Week Six

Week Six
Print newspapers vs online newspapers

Back in your parents' childhood, newspapers were the main way to keep up to date with what was going on in the world. Nowadays, newspapers are moving online and we can be updated with what is happening 24/7!

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about how print newspapers are made
2. Watch THIS video about online newspapers
3. What do you think the differences are between print and online newspapers? What does this mean for the kind of information they share? Contribute your answer HERE
4. Newspapers (both in print and online) are owned by BIG companies. Watch THIS video and think about what this might mean for the kind of information and perspectives they choose to share (we will look at this issue more next week)

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Understand that conventions are used to represent authority/or discredit a chosen perspective
• Be able to differentiate between old and new media
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).