Essay Question - Newspaper
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] - Outline the political system we live in - Say how this shapes the type of news created - profit driven owned by barons - Declining sales in print has seen news move online - This is difficult to regulate - 2000 articles a day - Leveson intervened - ipso and impress set up - However guardian and mail are different - Example of how this shapes their news production (a story/example from the mail and one from the guardian) - Overall, conclude - ownership and regulation are shaped b the system we live in because.. The political system we have regarding the press is considered as a "free press" although 80% of the press we have is controlled by 3 people, so it really isn't a free press if it is controlled by the people who especially have high status. This ownership a...