questions

 1. The Guardian and Observer are owned by a trust set up in the 1930s to protect the editorial independence of the Guardian newspaper and to safeguard journalistic freedom and the newspaper’s liberal values.

2. the idea of press freedom means that the press are the most opinionated of all the ‘old’ media. Newspapers can campaign on political issues and journalists are expected to be highly critical of those in power. After a long campaign by The Guardian, as having hacked the voicemails of a young murder victim in such a way that her parents thought she was still alive. This ‘hacking scandal’ led to the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press.

3. Online newspapers will use the traditional media language of newspapers. they use headlines, copy, photography and so on, but also that of television through embedded video and that of social media through readers comments on blogs, or each other’s comments.

4.  The New Review consists of more comedic opinion pieces, interviews and reviews of theatre, dance, music, cinema, architecture, computer games, and television listings. This appeals to the culture consumer. The Sports section covers primarily male sports with a bias to football and rugby union.  The magazine contains much lifestyle material such as fashion, gardening, interior decor, well-being and advice on sex and relationships, as well as more serious opinion pieces and interviews.

5. Reading articles by familiar columnists and responding with tweets, Instagram comments, or comments on the website may replace real social interactions for some readers and The Observer similarly reinforces a set of social and political attitudes, and thus identity, in its representations

6. The Observer website has no user generated content; the audience are limited to responding to the journalists’ output