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• The Guardian/The Observer has consistently had a large circulation and
• has had a significant cultural and social influence. ​ ( this could have been because they had less time to get papers out and could have also been more expensive with printing )
• The media language used is reflects the representations of UK National broadsheet newspapers in the 1960s. ​
• The Observer was a significant and at the time, independent national newspaper. ​
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Social, Cultural, Historical and Political contexts of the 1960s

• In the 1960s, most producers and readers were white males, LGBT (male) producers did not go public and LGBT audiences would not expected to be celebrated or discussed by the mainstream media.​
• LGBT stories were VERY limited due to the closeted lifestyle by individuals/communities.​
• Newspapers in the 1960’s did not report so much on female or ethnic minority political leaders, especially as there we so few.
• Celebrity culture did exist, but far less so than today.​
• Stories featured more hard news.​
• Consumerism was beginning to develop in the 1960s, therefore newspapers did not carry much lifestyle/marketing content.​
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• Social change was a major issue in 1960. Younger generations were demanding freedom (legalising homosexuality, making divorce and contraception available, legalising abortions, allowing more sexual content on the mass media). This was the complete opposite of the older generation therefore these social issues drove newspaper stories.​
• The 1960s newspapers were political opinion-formers and carried lots of political content. There was no 24 hour news, so thiswas one of the only ways for audiences to access political news. ​

1-tabloid 

2-IPSO-indepentant press standards organistation 

3-SCOTTS TRUST 

the covers are very highly dominated by men ( ther is only 1 woman - jane 

KEY AREAS OF THE HISTORICAL 

• MEN HAD MORE/ALL CONTROL  ‘lawyers will urge divorce byconsent’ (from a commission staffed only by men
• the police encorage protestts -peacefull one ----- this was to incorage people to have a voice 
• reperentation - ofd black power protests inc a interracial marrage reflectoing ( small imag eiplying the less importance it heald in socity )
• there is cold war attitudes reflected -> jail breaker 
• economic stories reflect th epoor economy in the 1960s 
• the largest image being the queen -> roylaism following = then celebs 

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media lang

• Grater respect "deference " in the 1960s  influencing formality and attiduedses  to polititions "MR Wiliams "
• Lower cultural expectations of newspapers allowing poor quality printing and reproduction of photographs.- just not brilliant quitity -no colour either 
• audiences didn't care as much for things and wernt as matirialistic -therefor less adverts and promos 

quoitesions ------>Explain how media contexts influenced two changes in the front pages of The

Observer between the 1960s and now. Refer to the set products you have studied in

your answer. [10] JUNE 2023

within the the  the set text front covers of 1960s we can see that the typograpgy has significantly  changed  friom the high volume of bold inky black and white text reflecting on the money spent on producing newspapewrs available at the time  , but also that the technogy was not as advenced at the time further shown through th elow quality graniy images due to it not being easy nor practoical to be able to instantly  secure photos within the daily printing runs ,so this price of papers also where targeted towords higherclass white men who had more money but also education..However compaired to th enewpapers now there are is a lower volume of test ,and coloured test and images for a lower price .This could be due to th einclusivity needed set by regulation bords wich was not needed then. an example of the 1960s lack of femail veiwpoints with there being one femalil artical writer,between 3 papers ,in a smaller section of the newspapers refelction on the influence society had from woman,in comprason all hard news like poitics "unions postpone srike "  was coverd by a man.