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Newspapers: News Values

  Read  Media Factsheet 76: News Values  and complete the following questions/tasks.  Our  Media Factsheet archive is available here  - you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. 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? British service woman dies after Afghan bomb blast - this is an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage because of its geographical proximity (away from the UK), cultural proximity (as readers view the soldier as 'one of their own').  On an intensity scale, the first female officer to be killed is considered more newsworthy as it is unusual. At the time the story was published - 2011 - the war in Afghanistan was a continuity story but often the interest in the story lies in that fact that deaths, even though inevitable, are not predictable. 2) What is gatekeeping...
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Newspapers: news stories

  Copy the  headline, date  and  link The Guardian: Headline -  BBC backlash grows after Bafta racial slur - The Latest Date -  Wed 25 Feb 2026 17.22 GMT Link -  https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2026/feb/25/bbc-backlash-grows-after-bafta-racial-slur-the-latest Mail Online: Headline -  John Davidson: BBC should have `worked harder´ on stopping Bafta racial slur Date -  Published:   12:58, 25 February 2026  |  Updated:   13:09, 25 February 2026 Link -  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-15591455/John-Davidson-BBC-worked-harder-stopping-Bafta-racial-slur.html Briefly summarise  the story in a sentence or two: is  this is an example of  hard news  or  soft news?  Does it reflect the  politics  or  ideological stance  of that newspaper/website? The story is an example of hard news with it including serious topics such as the difficulties of disabilities and ...
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Newspapers: The decline of print

  Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read  this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK  and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 5 & 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular?   • The BBC is still the most-used provider of news in the UK.  • Despite online being the main platform for news, the more traditional providers are rated more highly for trust, accuracy and impartiality. I picked these two in particular as I am interested in the part traditional news sources play in todays technological sphere, in a world where people can get their own news is traditional media still needed and or respected?  2)  Now look at the motivations for following news which differs by age on pages 7 & 8. What are the main reasons people gave for following news? What are the percentage...
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Paper 2 mock LR

  1) Type up your   feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 64/84  - A WWW - Good knowledge of CSPs  EBI - more sophisticated examples 2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your  target grade  for A-Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2? I exceeded my target grade which was a C These are the grade boundaries we've used (out of 84):  A* = 71; A = 62, B = 52; C = 43; D = 33; E = 24 Now read through the real AQA mark scheme for Paper 2 and the examiner's report (see your Media teacher's Google Classroom for both of these documents). 3) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from your the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme. Q1) 7/9 Included: Propps character types and...
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Paper 1 mock - learner response

1) Type up any  feedback in full  (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 70/84 - A* WWW -  Q3 on intertextuality and Q7 on risky business was spot on  EBI -  Focus more on key words in the question of the unseen and revise specific media terminology eg. end of audience theories  2) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify and points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme: Q1) 5/8 Things to add:  - word make logo, title, caption, tagline, develop audience interpretation further, positioning/placement of anchorage text, juxtaposition of 'National' and 'Trust' offers a two-way relationship between the  reader and the view which links a kind of faith (in England’s green and  pleasant land) with a kind of responsibility; a stewardship that NT (thankfully)  admi...
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Videogames final index

1) Henry Jenkins  - fandom and participatory culture  2) Sims Freeplay - language and representation   3) Sims Freeplay - audience and industries  4)  Learner response: OSP assessment  5)  Women in video games and further feminist theory 6) Horizon Forbidden West - language and representation   7)  Horizon Forbidden West - Audience and industries 
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Horizon Forbidden West: Audience and Industry

Audience Look at  this YouGov blog on the console gaming audience  and answer the following questions: 1) What statistics can you find for the number of male / female players for the major consoles?  % of male players for PlayStation5: 68% % of female players for PlayStation5: 29% % of male players for Xbox series X/S: 68% % of female players for Xbox series X/S: 32% 2) What is the difference between 'hardcore' and 'casual' gamers - and which do you think would play Horizon Forbidden West? Hardcore gamers - those who say they take videogames seriously or play competitively, they mostly play on PlayStation or Xbox  Casual gamers - those that like videogames but are not one of their top interests, they mostly play on PCs  I think it is more of hardcore gamers as the game has a complex story and it is a sequel to a previous game, something that casual gamers would not largely keep up with 3) What are the different reasons YouGov researched for why players play...
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