Module 1
General
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Part 2: Old English Literature
Part 1: Newspapers
Here are some useful links, based on what we have discussed in class:
British daily newspaper readership (source):
British daily newspaper readership (source):
Newspaper readership, including social class and age group | |
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The newspapers we have looked at in class are: (source 1, source 2)
Broadsheets:
Guardian Left of centre top quality daily. Guardian Unlimited is the web version of the daily paper. The Guardian is a left-leaning broadsheet, good at covering social and political issues and international news.
Times Slightly conservative, the oldest British national daily. The Times is a right-leaning broadsheet owned by News International. Times Online gives free access to today's news.The archive is an invaluable resource.
Tabloids:
i Concise quality tabloid sold to commuters and “readers and lapsed readers” lacking time to read a full-sized newspaper
Mirror Tabloid, traditionally supportive of the Labour party.
Sun The most popular newspaper in the UK. Rupert Murdoch's tabloid known for its sensational headlines and pictures of topless girls.
Other main newspapers in the UK are:
Financial Times One of the world's leading business and politics newspapers with a global outlook. Shares, stocks, company results, analysis and city gossip. Some of the articles are only available to subscribers.
Telegraph Well written conservative broadsheet. The Telegraph is a right-leaning broadsheet, traditionally a newspaper of record and is good on international news and offers an alternative to the Financial Times on City reporting.
Independent Daily liberal broadsheet with a wide international coverage.
Daily Express Conservative middle-market tabloid.
Mail Tabloid, similar to Daily Express. Has a fairly right-wing slant, large coverage of "women's issues".
Broadsheets:
Guardian Left of centre top quality daily. Guardian Unlimited is the web version of the daily paper. The Guardian is a left-leaning broadsheet, good at covering social and political issues and international news.
Times Slightly conservative, the oldest British national daily. The Times is a right-leaning broadsheet owned by News International. Times Online gives free access to today's news.The archive is an invaluable resource.
Tabloids:
i Concise quality tabloid sold to commuters and “readers and lapsed readers” lacking time to read a full-sized newspaper
Mirror Tabloid, traditionally supportive of the Labour party.
Sun The most popular newspaper in the UK. Rupert Murdoch's tabloid known for its sensational headlines and pictures of topless girls.
Other main newspapers in the UK are:
Financial Times One of the world's leading business and politics newspapers with a global outlook. Shares, stocks, company results, analysis and city gossip. Some of the articles are only available to subscribers.
Telegraph Well written conservative broadsheet. The Telegraph is a right-leaning broadsheet, traditionally a newspaper of record and is good on international news and offers an alternative to the Financial Times on City reporting.
Independent Daily liberal broadsheet with a wide international coverage.
Daily Express Conservative middle-market tabloid.
Mail Tabloid, similar to Daily Express. Has a fairly right-wing slant, large coverage of "women's issues".
Assignment 1
Complete the text comparison assignment on the last page of your "Reading Non-Fiction" readers (Compare the BBC Website with the Environment
Agency document). Your comparison will be marked according to the relevant sections of the IB Essay Criteria. Deadline: 12th September. Hand-in on paper.
!! Britt and Milan !! Please complete the same assignment instructions, but use these articles instead: 1, 2. As these articles are shorter, you may write 350-400 words.
Agency document). Your comparison will be marked according to the relevant sections of the IB Essay Criteria. Deadline: 12th September. Hand-in on paper.
!! Britt and Milan !! Please complete the same assignment instructions, but use these articles instead: 1, 2. As these articles are shorter, you may write 350-400 words.