The media and the war
What role do the media play today?
What is allowed to be seen/heard?
What is not allowed?
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Afghanistan 'insider attack'
The media and the war.
DORA included the media in its powers:
- Censorship of the press; material had to be
approved by the government before publication.
- Restriction of freedom of information – talk
about naval or military matters in public.
- Restrictions on communications, e.g. telegraph,
radio etc.
- BBC - History - British History in depth: Mass
Politics and the Western Front
The Battle of the Somme
Think about these points as you watch the
extracts
• The use of the media by the government.
• What did the government hope to achieve?
• Successes and failures?
The National Archives | Focus on Film | 1900-45
| The Great War
The newspapers and the war.
You have a choice between:
a) Ypres
b) The Battle of the Somme
• Read the extracts taken from the Daily Mirror
• Create a bullet point list of the main FACTS
• Research the actual events being written about and compare the
reality and the version in the news. What are the differences and
why do you think they are different?
• Use this lesson and your homework time to summarise the impact
of government intervention on the media in WW1.