POLITICAL CONTEXT NEWS QUESTION
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 ownership of the Guardian, reflects an extremely set opinion. However the Guardian, though having a liberal bias, has a more varied and broad opinion throughout it's papers, taking on a more factual approach to stand by for their more intellectual readership. The Daily Mail, being owned by a Press Baron, ultimately reflects Rothermere's opinion, no matter how little the story.
Both papers have a clear political bias, reflecting the divided political climate we are experiencing today. The Guardian's liberal bias stands to promote world views and very left-winged ideologies shared by their audience, echoing the Scott Trust's overall standpoint. They stand by a moral high ground that they don't necessarily can afford to hide behind in the political unrest we are experiencing at the moment, having their own views and not remaining unbiased like the BBC. Conversely, The Daily Mail is far from this, being very keen on exposing their right-winged views, supporting the party in power and displaying most cabinet decisions in a positive light. Though differently biased, both papers very much adhere to the common convention regarding mocking the PM, not matter the standpoint, showing how much of a joke politics can be to both the papers and the public.
As for Regulation, it is quite the opposite scenario. The Mail is self-regulated, using IPSO, wanting to have free-reign over the opinions being represented, not filtered by the government, ironic, since their views are already filtered by Rothermere. However, the Guardian has chosen to be state regulated, somewhat going against their liberal views. Though there is this debate, regulation is still extremely important. Without regulation, anyone's news becomes everybody's news. there are no boundaries. This, seems to be the basis of the Guardian's choice; they don't want to get caught up in any scandals similar to that of News of the World. They are being cautious.
That will come with a price though. By going through the state, we get further and further away from the concept of a free press, being very important to the democracy we have in the UK. Free press plays a vital role in informing citizens about public affairs and monitoring the actions of the government on all levels. Without a free press, we would all be under the Government's spell.
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 ownership of the Guardian, reflects an extremely set opinion. However the Guardian, though having a liberal bias, has a more varied and broad opinion throughout it's papers, taking on a more factual approach to stand by for their more intellectual readership. The Daily Mail, being owned by a Press Baron, ultimately reflects Rothermere's opinion, no matter how little the story.
Both papers have a clear political bias, reflecting the divided political climate we are experiencing today. The Guardian's liberal bias stands to promote world views and very left-winged ideologies shared by their audience, echoing the Scott Trust's overall standpoint. They stand by a moral high ground that they don't necessarily can afford to hide behind in the political unrest we are experiencing at the moment, having their own views and not remaining unbiased like the BBC. Conversely, The Daily Mail is far from this, being very keen on exposing their right-winged views, supporting the party in power and displaying most cabinet decisions in a positive light. Though differently biased, both papers very much adhere to the common convention regarding mocking the PM, not matter the standpoint, showing how much of a joke politics can be to both the papers and the public.
As for Regulation, it is quite the opposite scenario. The Mail is self-regulated, using IPSO, wanting to have free-reign over the opinions being represented, not filtered by the government, ironic, since their views are already filtered by Rothermere. However, the Guardian has chosen to be state regulated, somewhat going against their liberal views. Though there is this debate, regulation is still extremely important. Without regulation, anyone's news becomes everybody's news. there are no boundaries. This, seems to be the basis of the Guardian's choice; they don't want to get caught up in any scandals similar to that of News of the World. They are being cautious.
That will come with a price though. By going through the state, we get further and further away from the concept of a free press, being very important to the democracy we have in the UK. Free press plays a vital role in informing citizens about public affairs and monitoring the actions of the government on all levels. Without a free press, we would all be under the Government's spell.
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