AS Media - Exam Revision - 'The Olympics': News and Issues - Print Texts

This blog post looks at how the print media reported various issues linked to the Olympic Games in London 2012.

Identify which news values might be present.

Use the WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW model to establish Representation - you should be considering issues such as 'achievement', 'patriotism'. 'unity' and 'national pride'.

Now analyse the various front pages for their representation of Greta Britain's gold medal winner in the heptathlon, Jessica Ennis. Are they representing her more as a female, a female athlete, or as a winner?

Now compare the representation of Ennis with how the following two magazine front pages deal with fitness and the celebrity lifestyle.