PPP1 - Reading Week Task - Blog about a international political issue

The article on

It’s International Women’s Day, but where are the female role models?

is and interesting reflection/opinion on the international event 'international women's day'. As the event is a celebration of the status of women this article looks at the status of women within work and society today, it outlines the progress of women's rights and independence however it tends to focus on the way women are portrayed within society through the lack of 'real female role models'.

To a certain extent this article is true however within society there are 'real' role models for women to look up to .I feel that the celebration of International women's day should not be negatively put down through an opinion of a newspaper that chooses NOT to focus on the positive role models in society. I feel that International women's day should be a celebration of the independence of women and the equality that they have gained over the years- this celebration should not be negatively covered by reporters.

Full article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/its-international-womens-day-but-where-are-the-female-role-models-8526182.html?origin=internalSearch

PPP1 - Reading Week Task - Blog about a national political issue

'Lagging UK health? We should blame ourselves not the NHS' is the political article that I stumbled across on The Guardian 'Politics blog' on the 5th March. The headline clearly addresses the issue of from a direct and opinionated point of view, I think this is what has drawn me to this particular article straight away - the level of bias portrayed through the wording in this headline clearly addresses a debate within politics that has arisen. On this particular day there seems to be a sense of blame on one party that has supposedly lead to the decline in the UK health service.

The article begins to read:

Find the full article on:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/05/lagging-health-blame-ourselves-not-nhs

On the politics blog that this has been posted on the blogger has grabbed headlines on this issue from the different newspapers that have covered the issue. It is interesting to see the alignment that the different papers have taken and the perspective that they have taken when distribution/reporting this political event. Some newspapers have covered the story from a bias perspective reporting from the point of the view of which there institutional political alignment supports. Below are some examples of the headlines that have been used to cover the issue.

From this article I have found it incredibly interesting on the way that media institutions portray politics and the issues that arise on a daily basis. I have also found it particularly interesting that the way that this issue of the UK health service declining is portrayed in different ways depending on institutional alignment- the blame of whether the lag of mid staff shifts from the NHS back onto society dependent on the owner of the newspapers persecutive.