The Guardian, 18 January 2022 (2027 exams) — Eduqas GCSE Media Studies C680
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680
The Guardian, 18 January 2022 (2027 exams)
Newspaper front pages
What you need to know
The Guardian's front page of 18 January 2022, led by a story accusing the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, of lying about a Downing Street party, with a photograph of him out jogging.
Media language: the conventions of a front page (masthead, headline, main image, caption, columns and puffs), and how the choice of image and headline creates meaning for the readers of a quality paper.
Representation: how the page represents Johnson, the government and the events of the lockdown parties, and how news values and the paper's liberal, left-leaning viewpoint shape it.
Contexts: the COVID-19 lockdowns and the political scandal over parties in Downing Street; the paper's ownership by the Scott Trust and what that means for its independence.
Set for exams in 2027 only: for exams in 2028 it is replaced by The Guardian of 6 May 2025.
In the exam a copy of the product is provided, and it can be set for Question 1 (media language, 15 marks), for Question 2(a) (contexts, 5 marks) or for Question 2(b), where it is compared with an unseen product in the same form (representation, 25 marks).
Describe the front page precisely in your own words, quoting no more than a few words of its text.
