Learner Response for Summer Research Project

WWW; you have at least attempted to rectify your MOTD disaster by watching the news and commenting on some of the stories.

EBI: You read the clear instructions on the blog - you had to go into far more detail about the broadcaster and their potential motivations for putting things in that order. 

LR: Watch at least 20 minutes of a news programme on THREE separate days and write down the following:

• The news stories that appeared
• The order in which the stories were broadcast
• Why you think the editors of the news programme chose those stories and put them in that order.

My Learner Response:

18^th September: News at 6pm

-Scottish Referendum: Poll has opened and closes at 10pm

- Why an English man was motivated to fight in Syria

- Manchester City lose 1-0 to Bayern Munich after a last minute volley by Jerome Boateng

- Unemployment figures is a reason to vote NO

19th September: News at 6pm

- Scotland vote NO to being Independent

19th September; News at 10pm

- Scotland reject Independence
- French fighter jet planes attack ISIS
- GlaxoSmithKline fined £297 million for bribing doctors to win contracts
- Everton win 4-1 in Europa League

From the running order of BBC News at 6pm and 10pm, I have noticed that political issues are usually talked about for a large amount of time in the beginning of the show then less serious news it presented at the end like sports new and business news. This tell me that the quite boring, more serious news is presented at the beginning whereas the end of the show is more interesting.