Firstly, the newly proposed research methodology is a mixed method combining content analysis and interviews. This also meant deleting the US component of the comparative study and the consumer self-completion questionnaire component. Secondly, the new research methodology means that the narrative of the literature review should be adjusted accordingly. Among other things, the narrative of the literature review should be dominated by the UK (the current narrative has a greater weighting from the US perspective). Thirdly, the new research approach also means that the research questions should be changed accordingly. The newly formulated main research question is: How does the discourse of journalistic objectivity engage and influence partisan practice? The secondary research questions are: 1. How does a reporter’s actual practice of journalism (i. e. their performance) measure up to the traditional standard of objectivity? 2. objectivity is expressed through discourse in different partisan news. Fourthly, the literature review needs to establish a clear objective to address the feedback from the committee: the gaps, dilemmas, and disagreements that the project is trying to (re) address, and to establish the operational definition of objectivity used for the study.
