Discourse analysis – how to assess bias
The Sun and The Guardian are very different newspapers. The Sun The Gaurdian There is a process where different stories may be selected for the front pages and others are relegated to the back or are not even included. In this sense, the ideological viewpoint of the institution becomes clear and we start to see their biased opinions. The process of selecting which stories to include involves weighing up their newsworthiness. Bias They are both Bias through selection and omission. In the sun, the 2 main storys are not as serious and are more about entertainment, for example there was a story about the TV show 'I'm a Celebrity'. In contrast, the Gaurdian has selected more formal political story's and a article on insect apocalypse. These could be seen as more serious compared to the sun newspaper headlines. The placement of the articles is also thought of differently as in the sun there is big advertisements on black Friday deals filling up a lo...