Topical Relevant stories

Please keep adding to these as you find them. More contemporary you are in your exam the better and other case studies can be brought into your questions.

For today's front pages: http://www.thepaperboy.com/

What theory, issue or debate could you apply to the following recent story:

Week commencing 17th Feb

Week commencing 4th Feb

This horrific video

BREAKING: An Olympic security officer attacked and detained a young man who held up a rainbow flag and ducked under the rope during the Olympic torch relay in Voronezh, Russia.

Officials and sponsors promised that everyone will be safe from anti-gay discrimination during the Winter Olympics. That promise may now have been broken.

Corporate sponsors have the most to lose right now as their global Olympic ads roll out. If we all raise a massive outcry, we'll make sure they have to speak out – or they'll risk losing face in front of the whole world.

Week commencing 27th January 2014

m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25912678?ocid=socialflow_twitter

www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jan/28/beyonce-drunk-in-love-problem-lyrics

mobile.bloomberg.com/video/the-five-top-video-games-pirates-to-hijackings-aH51rwmGT~GAoNePRUKUUw.html

www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/angry-birds-rovio-respond-nsa-spying-revelations?CMP=twt_gu

http://prezi.com/nucwhecd-0pc/developments-in-newdigital-media-mean-that-audiences-now-have-access-to-a-greater-variety-of-views-and-values-to-what-extent-are-audiences-empowered-by-this-development/

www.onthemedia.org/story/tumblr-crowdsources-their-terms-service

www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/jan/26/broadcasting-poor-ethnic-mix?CMP=twt_gu

Twitter and the Riots http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/dec/07/twitter-riots-how-news-spread

Georgia and Educating Yorkshire - http://chrishildrew.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/bullying-blame-and-behaviour-management-what-educating-yorkshire-can-teach-us/

WEEK COMMENCING 20TH JANUARY 2014

- UKIP weatherwatch
- Devil Baby trailer
- curve tv screens
- Pornography Phillipines
- Twitter Collymore
- Plebgate
- Twitter racism and bomb threats
- Griffin
- Lib Dems