Theme D4 these come from? Can they spot any correlations? Ask students to collect a variety of papers prior to the lesson (or bring these into class yourself). Consider basic questions about the difference between newspapers. Which ones would they classify as tabloid/popular and which would be quality (or what used to be known as a broadsheet)? Use the newspapers as a tool to get students to highlight and present to the class stories that they have identified as being more factual and those that are more based upon opinion or commentary. 89 Is the media honest and To develop critical awareness Introduce students to the idea of spin by Newspaper front pages: truthful and how is it of the showing topical headlines that focus on the regulated? same story. It might be worth focusing on particularly contentious issues and comparing Theme D4 To consider whether the Hacked Off the campaign for a – the coverage of, say, a migration or immigration Off’ campaign is right ‘Hacked free and accountable press: story. Comparing the coverage of a newspaper to demand tighter media http://hackinginquiry.org such as the Daily Mail or Express to that of the regulation. Guardian in this regard may be a good starting point. Explain that in the UK, newspapers are free to report comment and can be biased, whereas television news is highly regulated and needs to give multiple perspectives. If time permits, looking at the difference between US and UK television news is particularly interesting. You may wish to search online for clips from Fox News vs the BBC’s coverage. Download information and use Hacked Off’s website. Ask students to investigate how the is regulated in the UK at present and
Theme D4 these come from? Can they spot any correlations? Ask students to collect a variety of papers prior to the lesson (or bring these into class yourself). Consider basic questions about the difference between newspapers. Which ones would they classify as tabloid/popular and which would be quality (or what used to be known as a broadsheet)? Use the newspapers as a tool to get students to highlight and present to the class stories that they have identified as being more factual and those that are more based upon opinion or commentary. 89 Is the media honest and truthful and how is it regulated? Theme D4 To develop critical awareness of the To consider whether the ‘Hacked Off’ campaign is right to demand tighter media regulation. Introduce students to the idea of spin by showing topical headlines that focus on the same story. It might be worth focusing on particularly contentious issues and comparing the coverage of, say, a migration or immigration story. Comparing the coverage of a newspaper such as the Daily Mail or Express to that of the Guardian in this regard may be a good starting point. Explain that in the UK, newspapers are free to report comment and can be biased, whereas television news is highly regulated and needs to give multiple perspectives. If time permits, looking at the difference between US and UK television news is particularly interesting. You may wish to search online for clips from Fox News vs the BBC’s coverage. Download information and use Hacked Off’s website. Ask students to investigate how the is regulated in the UK at present and Newspaper front pages: Hacked Off – the campaign for a free and accountable press: http://hackinginquiry.org
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