media Flashcards
1
Q
tory papers?
A
- the sun
- daily express
- daily mail
- daily telegraph
- the times
2
Q
labour papers
A
- daily mirror
- the guardian
- the observer
- sunday people
3
Q
what is television goverened by?
A
- strict rules on impartiality
- parties cant buy airtime for political ads like they can in the us
4
Q
whats one of bbc aims?
A
to provide impartial news and information
5
Q
where does the main partisan political campaigning take place?
A
the newspapers
6
Q
what do papers often like to take credit for?
A
- poll success
- 1992, the sun said “its the son wot won it”
7
Q
the suns decision to switch support in 1997 generated how many extra votes?
A
- 525,000
- around 550,000 when it went back to the tories in 2010
8
Q
much of the media war in politics is now conducted where?
A
- online via social media
- parties are more in control and able to purchase ads
- in both 2017 and 2019, each main party heavily spent on facebook ads, often carefully targetted
- bbc said tory ads were in key marginal seats
