Be Able To Investigate Current Affairs Media And Support From Public Services
P7. Report on 3 examples of current affairs that affect public services and citizens. M4. Analyse the effects on citizens and public services of the way that three current affairs examples have been reported by the media.
Army cuts.
“Top general warns over 'hollowed-out' armed forces”
The British armed forces are due to be significantly reduced in numbers by thousands of personnel by 2020.
The Army will lose 20,000 soldiers, the Navy 6,000 personnel and the RAF 5,000.
I found this news report on BBC news. The BBC presented this in favour of the public services as they will be saving money and will be able to afford more equipment. It does affect the citizens because more people are becoming redundant and losing their jobs causing people be jobless and losing a job they that they love.
The media has presented this story in many different ways such as on the internet it was very down to the point no pictures, just text. It was very complex online. Whereas in the newspaper it there was less to read and more pictures of what was happening. The pictures they used was the soldiers packing there belongings and returning home. The media showed this story differently
The way the news have reported this story has an effect on the citizens and the public services because people are losing their jobs causing people to be made redundant this has the same impact on the public services. It has a number of effects on the public because it makes the citizens think that we have less protection in the UK if there aren’t as many army soldiers fighting for our county. All of the families who have a family member in the army will be more worried about the soldiers who still have their job because there is more risk of them getting injuries now there are fewer soldiers. By these people loosing there job it has many consequences as it could lead to their family being homeless, depression could start because of all the stress. This affects both the public services and the citizens. The
Army cuts.
“Top general warns over 'hollowed-out' armed forces”
The British armed forces are due to be significantly reduced in numbers by thousands of personnel by 2020.
The Army will lose 20,000 soldiers, the Navy 6,000 personnel and the RAF 5,000.
I found this news report on BBC news. The BBC presented this in favour of the public services as they will be saving money and will be able to afford more equipment. It does affect the citizens because more people are becoming redundant and losing their jobs causing people be jobless and losing a job they that they love.
The media has presented this story in many different ways such as on the internet it was very down to the point no pictures, just text. It was very complex online. Whereas in the newspaper it there was less to read and more pictures of what was happening. The pictures they used was the soldiers packing there belongings and returning home. The media showed this story differently
The way the news have reported this story has an effect on the citizens and the public services because people are losing their jobs causing people to be made redundant this has the same impact on the public services. It has a number of effects on the public because it makes the citizens think that we have less protection in the UK if there aren’t as many army soldiers fighting for our county. All of the families who have a family member in the army will be more worried about the soldiers who still have their job because there is more risk of them getting injuries now there are fewer soldiers. By these people loosing there job it has many consequences as it could lead to their family being homeless, depression could start because of all the stress. This affects both the public services and the citizens. The
References: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ www.dailymail.co.uk/ http://www.channel4.com/news/army-cuts-what-is-the-real-impact