NEWS Q3 PRACTICE
EXPLAIN HOW THE POLITICAL CONTEXT IN WHICH NEWSPAPERS ARE PRODUCED INFLUENCES THEIR OWNERSHIP AND REGULATION [10] The political contexts and distribution of power dynamics in society have a heavy influence on the ownership of UK national newspapers. The capitalist society we live in dominates the oligopolistic nature of our news system, contradicting this idea of a free press, our news being controlled by a limited voice. The Daily Mail's proprietor ownership model is a great example of how capitalism has influenced ownership of the press, in which a successful and wealthy owner (Viscount Rothermere) controls the whole paper through personal ownership . This model establishes the owner's close relationship with the editor and the owner thereby also has deciding influence over what is printed in the paper. The Daily Mail is driven by profits, often resulting in sensationalist conventions running through it's journalism in order to drive sales, catering to Rothermere's ca...