January 14, 2019 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Franco Zappettini
Brexit has been exhaustively discussed, but the role played by the British press, and in particular by tabloids, in framing the debate around it requires more scrutiny, argues Franco Zappettini....
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September 14, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Heini Maksimainen
On the 16th of March, 2017, The Daily Express, a British tabloid newspaper, published a provocative headline: Eating cheese could increase the risk of this deadly cancer. Only a day later, The Sun, another UK tabloid, ran a competing...
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May 23, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by EJO
The majority of UK press coverage in EU referendum campaign was heavily skewed in favour of Brexit in first two months of campaign, a new study reveals. One month before the EU referendum vote, the Reuters Institute for the Study of...
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February 14, 2016 •
Media Economics, Recent •
by Michael Williams
It seemed rather threatening at the time. It was my first day as the executive editor in charge of news at the Independent, and it seemed right to mingle with the reporters in the office pub over the road after work. It was the chief...
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March 7, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Miryam Nadkarni
Reasons for the UK’s yellow press victory. In almost every European country a tabloid paper has managed to seize the crown for the highest circulation. It’s comforting to know that in many European nations (Sweden, France,...
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