It is an award-winning advertisement that is an inspiring example of creative editing in its own right.
You then read a selection of current copies of the Observer /Guardian to identify what distinguishes the 'quality' press.
- These broadsheets generally value hard news, such as political news.
- They value an international outlook, covering foreign affairs.
- They tackle 'difficult' issues, even if they are uncomfortable.
- They serve a broad audience by including sport, culture, the arts, with many feature articles: its balance of features reflects that it values culture as well as politics and hard news
- Online versions offer interactivity, with podcasts, comments invited, readers' letters
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For question 10, you will be rewarded for drawing together elements from your full course of study, including different areas of the theoretical framework and media contexts. ‘The representations featured in the online Observer reflect its values and beliefs.’
Discuss how far you agree with this statement. In your answer, you must:
· Analyse the representations featured in the extract with reference to the Observer’s values and beliefs
· Make judgements and draw conclusions about how far you agree with the statement. [15 marks]
PREP Spend thirty minutes developing your music magazine cover. Each of you must consult the 'comments' box under your music magazine on your blog for guidance. The aim of your work is to create a convincing music magazine cover. The task is very important as it not only develops your Photoshop technical skills in preparation for your own 03 Creating Media brief, but it enables you to answer with confidence the exam questions on music magazine codes and conventions, questions 4 and 5. This link opens all the info that you need about these questions, together with sample papers and insert examples form MOJO and a comparison piece.
