What are issues?
People in the news
Incidents that happen and are covered by the media
Important subjects or topics that people discuss and debate
All of the following topics have been widely debated in the media. Historically, which ones have attracted particular controversy?
Housing, education, health
Employment, food, poverty
Immigration, LGBT rights, climate change
Media representations of 'beauty' are sometimes controversial because…
They present an unrealistic image created with technological manipulation
The person depicted isn’t particularly good looking
It would cost too much money to be like the person in the image
What might affect a newspaper’s representation of an event like a General Election?
The price of the newspaper
How much the journalists earn
The ideology of the newspaper owner
What might change the representation of an event in a magazine photo?
If it is in black and white or colour
The wording of the caption used
If the photographer used a flash