America withdraws from Afghanistan, and the Taliban retake Kabul. Refugees flee amid the chaos.
Guardian Online
The Mirror Online
UK to take in 20,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban - but just 5,000 this year - Mirror Online
SOURCE A: DAILY MIRROR SOURCE B: DAILY MAIL
Question1:
Analyse the representation of masculinity in SOURCE A and SOURCE B.
Apply Barthes' theories of semiology in your answer.
Question 2:
Sources A and B cover the same news event from two different tabloid newspapers.
How far have media conventions been used to construct viewpoints in Sources A and B?
In your answer you must:
- outline the conventions of the front pages of tabloid newspapers, including use and style of headlines and images
- analyse the contrasting use of symbolic, technical and written conventions in the sources
- make judgements and reach conclusions on the way in which media conventions construct viewpoints and ideologies
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