war messages...

Deadly Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue with no progress reported during renewed ceasefire talks The guardian Monday 17th March  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/17/middle-east-houthis-us-yemen-israel-gaza-palestine-latest-live-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67d80b2f8f08053850a260ff#block-67d80b2f8f08053850a260ff There have been many reports of Palestinians being killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. There were nine Palestinians killed in north Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, including four journalists - reported as the deadliest attack on a single site since 19th January. Hamas spokesperson stated  "Hamas has complied fully with the agreement, while the occupation (Israel) didn’t comply with some clauses. It (Israel) seeks to foil the agreement and impose new conditions." This is an example of hard news as it reflects real world events/problems , as well as the politics of two groups. This would appeal ...

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? He once employed 130 journalists. In ten years time he thinks if its still in print , it will be weekly, extremely expensive, and have a very small circulation. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? He thinks the form of regulation is unacceptable and that actually what people really want to do is "tame" the press 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? Independent Press Standards Organisation 4) What is Perch's view of newspaper ownership? Keith does not believe  that businesses such as Rupert Murdoch’s News  Corporation, which owns The Sun, The Times  and 39% of Sky, should be forced to sell some  of their titles to ensure that no one person or company can control too much of the media  industry and therefore control the agenda. 5) Do you agree with his view that broadcast news should have...

1) 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? Using the  example pictured, Afghanistan, in terms of geographical proximity, is far away from the U.K. but when a young British soldier dies, the story gains cultural proximity as British audiences see the soldier as ‘one of their own’. 2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. 3) What are the six ways bias can be created in news? Bias through :  selection and omission through placement by headline by photos captions and camera angles through use of names and titles by choice of words 4) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published? 5) In your opinion, how has the digital age changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?  It has increased audience engagement and weakened traditio...