NEWSPAPERS QUESTION 1 AND 2 - SOURCE QUESTIONS

 Look carefully at the two sources below and consider the following questions:

Question 1: 

Analyse the media language used in Sources A and B in relation to the political contexts.

Apply Barthe's theory of Semiology in your answer.

and

Question 1:

Analyse the different political representations in Sources A and B.

Apply Hall’s theory of representation in your answer.

and 

Question 2:

Source A and Source B cover the same news event from two different sources, one tabloid cover and one broadsheet cover.

How do these covers use codes and conventions to convey viewpoints and ideologies?

In your answer you must:

• explain how newspaper covers, use genre conventions to convey viewpoints and ideologies,
• analyse the way that meaning is constructed in these two newspaper covers,
• make judgements and reach conclusions about how far the sources construct viewpoints and ideologies.

15 Marks (25 minutes)

SOURCE A: Front Cover of The Metro - 16/06/2023

SOURCE B: Front Cover of The Independent - 16/06/2023