Sumários

The Quality Press

4 Dezembro 2017, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Class on an article by Boris Johnson to explain that UK newspapers are not all just sensationalist.


Test in class

29 Novembro 2017, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Second sitting of the test


Test in class

27 Novembro 2017, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Comprehension exercise in class


Analysis of three texts with a view to one of the issues for the two tests next week

22 Novembro 2017, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Analysis of three texts with a view to one of the issues for the two tests next week: smartphone addiction and data protection law (from the anthology) and a set of brief articles from Private Eye magazine about how our data is being used by companies for the purposes of advertising.


Monitoring the Popular Press

20 Novembro 2017, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Analysis of the above text from the anthology. Discussion on the relationship between the media and power in the UK, and how historically the BBC has always been hypercritical of the government and politicians. Showing of extracts from the BBC comedy series "The Revolution will be Televised".