Emily A Level Media

Questions~ 1/ Press freedom is significant as it presents media institutions with the ability to produce stories in any political alignment that they desire and also publish any stories they feel are in the public interest. This is important as it means the public can receive news stories that they need to hear about even if they damage other people's reputations. It allows all news to be given to the public so that we have all the information we might need about politics and economics as well as celebrity stories in the tabloid newspapers. Without press freedom we would live in a country with state censorship where the government controlled the news we received. This means that they could only publish stories in their favour and what they wanted the public to see. The government should have no control over what is reported in UK press as we need  and have a right to know what is going on. Press freedom is related to representative democracy as we can see different poli...

Explain the political affiliations of the two newspapers, e.g. The Daily Mail as a right wing newspaper is partly defined by its support for the Conservative party, The Guardian as a centre-left newspaper is partly defined by its support for Labour or the Liberal Democrats, and how this is clear from an example you have studied. The Guardian is a centre left wing paper, showing support for the Labour Party  and the Liberal Democrats. It is run by the Scott Trust, so is not purely a profit model. The Daily Mail is a right wing paper, showing support for the Conservative party.

What examples of editorialised content would not fit 'impartial' television news (e.g. social or political opinion) from The Guardian and The Daily Mail print or online editions. An example of editorialise content that wouldn't fir impartial television news would be the paridise papers story due to the contrasting headlines which clearly show political affiliations. The Daily Mail shows theirright wing ideology proposing that the Queen had been 'dragged' into the off-shore tax audience, claiming her innocence. Whereas the Guardian uses negative language such as 'controversial'and ' exploiting' connoting that the Queen was fully aware, this therefore shows their left wing ideology.