Cast study 3: News stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

Testing what you've learned

1) What is the angle of a news story?
BBC News show it from a National angle which is more broadsheets but has some a bit of tabloids.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?
Tabloids are less serious and focus more on celebrities, sports and crime stories. Where as Broad sheets are more serious, has international news and  have a political and economic view.

3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?
An example of a Tabloid would be Russia Today.

4)What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?
An example of a broadsheet style would be BBC News.

5)What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage? International is world news, National would be UK news, regional would be London Yorkshire and Scotland and Local news would be London, Leeds and Edinburgh.

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips

BBC NEWS

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
It is National because it is about the election which is going on in the UK.

2) what angle does the report take on the story?
The angle of the Election Story is from a British angle.

3) Is this more tabloids or broadsheet-style coverage?
It is more Broadsheet style and a bit of tabloid in it.

4) What kinds of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
I think a wide range of audiences would watch it because the BBC are showing each party members in the shot and they have a lot to say that tells the audience about the promises they are making to everyone including young people.

Sky News

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
 It is national because it is only going on about the election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
It is more of a British angle but they mostly have positive stories about conservative.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Sky News is more Broad sheet but they also have a bit of Tabloid in it.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
A British audience would watch this because it is aimed at an British audience.

 STV

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
STV is more regional because it is Scottish and it has a Scottish perspective.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
STV take a Scottish angle on the story.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet- style coverage?
STV is in the middle because they are not that serious with the news stories.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
 A Scottish audience would want to watch this because they had shown the parties that would be elected but from they show the Scottish versions of the parties such as Labour and Conservative, UKIP, Green party and Lib Dem.

Channel 4 
1) Is their international, national, regional or local news?
There is more international and national. It is more balanced.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
They take a British angle of the story.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet- style coverage?
Channel 4 News is more Broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
A wide range of audiences would also watch this type of news because it is one of the 5 channels that show the news because it is the public channels. A lot of different races would also watch Channel 4 news because of Channel 4's international news but for the Political news they showed fair stories of each party.