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Blog tasks: Daily Mirror case study

  Language 1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages (you may want to add an example for each from our Daily Mirror CSP): Masthead: Title Pug :display price logo issue numbers Splash Head: lead story Slogan: short sentence thats eye catching and snappy Dateline:  date its published  Byline: authors name Standfirst: introductory paragraph 2) What is the main story on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the story is about. Gary Linker being back on bbc after being kicked out. 3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers? its eye catching meaning more people would buy it also due to it being more soft news 4) Why is the choice of news stories, content and page design on the  Mirror  CSP front page typical of a  tabloid  newspaper? The choice of the news stories, content and page design on the Mirro...

'Introduction to Newspapers'

 1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? news with mostly images mainly targeted at a younger audience 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? mainly words targeted at a older audience 3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? Labour party , such as daily mail and The guardians 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? conservative, Christians, democrats reading newspapers such as The Sunday Times, the times, The daily telegraph 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 25 years? Because most people use social media currently meaning theres no need to pay for a newspaper 6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK? It underpins democratic institutions and is fund...

December mock exam: Learner Response blog tasks

1) Type up any feedback on your paper  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/EBI yourself based on your scores. WWW- This is a 6% improvement on your last assessment with some really good answers. Your opinions on media debates are spot on - now you need to add the revision and examples to open up the top grades. 2) Use  the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock to read the answers AQA were looking for . First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2).  A non diagetic sound is a sound only audience can hear an example is when they were walking upstairs with happy music that only we can hear to show their happy moods. 3) Next, identify  three  points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA. • Good analysis of the ex...