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Newspaper regulation essay feedback and learner response

Comments on newspaper regulation essay:
  • Excellent opening and I like the way you acknowledge the difficulty of the debate and the fact there are arguments on both sides.
  • Check your dates – the phone hacking scandal was 2007 but the News of the World didn’t close until 2011.
  • Beware of the odd typo (e.g. IPSO name, apostrophe for ‘schoolgirl’s family’ etc.)
  • Your argument in favour of regulation citing media power is excellent – now we’ve studied Curran and Seaton you can add that theory into this aspect of the debate.
  • The quote from Perch is a good one but the following point is slightly out – we don’t have statutory regulation so the others don’t have to ‘suffer the consequences’ but they would if we did have it!
  • Is the Fox News quote an actual quote? If so, say who said it. Otherwise, I’d rephrase it by saying something like ‘Some people argue that if the current Fox News had been around…’ rather than a direct quote.
  • Try and get more up-to-date examples of accountability journalism e.g. the Guardian exposing the Windrush scandal, the Telegraph and the MP expenses scandal etc.
  • I like your conclusion and overall this is an excellent response. I wonder if you could add a paragraph discussing whether the need for profit is changing journalism to the extent that regulation will be required (i.e. clickbait ‘churnalism’ only there for clicks). This would then give you an opportunity to bring in our newspaper CSPs.
Next steps:
  • As your learner response, pick out three improvements/changes you can make to your essay on newspaper regulation.
  • Write a new paragraph for the essay using examples from the Daily Mail, MailOnline or ‘i’ newspaper website

  • Improvements to make:
  • Use Curran and Seaton theory
  • Bring CSPs into argument
  • Add a paragraph discussing whether the need for profit is changing journalism to the extent that regulation will be required 









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