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I think we should create a regulation on social media and their uses of our confidential data and how they keep it stored and control and handle it because we do not know what they are doing with our data, and they could sell it off to other companies which then creates an issue for the user of that data as they could be targeted for frauds or they could have their data stolen and then a fake profile could be used to defraud people and ruin their life by all of these fake accounts online which then cause problems for that person to be employed or they could be charged with fraud and scamming which could lead to that person being sentenced to jail for a crime they didn’t do because they had their data stolen or sold off. In 2018 face book had a huge breach of people’s personal data and the victims of this attack not only might have lost their job or worse Facebook lost around 6 billion dollars (about $18 per person in the US) over their breach in 2018 and this breach affected over 50 million people (about twice the population of Texas) in an article by the  

NPR – https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/986005820/after-data-breach-exposes-530-million-facebook-says-it-will-not-notify-users  

says that Facebook will not notify their 530 million users after they had another breach in 2019 a year later Facebook decided not to notify over 530 million of its users whose personal data was lifted in a breach sometime before August 2019 and was recently made available in a public database. Facebook also has no plans to do so, a spokesperson said. 

Phone numbers, full names, locations, some email addresses, and other details from user profiles were posted to an amateur hacking forum on Saturday, business insider reported last week. 

The leaked data includes personal information from 533 million Facebook users in 106 countries. 

Therefore, I believe that these companies should be regulated on what they are allowed to take from us and our confidential data and that these companies should not be allowed to be getting away with this type of stuff since they are putting people at risk, and they care more about the money rather than the welfare of their users and they are ignoring their own private policies and doing illegal stuff by their own standards as well as the law.  

Newspapers

CSP 9&10: THE DAILY MAIL AND THE I

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THE DAILY MAILTHE I
– national daily tabloid newspaper
– launched in 1896
–  middle-market newspaper published in London
– horizontally integrated with metro newspaper and the i
– regulated by IPSO
– right-wing newspaper
– embraces the opportunities of digital technology
– 218 million visitors per month
– website is the most visited news website in the world
– one of the first British papers to popularize its coverage to appeal to a mass readership
–  print circulation has fallen below 900,000 for the first time in more than 100 years
– Yellow Journalism – sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth		– national daily ‘quality tabloid’
– launched in 2010 as a sister paper to The Independent
– regulated by IPSO
– left-wing newspaper
– paper and its website bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) in 2019, for £49.6 million
 developed a strong national reputation over time
– average daily circulation of 145,411
– chose not to declare for either ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ during brexit, unlike other papers

KEY WORD/THEMEDEFINITIONDAILY MAILTHE I
Commodification Within a capitalist economic system, commodification is the transformation of things such as goods, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals into objects of trade or commodities.PG22: ‘passed around on Whatsapp … file saying Boris is ‘no longer an electoral asset” – commodifying personal info to make moneysold do Daily Mail and General Trust in 2019
left a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views, focusing on humanityPGfrontcover – Front cover ‘Johnson future turning toxic for Tories’
right a group or party favouring conservative or reactionary views, focusing on business and economyPG18: ‘the truth is that Boris Johnson is by a country mile the best person to lead the tory government and the country at this time’

PG28 – ‘transport secretary’ tells airports ‘its YOUR job to sort out queues chaos’
libertarianismpromoting ideas of freedomPG18-22 – ‘the Opinions Matrix’ portrays views of many people ‘Tony Fitzjohn… Ian Birrel… John Burn-Murdoch…etc’
authoritarianism promoting the idea of strict centralised controluses the editorial to promote voice of editor and voice of editor only
regulation a rule or directive made and maintained by an authorityregulated by IPSOregulated by IPSO
counter-terrorism/militarymeasures designed to combat or prevent terrorism
PG18 – ‘Justified use of military against Russia’

PG25 – ‘UK sends in war crime experts’		PG17-‘ britian send long-range arms for the first time’
one party statetype of sovereign state in which only one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitutionPG2: ‘no alternative candidate’
authoritythe power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience/a person or organization having political or administrative power and controlPG18: ‘labour’s chances of winning an overall majority are vanishingly small’
democracy a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representative
racial superioritybelief that a certain race is superior to all othersPG18 – “Boris is right and macron wrong. Saving Putins face is a mugs game
equality the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunitiesPG 23 – ‘proof that the poorest people get his worse by soaring inflation’ – makes people aware of less fortunate people
nationalism/patriotism the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s countryPg6 – “Final parade was so very British”

Header above many pages “Our platinum queen” – use of our shows a support for the queen and shows patriotism		PG24 – ‘Dad-rock cosplay… but its a triumph 26’ *image of Liam Gallagher* – embracign british culture
Information fused with entertainmentmixing news and entertainment in order to distract peoplePG36-37 – ‘MASTERQUIZ’…’TRAIN TRACKS’…’KILLER SUDOKU’
Newspapers, Notes

CSP – THE I AND THE DAILY MAIL

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  • Left wing = More concerned with humanity; Collective
  • Right wing = More concerned with economics/ business; Individualist.
  • Authoritarian = The idea of power and control.
  • Libertarian = The idea of freedom and liberty.

The Daily Mail

Audience:

  •  It has a majority female readership, with women making up 52–55% of its readers.
  • Average age of its readers was 58.
  • Is considered to be the voice of ‘Middle-England‘ (middle class england).
  • “Highest-circulated daily newspaper. February 2020 show gross daily sales of 1,134,184 for the Daily Mail.”

The i

Audience:

  • It is aimed at “readers and lapsed readers” of all ages and commuters with limited time (lapsed reader = They had not read since leaving formal education, or because their reading habits had been interrupted).
  • The paper had an average daily circulation of 302,757 in March 2013.
  • At the top of select pages there are links to the social media handles of ‘The i’, perhaps they are trying to connect to a younger audience, becoming more inclusive and progressive.

Page 20 – “Your view”, opinions from the audience (readers letters)
‘Collin and Kathy’ – Freedom of speech to present unheard voices. “Exposes the brutality of Israel’s treatment”

Essay Plan

“Ideology can be defined as a collection of values and beliefs. To what extent do media products target audiences by constructing an ideological view of the world?“

  • Define authoritarian/ libertarian/ right/ left/ political compass
  • Introduce CSP’s and key information about each paper.

The purpose of newspaper is to highlight global issues and to reflect the conversation of the ‘public sphere’. Habermas (1989) says that the newspaper has allowed a libertarian expression of thought and opinion, he comments on how the media is an ‘arena of public debate’. Curran reinforces this ideology by saying that “the freedom to publish in the free market ensures that the press reflects a wide range of opinions and interests.” Different newspapers use their political stance to influence their target audiences, providing information that links to their ideological view of the world. ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘The i’ provide us with opposing ideological viewpoints. ‘The Daily Mail’ evidently constructs a right wing political stance with support for the conservative party whilst ‘The i’ is presenting a more libertarian, central viewpoint.

Analysis

KEY THEME/ ISSUE/ KEY WORDThe Daily Mail (Textual evidence)The Daily Mail (Institutional evidence)The I (Textual evidence)The I (Institutional evidence)
GlobalizationAugust 2016: The ‘Daily Mail‘ began a partnership with ‘The People’s Daily‘, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. This partnership included publishing articles in the ‘MailOnline’ produced by The People’s Daily.
The agreement appeared to observers to give the paper an edge in publishing news stories sourced out of China, but it also led to questions of censorship regarding politically sensitive topics.

– Implies that the newspaper shares the views of ‘Communism’ through
Political stance (Right/Left, Conservative/ Labour, Authoritarian/Libertarian)Page 3 – “Tory rebels”, “We are strongest when united”, “No alternative candidate” (The Daily Mail is supportive of this one party state)
Suggesting that the UK is a one party state (right authoritarian).
Authoritarian viewpoint

Page 18 (Daily Mail Comment/ Editorial, the voice of the newspaper) – “Boris is right”
“Humiliation, Malice, Superiority”
“If the Tories implode, they could let in the nightmare coalition of the Labour etc.”

Page 23 – Strong views of support for the conservative party “outsting PM now would be nothing less than insanity”		As a right-wing tabloid, the Mail is traditionally a supporter of the Conservative Party.

Lord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards them in the early 1930s.

According to a December 2004 survey, 53% of Daily Mail readers voted for the Conservative Party

The paper is generally critical of the BBC, which it says is biased to the left

– Right wing stance which seems more concerned with buisness and authority over humanity. 		Front cover: ‘Johnson future turning toxic for Tories‘The i‘ chose not to endorse a political party throughout the 2016 elections.

During the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union, held in June 2016, the paper chose not to declare for either “leave” or “remain”

Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist party, is a fortnightly columnist for The i. His column usually features in the “My View” comment section of the paper.

Perhaps, the paper is a more ‘centralist’ viewpoint rather than supporting one political ideology.
Business over humanity The ‘Daily Mail and General Trust’, the publishers of ‘The Daily Mail’, ‘The Independent’ and ‘The i’ etc.
The Daily Mail is a conglomerate which uses horizontal integration to merge ownership over many newspaper products. 		The paper and its website were bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) on 29 November 2019, for £49.6 million

originally launched in 2010 as a sister paper to The Independent.
Patriotism/ Nationalism (support of own country)Page 6 – National pride “final parade was so very British”

Page 10 – “How the nation came together to put on a right royal spread

Page 14 – “keep the togetherness”, “lets not go back to bickering after the weekend”- The Royal Family are presented as more important/ superior
Support for the Royal Family Front page – “magnificent celebrations”, “joyous jubilee”- The paper seems to be in support of the monarchy, celebrating their status.

Special insert with coverage of the Queen’s Jubilee – “our platinum queen”
– Page 4 of insert “Our beacon of duty”		Front page – “Slimmed down Royal Family is revealed in Jubilee finale”

Page 7 – “A grand spectacle packed with pomp, silliness” – ‘The i’ is criticizing the over dramatic parades seen at the Queen’s jubilee.
(The Queen) “absent from so far, absent from party at the palace” – Bringing light to the lack of royal presentation when all this money and effort put into creating the Queen’s jubilee.
Power through authorityPage 20 – “Sturgeon keeps schtum over bullying inquiry” – Perhaps the paper is in support of the abuse of status/ authority .
Racial superiority/ Immigration
Terrorism
LGBTQ+ RepresentationPage 21 – “backlash as transgender paedophile is spared jail” – Perhaps the newspaper perceives those in the LGBTQ+ community as dangerous individuals. Page 22 – Representing the voice of a LGBTQ+ individual. Presenting diverse views. She says that “pride month is an empty gesture” and how Pride has been stripped of celebration for individuality it is now “one giant rainbow painted empty gesture”. The Mail described one of the judges as “openly gay.” Critics accused the Mail of unnecessarily highlighting the judge’s sexual orientation due to anti-gay motives.
Difference in Religion
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”
Education Page 32 – Presenting the university ideal, concluding that higher education is the only way to success and knowledge. “My lifelong shame over failing to go to university”
Tax
ReproductionPage 39 – “decided to pay Svetlana to have their baby”, “your Ukrainian surrogate”, perhaps they are presenting this view that immigrants are objects of slavery. Ridiculing couples who rely on surrogacy to reproduce?
Commodification
Regulation
Money VS Unemployment
The Military/ ViolencePage 28 – The paper is presenting this idea that the Military should be kept to deal with violence and not waste time on minor issues such as helping in an airport. – “The army is not a snap solution to every problem”
Representation of different countries. Page 16 – Not a news story, an advert. “You should be reading this on the front page”
– Use of statistics and numbers to shock the audience into making a change.

Page 32 – ‘Panorama’ section which provides news stories from other countries over the world. Under-represented countries such as; ‘Cambodia’, ‘Bangladesh’, ‘
Information fused with entertainment
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Key words Daily mail- textual evidenceDaily Mail- institutional evidenceThe i- textual evidenceThe i- institutional evidence
Militarism (use of military)Ukraine and Russia (page 25) pro-war anti-war.
Business over humansLord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards them in the early 1930spg 16- drawing attention to the hunger crisis in east africa, leftist libertarian views.The paper and its website were bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) on 29 November 2019, for £49.6 million
views on conservative partyp18 is the ‘Comment’ ie the editorial or voice of the paper ‘Only Starmer gains from this clueless plot’ – ie Labour will gain from Conservative divisions over Boris Johnsona right-wing tabloid,[1][2][3] the Mail is traditionally a supporter of the Conservative Party. It has endorsed the party in every UK general election since 1945,Front cover ‘Johnson future turning toxic for Tories’ seems to be against Conservative / Boris JohnsonNick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist party, is a fortnightly columnist for the i. His column usually features in the “My View” comment section of the paper.[31]
During an interview for the i in December 2017, then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn declared himself to be a dedicated reader of the i, saying that its compact size and concise articles suited his busy lifestyle as Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition.[32]
PatriotismFront page ‘Joyous Jubilee’ – supporting Royal FamilyFront page ‘The new Firm’ slightly critical of Royal Family
authority/ libetarianPG18: ‘labour’s chances of winning an overall majority are vanishingly small’Third-party assessments from media bias organizations such as AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check. Based on this data, The Factual assigns Daily Mail a “Right” bias. Does not have voice of editor, but an ‘Opinion Matrix’ instead ie a range of different voices and opinion – so much more freedom and plurality (=many) in voice and thought?
One partyPage 2 suggests the UK is a one party state ‘no alternative’, ‘we are strongest when united’ this shows a very authoritarian perspective.PG2: ‘no alternative candidate’
Racial Superioritypg 19. ‘tired of white men being blamed for everything wrong in the world’
Equalitypage 9 (the prince sticks his tongue out and puts his hand on his mouthers mouth)
Nationalismpage 10 ‘how the nation came together’ suggest national harmony – we are all together.published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom
Class superiorityPage 14 – “Prince of wales… uniting the UK” – I think this shows that the Daily Mail believes the Royal Family (upper class) are much more important
Page 18 – “Boris is right, Macron is wrong… Saving Putins face is a mug’s game” – Showing Boris’ superiority by involving Putin
rightPG18: ‘the truth is that Boris Johnson is by a country mile the best person to lead the tory government and the country at this time’
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THE DAILY MAIL AND THE I

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Political Compass- Key Terms

Right Wing- Conservative (Biased to economy)

Left Wing- Labour (Biased to humanity)

  • Class superiority
  • Business over humanity
  • Racial superiority
  • Freedom of people
  • Patriotism
  • Restriction of immigration
  • Militarism
  • Globalisation
  • Abortion
  • Protectionism
  • Regulation
  • Monopolies
  • Discipline
  • Commodities
  • LGBTQ+ Rights
  • Religion
  • Charity
  • Education
  • Tax
  • Disability
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Left Wing- Labour [More about humanity]

Right Wing- Conservative [More about economy]

Key Words/ ThemesDaily Mail (textual evidence)Daily Mail (institutional evidence)The I (textual evidence)The I (institutional evidence)
RegulationThe Daily Mail is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisations which is an organisation that regulates different kinds of newspapers.
Ownership
WarPage 19 – “Vladimir Putin deserves to be crushed for the sake of his country and Europe” – Ian Birrell personal view presented in the editorial (the newspapers opinions)
Nationalistic “message to her nation” – towards Britain
“how the nation came together to put on a right royal spread” – involves Britain as a whole
– Whole paper is about Britain and queens jubilee – preferred nation
Page 6 – “Final parade was so British”. Page 10 “How the nation came together to put on a right royal spread”, exclusive because it is not common for whole nation to come together
Authority The 4th Viscount Rothermere is the chairman and controlling shareholder of the company.

Rich Caccappolo is the CEO of Daily Mail
HistoryIts roots can be traced to the Hull Packet (founded in 1787), which was merged with the Hull Evening News in 1884 and 12 years later moved to London and became the Daily Mail.
Entertainment and InformationPage 9 – “Prince Louis sticks his tongue out at his mother”- shows patriotic (right wing) entertainment A survey in 2014 found the average age of its readers was 58.

The Daily Mail was founded on May 4, 1896.

The Daily Mail’s main target audience is lower-middle-class British women.		The editor of The I is Oliver Duff

The I was founded on 26 October 2010

Their main headquarters is located at Northcliffe House in London
Human rights
Racial superiority
Business over humansPage 16 – “someone dying at a rate of 48 seconds.. its shocking… and even more shocking this isn’t front page news” – its displayed as an advertisement and shows The I find business more important than humanity (right wing)
Militarism Page 25 – “UK send in war crime experts” – Britain sending specialists to help support Ukraine
FreedomPage 32 – “Flying the flag with pride” – shows The I support of LGBT (left wing)
Page 20 – “Thank you for saying what was needed to say” – left wing view on the freedom of Palestine and Israeli state
Protectionism
CrimePage 21 – “Transgender paedophile is spared jail” “after judge told pervert was anxious about prison” – shows a level of disregard for children
Page 32 – “Three people shot dead in Philadelphia” – The I involves a lot more worldwide news with the Daily Mail being more about the UK
Ideology
Views on conservative partyLord Rothermere was friends with Adolf Hitler and Benito Messolini and was advised to change the editorial to support them in the 1930s.

As a right-wing tabloid, the Mail is traditionally a supporter of the Conservative Party.		Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist party, is a fortnightly columnist for the i.
Misogyny Page 38 – “Horror films have been warning us about misogyny for years”
“Men as monsters: is that really radical?” – The I seems to show more support towards humanity than the Daily Mail
Patriotism “parade was so very British” – supporting Britain
Page 2 – “We are strongest when united” “No alternative candidate” – the Daily Mail is suggesting Britain are one party
Page 18 – “for 70 years the queen has put love of country and public services above all else” 		First page – “Slimmed-down Royal Family is revealed in Jubilee finale” – Authoritarian view on Britain
Class superiority Page 14 – “Prince of wales… uniting the UK” – I think this shows that the Daily Mail believes the Royal Family (upper class) are much more important
Page 18 – “Boris is right, Macron is wrong… Saving Putins face is a mug’s game” – Showing Boris’ superiority by involving Putin and Macron
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political compass – key terms

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Left wing –  advocates greater social and economic equality

Right wing – certain social orders

Globalization – the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Racism – prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group

Justified Military Intervention – A military response may be necessary to contain and extinguish an environmental threat before it spreads and causes death and damage in a region or worldwide

freedom – the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.

Commodification – Within a capitalist economic system, commodification is the transformation of things such as goods, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals into objects of trade or commodities.

prejudice – Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership.

patriotism – the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.

Racial superiority-  racism that people may exhibit asserting that their group, ethnicity, or the like may be superior to another

counter-terrorism – measures designed to combat or prevent terrorism

democracy – a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

nationality – the status of belonging to a particular nation

equality – the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities

Regulation

The Daily Mail vs The I

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Key Word / Theme / Question etc.Daily Mail (textual evidence)Daily Mail (institutional evidence)The i (textual evidence)The i (institutional evidence)
GlobalisationIts website has more than 218 million unique visitors per monthIn December 2017, the owners of the i, Johnston Press, announced the newspaper was bringing in a monthly profit of around £1 million
Business over humansLord Harold Rothermere, the 1st Viscount Rothermere, was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail’s editorial stance towards them in the early 1930s‘YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE’ – hunger crisis in East Africa placed in the middle of the newspaper whilst Jubilee coverage is on the first page (P16)
Patriotism‘Joyous Jubilee’ – suggests positivity towards the Royal Family (P1)
‘We are strongest when united’ – quote in bold suggests strong patriotism (P2)
‘Hilarious and barmy… final parade was so very British’
‘How the nation came together to put on a right royal spread’
‘Keep the togetherness’		The owner of the Daily Mail encouraged people to buy the newspaper for nationalistic reasons, stating it stood “for the power, the supremacy and the greatness of the British Empire”.
Racial superiority‘YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE’ – hunger crisis in East Africa placed in the middle of the newspaper whilst Jubilee coverage is on the first page (P16)
FeminismWomen make up 52-55% of its readers
Militarism‘Bodies were hanging from tress, says British paramedic‘ (P17)
‘Putin the Great? Hardly… His military incompetence must leave his hero, Peter I, spinning in his grave‘ (P19)
The fusion of entertainment and information
Protectionism
Class‘Proof that the poorest people get hit worse by soaring inflation‘ (P23)
FreedomDoes not have voice of editor, but an ‘Opinion Matrix’ instead – a range of different voices and opinions which creates more freedom and plurality in voice and thought (P18)
Immigration
Religion
Charity
Social security
Conservative party‘dossier of doom’ – in support of the Conservative Party (P2)
‘Boris Johnson is by a country mile the best person to lead the Tory government’ – editorial supports Boris Johnson (P18)		Jonathan Harmsworth, the owner of the Daily Mail, holds right-wing political views
The paper has endorsed the Conservative party in every UK general election since 1945		During the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union, held in June 2016, the paper chose not to declare for either “leave” or “remain”, unlike a majority of other British newspapers who came out for either side of the debate.
In the 2017 and 2019 UK general elections, the i chose not to endorse a political party
Labour party‘dossier of doom’ – (P2)
‘the deluded and dangerous left’ – editorial dislikes the left wing (P18)
‘Is West End going broke because it’s gone all woke?’ against wokeism (P19)
‘Ousting PM now would be nothing less than insanity’ (P23)		During the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union, held in June 2016, the paper chose not to declare for either “leave” or “remain”, unlike a majority of other British newspapers who came out for either side of the debate.
In the 2017 and 2019 UK general elections, the i chose not to endorse a political party