Task for Assignment 3

READING MATTERS TEXTS 24 to 32

 You should read all the texts and write a report addressing the questions below.

 READING MATTERS Texts 24-32 were grouped under (A), (B) and (C).

 For each of these groups consider the following questions:

1.     Identify two themes common to the three texts.

2.     Suggest the two most obvious differences between the three texts.

 Organise your ideas into three paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: group (A) texts

Paragraph 2: group (B) texts

Paragraph 3: group (C) texts

Word limit: approximately 800 words

 (A)

TEXT 24: Prominent Britons Use ‘Super Injunctions’ to Shush Scandals in Papers | The New York Times

TEXT 25: Streisand Effect Takes Hold As Turkey Bans Twitter | Forbes

TEXT 26: The Economist explains: What is the Streisand effect |The Economist

(B)

TEXT 27: The Government's War on Freedom of the Press | Reason

TEXT 28: What happened to fear of the press | American Journalism Review

TEXT 29: Let's Not Give Away the Power of the Press | American Journalism Review

(C)

TEXT 30: From Missouri to Syria, Journalists Are Becoming Targets |The New York Times

TEXT 31: A free press? I’m a UK journalist, but the police labelled me an extremist | The Guardian

TEXT 32: Threat to journalists at highest level in 10 years, report says | The Guardian