Newspapers - the Sun

Question 1

Social contexts

Answer 1

• Changing attitudes to race, gender and sexualities - social trend
• Offering positive role models
• The recent surge in ‘populist nationalism’, distrusting ‘experts’ statistics and main stream politicians in favor of returning control to the ‘common people’.

Question 2

Cultural contexts

Answer 2

• Trends in technology
• Celebrity culture/ consumerism/ globalization/ popular culture references and intertextuality
• Tabloid techniques - gossip, scandal, fake news, emotive language, puns

Question 3

How much does the sun newspaper cost

Answer 3

£1

Question 4

Why is the sun popular with the readers

Answer 4

• ## It’s cheap and feels a value for money