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Newspapers: The Guardian CSP

  The Guardian newspaper and website analysis Use your own purchased copy plus the notable front pages above to answer the following questions - bullet points/note form is fine.  1) What are the most significant front page headlines seen in the Guardian in recent years? "Small Island" - Brexit day  "News of the World hacked Milly Dowler's phone during police hunt" "The Verdict on Johnson" - partygate scandal  2) Ideology and audience: What ideologies are present in the Guardian? Is the audience positioned to respond to stories in a certain way? Left wing ideologies, calling out mistrusted government, positions audience to respond with intense emotion whether that be positive or negative due to the emotive word-choice 3) How do the Guardian editions/stories you have studied reflect British culture and society? They reflect the liberal, multicultural society that is Britain, consistent of people from all walks of life  Now visit  the Guardian newspaper w...
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Newspapers: news stories, Easter 4 total

  Copy the  headline, date  and  link . The Guardian Headline - "Trump extends ceasefire but blockade continues as second ship reports attack in Strait of Hormuz" Date -  Wed 22 Apr 2026 13.28 BST Link -  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/22/iran-war-live-updates-trump-ceasefire-us-hormuz-blockade-israel-lebanon-middle-east Mail Online Headline - "Iran seizes two ships after three vessels are attacked in Strait of Hormuz following Trumps ceasefire extension" Date - 22nd April 2026 Link -  https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15754455/Iranian-gunboat-fires-container-ship-Strait-Hormuz-Trump-extends-ceasefire-Live-updates.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 Guardian - this is hard news, reflecting the politically focused centre left...
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Daily Mail and Mail Online CSP

  Daily Mail and Mail Online analysis  Use your own purchased copy or  our scanned copy of the Brexit edition from January 2020  plus the notable front pages above to answer the following questions - bullet points/note form is fine. 1) What are the most significant front page headlines seen in the Daily Mail in recent years? "Mrs Brown deserved the last laugh over comedy snobs", "Outrageous, provocative, unapologetic, as he clears out his Brussels Bunker, a final glorious blast from Mr Brexit", "Now you can really take a bow, Britain - for a triumph of democracy", "Tonight's the Night", "... and the Palace is flying the flag too", "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? Ideology - patriotic, Conservative  audience response - they are positioned to respond with enthusiastic patriotism  3) How do the ...
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The future of Journalism

  Part 1: Clay Shirky lecture Go to the  Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students . The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shirky says.  Clay Shirky on internet issues facing the Newspaper Industry Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript which is absolutely fine), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? "newspaper's ability to produce accountablity journalism is shrinking" - due to the commercial structure of the newspaper industry, "it is not eno...
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