02 NEWSPAPERS

 Read the OCR guide here - open the pdf link

Today you are going to work off-line on your own once you have downloaded the PDF guide above.

Your CLASSWORK is to read certain sections of this OCR fact sheet and for PREP you answer the questions below. Copy / paste the green text below into your own blog along with the questions and your answers.

Newspaper industries –ownership and control question: who controls The Observer / Guardian and what are its values?

Press freedom and regulation question: What is meant by 'a free press'? When The Guardian newspaper investigated (and revealed) what The News of The World newspaper had done to get stories, what big changes in press regulation resulted?

Convergence question: "When newspapers operate online there is technological and cultural convergence." What does this mean in The Observer?

Newspaper audiences question: The Observer has different sections designed to appeal to different types of readers. Explain this with examples.

Uses and gratification question: how does The Observer meet readers' needs for personal identity and social integration?

Active/passive audiences question: in what way can The Observer's audience be 'active' ?