TED talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" The popular press discussed.

28 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

 TED talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" (David Puttnam). The popular press discussed: "The popular press. Life in the global gutter" (The Economist)  (TEXT 10) and "Monitoring the popular press: an historical perspective" (History and Policy) (to be continued on Wednesday). HOMEWORK: answer the questions about David Puttnam's TED talk (further instructions sent by email).

Writing a comparison essay.

23 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reporting to the class on the language features and overall style of two news stories reporting the same event  (Texts 8 and ).

Some guidelines on how to write a comparison essay. Transition words/ expressions used in comparison essays.

In-class assignment: writing a comparison essay about two news stories reporting the same event - TEXT 8 "Pride of Britain Awards 2011 ...", Daily Mirror; TEXT 9 - "Pensioner prevented jewellery raid ...", The Guardian.

HOMEWORK: reread TEXTS 10 and 11 for Monday's class.

Popular press vs quality press: Comparing and contrasting the same news story continued.

21 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Popular vs quality press: comparing and contrasting the language features and overall style of two news stories reporting the same event - TEXT 8 "Pride of Britain Awards 2011 ...", Daily Mirror; TEXT 9 - "Pensioner prevented jewellery raid ...", The Guardian; making judgements about the kind of audience the articles were written for.  

Direct and delayed leads in British papers.

16 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Straight news stories and news features continued: (a) working with British quality and popular papers to identify direct and delayed leads; (b) reporting on your findings to the class.

Headlines continued. "How journalists write". Journalistic genres: straight news reports and features.

14 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Shared knowledge in headlines: continued discussing examples of headlines that are related to specific cultural references.

Reading and discussion of TEXT 7: "How journalists write" (The Guardian).

Journalistic genres: Straight news stories and features. Direct and delayed leads; nut graphs.