Look at how the story has grown using social media. Readers have reshaped the discussion, using the information provided by the newspaper and recreated a whole host of sites and blogs and comments about the story. Sharing links to the news stories has generated a virtual pressure group for the Government to contend with and ensured that the principals of the original story have not gone away.
Task: Set up your own Twitter page and follow the story via the hashtag link. Make a record of the readership figures and look closely at the tone of comments from readers. What does this reveal about their political ideology?
What kind of comments and opinions are being shared on the back of the Guardian story in comparison to the coverage from The Daily Mail and what might this suggest about the readership?
How many times has the story been shared or links added?
Print screen examples of the story and how it was published by the newspaper.
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There are also live events organised in London to allow people to discuss the story and find out more. Consider why people may decide to buy tickets for this event and how its success it reliant on the social media coverage you have been researching here.
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