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Weekly Newspaper story research

Guardian news story   Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office , February 23rd  - The former labour minister was questioned by police over accusations be passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein - This is an example of hard news as its focusing on political offences linking to the Guardian focusing on hard news, this focuses on the Guardians left wing stance and also focusing on hard news and not focusing on Britain  - This attracts the audience through being relative to news through the Epstein cases recently, creating a big headline to grab the readers attention Daily mail news story Terrified tourists have described the horror of trying to escape Mexico  after the country erupted in a wave of violence following the killing of its most notorious drug kingpin, February 24th - The Mexican cartel leader was killed by the US sparking fury through the cartel creating violence in Mexico and tourists trying to flee th...

Paper 2 mock exam: learner response

  1) Type up your   feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). D=35 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? No, 17 more marks to achieve target grade  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.   5/9 -  a range of examples of narrative conflict are constructed – male/female, old/young, passengers/crew – which will propel the action - enigmas are constructed through the conflicts, direct mode of address and the stormy weather (danger ahead) 10/25 - I needed to focus more on  the way events, issues, individuals (including self-representation) and social ...

The decline in print media

  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?   Six in ten UK adults use news, psbs continue to have high rated news, almost all adults watch or read news. These are the most shocking headlines as print can be seen as still used by a lot of adults 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 percentages?  47% to know what was going on in the UK, 45% in their region and 45% for around the world 3) Look at the platforms used, by age on page 9. What trends do you notice based on the platforms used and by the different age groups? For t...