Newspapers: MailOnline case study

1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news?

1. Backpacker from Liverpool faces TEN YEARS in a Thai prison after spray-painting 'Scouse Lee' on an 800 year old fortress-(Hard news )


2. Megan cradles her baby bump on Bondi Beach and wears £880 maxi dress before she and Harry kick off their shoes to join an 'anti-bad vibes circle' with surfing mental health group- Soft news

3. Strictly dancer Dianne Buswell SPLITS her boyfriend amid claims she was 'getting too close to dancing partner Joe Sugg'- Soft news

4. Will May survive until the Budget? PM faces the toughest week after 'capitalization' in Brussels amid claims David Davis could be installed in Downing Street- Hard news

5. Trump promises 'severe' punishment for the Saudis if it turns out they murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi- who the president says 'certainly looks' to be dead- Hard news

2) What celebrity content is featured?

There is a multitude of stories covering celebrities and their recent affairs to walk down the red carpet to the recent surgery done for them to look 'better'. This perspective we get to see what the high class and celebrity news is something readers may look for to gain some information about the lifestyle choices of them.


3) What examples of ‘clickbait’ can you find?

How your waist size can reveal your fertility

Does this dress really flatter every figure?
Gloves (and coats) are off! Topless PETA supporters take to the 40F streets of New York City to protest Canada Goose's use of coyote fur

4) To what extent do the stories you have found on MailOnline reflect the values and ideologies of the Daily Mail newspaper?


I trust that the news that is highlighted on the site talk about stories that do influence and educate people in general of occasions happening locally and globally

.5) Think about gathering of people request and satisfactions: for what reason is MailOnline the most-perused English dialect paper site on the planet? How can it keep you on the site? 


I trust that the way in which the news is sorted out on the site makes peruses need to keep looking down and perusing by the manner in which it is an interminable stream of fascinating news stories, yet additionally how there are distinctive segments to speak to various gatherings of people.

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