Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015
On Monday 30 March, David Cameron dissolved Parliament to spark the start of the 2015 General Election campaign. This was reported by every major TV News programme but they took slightly different angles on the same story. Testing what you've learned... 1) What is the angle of a news story? An angle of a news story is the perspective that the news provider takes on certain advents. An example of this is Sky news sympathising with the conservative party, ignoring other parties(not presenting them much) 2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? A tabloid is less serious while it focuses on things like celebs and sports. Broadsheet are have much more serious news, e.g.. politics, economics and international news. 3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? An example of a tabloid-style TV news programme is Channel Four news. 4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? An example of a broadshe