Media Studies OCR Exam Blog - Kate Ovington

THE DAILY MAIL VS THE GUARDIAN: // The daily mail and the guardian despise each other. // The Guardian called a Daily Mail writer a bully.  // The Guardian reported on a story to dig at the Daily Mail being banned from Virgin Trains. // The Daily Mail reported that the Guardian is fake news and 'purveyors of hate', in retaliation to them referring to them as an 'open sewer'. IS THE DAILY MAIL WORTH READING? // No respect for facts - Wikipedia doesn't see it as a reliable source. // Xenophobia, sexism , homophobia , climate change denial,  Islamophobia. // Obsession with things that cause (or cure) cancer. // Historical support for the British fascist Party and the Nazis. Some people say The Daily Mail is entertaining, an insight into the mindset of a selection of the British population, good for book reviews or celebrity gossip or no worse than other newspapers. IS THE GUARDIAN WORTH READING? // Guardian readers are insufferable because ...

EXPLAIN HOW THE POLITICAL CONTEXT IN WHICH NEWSPAPERS ARE PRODUCED INFLUENCES THEIR OWNERSHIP AND REGULATION. REFER TO THE GUARDIAN AND THE DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPERS YOU HAVE STUDIED TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER. (10 MARKS) In today's political climate, newspapers and their ownership and regulation are key factors in the working minds of their readers, both affecting their political bias and how papers portray certain issues depending on their lenience. The fact that the Daily Mail owners control almost a quarter of the UK newspaper market is easily reflected in the political context of today climate, their partiality towards the conservative party being reflected in UK leadership in 2019. This indicates that they can control the opinions of 24% of the UK's passive audience (theirs being primarily so), if not more, thereby also influencing their political standpoint. The Daily Mail stands by the conservative party as they stay in power. This, compared with the trust owners...