Weekly Newspaper H/W 3(MailOnline)
The night in a Las Vegas hotel room that could cost vain superstar Cristiano Ronaldo his £350million empire after model makes rape claims
Summarise the story in your own words: is this is an example of hard news or soft news?
This story can be seen as soft news, due to the fact that it is more lifestyle based and doesn't directly affect the lives of the readers. This story summarises the drama that Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been in with the rape allegations from 2009, in Las Vegas, being strongly denied and the football star claims she was just using her name for fame and promotion.
Explain how or why this story appeals to an audience (use media terminology and theory here).
This story appeals to an audience as Uses and gratifications theory states that people use media products for personal relationships, meaning that if people like Ronaldo, they will have more of an incentive to read this story compared to someone who doesn't know who Ronaldo is, or doesn't watch football for that matter.
Comment on the story: to what extent does it reflect the values and ideologies of the newspaper? Is this an example of quality journalism or simply clickbait?
In my opinion, this is a good story, tainted by the clickbait nature of MailOnline as they used a topless picture of Ronaldo to perhaps draw in more readers. You can say that this is good quality journalism as the story is quite in depth and detailed, getting both parties views and personal accounts of the night of the alleged rape.
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