Voting and Media (MID - Paper 1)

Welcome to our first topic. In this section you'll find a copy of the Noting Guidance sheet that you will use with you text book to both support your own learning  and help you focus upon key points that will enable you to better understand the topic.

N.B. Scroll down for some intro vids that will give you context to the topic - have a pen/paper/laptop to hand to add to those pre-course notes that were set over the summer.

Additionally, the PPT we'll be using in class is here too Scroll down). 

REMEMBER: Chapter noting is to be done in conjunction with the prep and your prep calendar (Noting guidance sheet below) - IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THESE ARE ADHERED TO & DEADLINES MET!

We'll be focusing on the media and its roll in politics/elections in this topic, so try this - its basic, but has some useful context for you (4 mins):

2015 general election was arguably the first election in the UK that digital media was really used as a key approach to influencing voters (4.40 mins):

As a starter to this topic you may want to watch the link below, assessing the 2017 general election (3.15 mins):

Similarly, here's some insights int December's 2019 election too. Focus in on the demographic details and the role/influence of the media (18 mins):

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PPT copy:


Noting guidance sheet (use the questions as subtitles. These can be typed):

Analysis of voting 2019 election:

Who doesn't like graphs, right? So check these out:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50770798

This one has the breakdown of votes in December 2019 demographically (age, gender, race, class etc.). AGAIN GET NOTING HERE - this is a treasure-trove for this topic:

yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/12/17/how-britain-voted-2019-general-election