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  Representation 1) What political party does the  Daily Mirror  support? How can you tell? They support the Labour party. i can tell as they support the working class 2) How does the  Daily Mirror  usually represent rich and powerful people or corporations? As Soul-less and unloving people. 3) How are ordinary working people presented in the Daily Mirror? Ordinary people are presented as heroes and always right  4) How is the Labour Party represented in the Daily Mirror? The labour party is represented in the Daily Mirror as The good people 5) How is Amazon represented in the article on 'no-till' Amazon stores? it is represented as a threat to the average day person  Industries 1) What company owns the Daily Mirror? Reach PLC 2) What is the Daily Mirror's circulation in 2022? How many papers did the Daily Mirror used to sell back in the 1990s? 2022:327,341 1990's: more than 5 Million 3) Why has the newspaper industry struggled in the last 20 years? This is because the

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: the title the top of the newspaper Pug: the exciting news Splash Head: the line above the story, which gives the author’s name and sometimes their job and location Slogan:   a short phrase that is easy to remember Dateline:  tells the reader where we obtained the basic information for a story . Kicker:  a line of newspaper type set above a headline Byline:  A byline tells the reader who wrote the story Standfirst:   an introductory paragraph in an article 2) How much does a copy of the Daily Mirror cost? (Note: the current cost is different to the CSP edition - I recommend learning both). weekday editions of the Mirror will increase by 5p to £1, with the Saturday edition increasing from £1.60 to £1.70 .  3) What are the main stories on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and

Feedback for paper 1 WWW-This is a very useful lesson in exam technique. You need to read the question and follow exactly what it focuses on. EBI-Q1.1,1.2 etc. are focused on the clip -For q2, you need much more for 20 marks and you need to answer the question 3) Next, write down  three  points from the mark scheme you could have made for Q2 - the unseen analysis question.

  1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? sports, scandals and popular entertainment, soft news. 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? Hard News. More for informational purposes and less for entertainment 3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? They are more likely to read something like the daily mirror which is labour 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? They would likely read the times newspaper as they are conservative 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years? There has been a decline in newspaper sales because of the internet. nowadays people expect their information to be free  6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK? This is because without it the media would be controlled by the government