News Story Research
WEEK 1
MailOnline website
- Star Trek and Captain America star Kenneth Mitchell dead at 49: Actor passes away after heroic five-year battle with motor neurone disease as his family reveal he faced 'series of awful challenges' Sunday, Feb 25th 2024
- Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell has died at 49-years-old after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his family has confirmed. Mitchell played the Klingons Kol, Kol-Sha, and Tenavik, as well as Aurellio, on Star Trek: Discovery and voiced several characters in an episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Born on November 25, 1974 in Toronto, Canada, Mitchell starred in several films and television shows including Captain Marvel, Miracle, Jericho, The Astronaut Wives Club, Ghost Whisperer and Switched at Birth. He is survived by his wife Susan May Pratt and their two children, Lilah and Kallum.
- This is an example of soft news.
- It reflect the ideological stance of the newspaper/website.
- This person starred on Star Trek which had a huge fanbase of this particular demographic so they knew who this person was (Personal relationship - Blumler and Katz: Uses and Gratifications theory.)
Guardian website
- Former justice secretary calls out Tory party colleagues over ‘dangerous’ rhetoric.
- former-justice-secretary-calls-out-tory-party-colleagues-over-dangerous-rhetoric Sunday, Feb 25th 2024
- Lee Anderson, who was deputy chair of the party until a month ago, told GB News on Friday that Islamists had “got control of” Sadiq Khan and that the London mayor had “given our capital city away to his mates”. He was stripped of the Tory whip after refusing to apologise.
- This is an example of hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Those who support The Conservative party are well informed and appeals to that sort of audience demographic of the white middle class mainly. (Personal identity - Blumler and Katz: Uses and Gratifications theory).
WEEK 2
Mailonline website
- Harry loses court battle.
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13135861/prince-harry-appeal-high-court-ruled-home-office-downgrade-security.html Wednesday, Feb 28th 2024
- Prince Harry today lost a High Court challenge against the Home Office over a decision to downgrade his taxpayer-funded personal security when he visits Britain. The Duke of Sussex took legal action over the move by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) after being told he would no longer be given the 'same degree' of publicly-funded protection when in the UK. His lawyers had claimed he was 'singled out' and treated 'less favourably' in the February 2020 decision by the body, which falls under the Home Office's remit. But at a hearing in London in December, the Government insisted 39-year-old Harry's claim should be dismissed, arguing Ravec was entitled to conclude the Duke's protection should be 'bespoke' and considered on a 'case-by-case' basis. Two months on, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane has now issued his ruling on the case this morning - saying: 'The application for judicial review is refused.'
- This is an example of soft news.
- It reflect the ideological stance of the newspaper/website.
- Blumler and Katz: Uses and Gratifications theory - British individuals who are royalists keeping up to date with the current affairs that relate to the royal family.
Guardian website
- Conservatives
- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life Wednesday, Feb 28th 2024
- Figure for party is twice proportion among overall population and comes amid row over Lee Anderson comments about Sadiq Khan.
- This is an example of hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Those who support The Conservative party are well informed and appeals to that sort of audience demographic of the white middle class mainly. (Personal identity - Blumler and Katz: Uses and Gratifications theory).
WEEK 3
Mailonline website
- Jeremy Hunt hands thousands more middle-income families child benefit, slashes NI by 2p - giving 27m workers £450 - and freezes fuel and alcohol duty in pre-election Budget... but there's pain for vapers, smokers and landlords
- Hunt's election give-away
- 'lower taxes mean higher growth'
- This is an example of hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Galtung and Ruge: exclusivity and amplitude.
The Guardian
- spring-budget-2024-jeremy-hunt-tax-cuts-conservatives-labour-uk-politics-latest-updates
- Jeremy Hunt cuts national insurance, abolishes non-dom status and raises child benefit threshold.
- From April employee national insurance will be cut from 10% to 8%, and self-employed NICS from 8% to 6%.
- This is an example of hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Galtung and Ruge: exclusivity and amplitude.
WEEK 4
MailOnline website
- The 'joint' appearance that lays bare the depth of William and Harry's feud: Brothers will address Princess Diana memorial event in London tonight... but the Duke of Sussex's videolink will only start AFTER the Prince of Wales has left the building
- This is an example of soft news.
- It reflect the ideological stance of the newspaper/website.
- Galtung and Ruge - elite nations and people
The Guardian
- diane-abbott-accuses-tories-of-aiming-to-play-race-card-before-election
- This is an example of hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Galtung and Ruge - frequency and negativity
WEEK 5
MailOnline website
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13234973/Russia-isis-moscow-attack-torture-suspects.html
- Putin scrambles to save face after ignoring US warning of ISIS attack as it emerges one terrorist was photographed staking out venue: Suspects in court after genital electrocution torture and one being forced to eat his own EAR
- This is an example hard news.
- It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
- Galtung and Ruge - elite nations and people.
The Guardian
UK ‘slow to hold China to account’ for cyber-attacks against MPs and voters
This is an example hard news.
It reflects the political stance of the newspaper/website.
Galtung and Ruge - elite nations and people.
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