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2 (b) Celebrity and the Tabloid Press
The following areas may be covered for all questions in this section:
• Knowledge and understanding of how representation is constructed in the specified
medium
• Detailed textual examples to illustrate points of comparison and address the question set.

1. Compare the extent to which the representation of celebrity in your chosen two
tabloid newspapers is dependent on stories about their private lives as opposed to
their careers.

2. Compare the ways in which the visual and written elements of your two chosen tabloid newspapers represent celebrity.

3. Compare the extent to which the representation of celebrity is restricted to stories about secrets and scandal in your two chosen newspapers. [45 marks]

4. Compare the representation of celebrities’ successes and/or failures in the two tabloid newspapers you have studied. [45 marks]

5. Compare how the representation of celebrities reinforces or undermines their celebrity status in your two chosen tabloid newspapers