News Revision: Modern Observer online
The Observer Online You are expected to be familiar with The Observer Online, including the use of social and participatory media. Click on the image above to be taken to the Observer homepage. This publication has been chosen as it is unique in that it explores one possible economic future for news organisations by monetising online content through voluntary donations and membership. You must study the home page of The Observer and at least one other page in order to investigate continuities in the form and content of the pages. You must follow the links for a number of articles and journalists to help illustrate the media language used, representations constructed, modes of audience address and the scope and scale of The Observer’s online content. Social and participatory media You need to look at these different social media links to look at how they are used to appeal to readers in the light of new technologies, such as the internet. You may need to acces...