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newspaper exam format and practice

Updated: Dec 9, 2022

Question 1

  • 10 marks, 15 minutes

  • Do this question second

  • Based on a theorist, usually a choice

  • unseen sources (web or print), analyse both, not a comparison

introduction - explain theory, intorduce argument

paragraph 1 - talk about source A, conform or subvert theory

paragraph 2 - talk about source b - conform or subvert theory

no conclusion, use examples.


Question 2

  • 15 marks, 25 minutes

  • do first!

  • annotate source A and B

  • talk about CLIFT, CUPPTUNE, politics and conventions

  • need a conclusion


Question 3

  • 10 marks

  • refer only to Daily Mail and Guardian

  • ownership and control/politics

  • economic factors (examples)

  • how they make their money (print, advertising)

  • impact of technological chmage

  • producers and their values -> Scott Trust (Guardian) and DMGT (Daily Mail)

  • Guardian is not for profit

  • Daily Mail is money driven

  • Regulation - IPSO

  • Competition - online news, social media

  • circulation (online and print)

  • real life examples


Question 4

  • only Daily Mail and Guardian

  • always a theory - why is it useful or not useful

  • ownership

  • 10 marks



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