What is The Popular Press?

Contents

• definitions of media language associated with newspapers
• codes and conventions
• areas of study
• classroom activities
• front page examples
• front page quiz
• news values
• regulation
• institutions
• representations
• audiences
• politics and the popular press

The Popular Press refers to mass circulation national newspapers, targeted at the popular end of the market. This includes The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily...

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Additional Resources

OCR Nationals Level 2 Overview

This exam is THREE HOURS in length.
All FOUR questions should be answered.
All of the questions are worth 25 marks, so you should spend an equal amount of time on each.
Include any rough design work or planning that you have produced during the exam – make sure your name is on any work that you hand in.

Associated Resources

Popular-Press-Mock-Exam.doc
Popular-Press-Mock-Exam-Scenario-Letter.doc
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Dear Students,

We at New Age Publishing recognise that more and more people are using the Internet to access their news and leisure activities.  The national papers have spotted this and are all now offering an on-line version of themselves.  We know from our research that teenagers are reading newspapers less and less but they are much more inclined to ‘surf the net’ for information. 

We want to launch an on-line newspaper aimed at the...

A Suggested Scheme of Work

This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way in. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.

Exam

The 2010 Controlled Test is 50% of the total marks for the GCSE.
The Popular Press refers to mass circulation national newspapers, targeted at the popular end of the market including The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Express, The...

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British Newspaper Links

Newspaper Marketing Agency Ad campaigns and image archives

Newspaper Templates for Production Coursework

Sunday Newspaper Links

The Wapping Years & The Sun by The Guardian