BIG NEWS AND CURRENT
EVENTS IN THE NEWS
Create a timeline and description of the following events
that took place 2017-2020 so that you understand the contexts around them. It
would really help you if you found front covers from the main papers (broadsheet, mid and tabloids) Mediation, Construction, Bias, Selection, Omission Stereotypes and Representation add news values.
- Title
- Context (background, how it came about, triggers, culture etc)
- Date and time of story/stories breaking
- What happened? Crucial dates, who was involved
- Analysis of front page stories and how they represented the issues you are investigating
- Test your audience
Lockdown Good News
Find a selection of top memes, programmes streamed, watched, tik toks, zoom quizzes, top ten lists everywhere, heartwarming community stories. Captain Tom! Look through what was shared on social media. (Jack)
BREXIT (Ruby)– When did David Cameron announce referendum? Why did
he do this? Who were the leavers/remainers? Analyse front pages of Brexit
result https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2016/jun/25/brexit-front-pages-in-pictures.
UK POLITICS - Lauren
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After Cameron resigned who was running for the
leadership?
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When was May chosen as leader of the
Conservative party? When was Boris?
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General Election result and the rise of Jeremy
Corbyn’s popularity.
ROYALS (Tiffanie) Engagements, Queen’s 90th, babies, Meghan and Harry
TERRORISM and HATRED (Codi)
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Westminster Bridge, London Bridge
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Borough, Finsbury Park mosque, Manchester , Jo Cox
SYRIAN WAR - (Kira)
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Brief summary, still ongoing, huge humanitarian
issues, refugees
SPECIFIC UK ISSUES
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Grenfell tower – what issues did this event
highlight? Billy
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Windrush scandal - Isaiah
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NHS – doctor’s strikes, worry over
privatisation, waiting times, COVID Millie
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Charlie Gard Jamie
· Immigration - George
YOUTH AGGRESSION – Acid attacks and spate of stabbings Tom
BIDEN ELECTION – Lead up and Reaction Amelia
#METOO CAMPAIGN Eloise
BLM - George Floyd and before Bish
Dominic Cummings Isabel
CULTURAL TRENDS
OF 2019-2020 (and how other media has influenced a product) Spider diagram,
Moodboard whatever you fancy to get an idea of the zeitgeist (look it up). Sophie
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Films, Tv programmes, Music, Video games and songs that became famous again, Youtube, memes, twitter storms, Tik Tok
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