To what extent do the best selling UK newspapers cover stories related to serious issues? To what extent would you think that it is their role to do so? In your opinion does the tabloid media and 'low budget entertainment' (reality shows, soaps) have too much power and influence in this country?

With only one broadsheet news paper in the top 6 selling newspapers, things aren't looking very hopeful for getting important issues over to the public. The top tabloids don't exactly put across the most pressing issues to do with the environment or sustainability. The main issues that those papers cover are to do with reality TV shows such as X-factor and Strictly Come Dancing. These do not exactly inform the public of the pressing issues which may have severe consequences on the world.

As these are the main headlines the public are seeing every day, it should be their duty to involve the more pressing issues into the papers, and even then some people who read them will be more informed. The tabloids are the papers that are aimed to the majority of the public, if there was a section inside these papers for economical and sustainable issues, and then at least some of the readers will see them. Not a lot of young people read the broad sheets as they are too much reading, so if some of the headlines from these articles were posted in the tabloids which are aimed at the younger generation, then these people may then be getting informed about the global situations.

In my opinion, the low budget entertainment such as the reality shows and soaps have too much influence on this country. Most reality shows are only running to rejuvenate has been celebrities' appearances. These TV shows which are viewed by the majority of the public;

· I'm a celebrity get me out of here

· Strictly come dancing

· X-factor

· Coronation street

· EastEnders

· Emmerdale

· Hollyoaks

These shows have nothing to do with the pressing issues on global economics at all, though this is what the majority of the UK public watch every night. There is nothing in the context of these shows relating to global matters of a sustainable nature. The reality shows are actually inputting even more into the unsustainability of the UK as these cost a huge amount of money to air. The producers of these shows obviously know how many people watch them, if they were forced to include something in the show to do with the issues then a lot of people across the country will get to hear it. Also rather than adverts during the breaks of these shows, if news bulletins were read out, the people who are watching the shows will then also hear the news, this would mean that the majority of people who were originally watching the show will also see the news headlines, therefore becoming informed (unless they left the room to make a cuppa).