Newspapers Flashcards
Tabloid examples?
Daily Mail, Sun, and Express
What political party are tabloid newspapers typically associated with?
Right wing
Broadsheet examples?
Guardian, Telegraph, and Times
What political party is the Guardian?
Left wing
Typical tabloid stories?
Celebrity gossip and stories, not very emotional, hard-hitting news
Broadsheet typical stories?
News focused on politics and international stories. More emotional
Language in a tabloid?
Informal registry, including jokes and puns
Language in broadsheet?
Formal and sophisticated
What is a strapline?
The smaller text that explains the main story under the headline, meant to pique reader’s interest
What is a standfirst?
Bold text that introduces the story
Puffs?
Promotion for content that will be inside the newspaper
What is the Daily Mail’s slogan?
Daily newspaper of the year
What is a masthead?
The newspaper’s name or logo
Image size difference in newspapers?
Broadsheet has fewer images and more text. Tabloid have a larger image-to-text ratio
What is the Daily Mail’s current circulation?
767,000 on weekdays and 1.5 million on weekends
The Guardian’s current circulation?
105,000
Why does the Daily Mail charge more for ads?
It has a higher circulation
Daily Mail online readership?
16 million a day
Guardian’s online readership?
5 million
How does the Guardian get money from online news?
Paywalls, ads and donations
How does the Daily Mail get money from online news?
Ads and subscriptions
Who owns the Daily Mail?
DMGT - Viscount Rothermere
Who owns the Guardian?
Scott Trust Limited
What are the Daily Mail’s typical topics?
Immigration, law and order
Guardian’s typical topics?
Human rights and social justice
How does online news increase viewership?
It makes it more accessible, convenient, and interactive
Reasons for intertextuality in newspapers?
Humour, to make fun of an individual, allowing the audience to relate to the newspaper, flattery
Online newspapers characteristics?
Hyperlinks, adverts, comment sections, paywalls, encourages Web 2.0
What is the word for when the title misses out the filler words?
Ellipses
Explain what moral panic is?
A state of public anxiety or alarm from a problem that threatens society
What is a folk devil?
People in media who are scapegoated. Portrayed as outsiders to society
Daily Mail target demographic?
Educated liberals in their mid 50s
Guardian target demographic?
Mostly women in their 50s
Who is the regulating body for newspapers?
IPSO
Why is the Guardian not part of IPSO?
Didn’t wish to sign with a flawed regulator, have their own internal regulator
What are news values?
The values that govern which events are selected or rejected for the news to publish
Reasons for the shift to online media?
Cheaper, more accessible, can quickly share, better for the environment
Daily Mail editor?
Ted Verity
Guardian editor?
Katherine Viner
What is a conglomerate?
A company that owns numerous companies
What is Web 2.0?
The generation of internet technologies that allow for interactivity and collaboration on websites
What is the agenda?
What the newspaper considers news
Another name for a broadsheet?
Quality press
What is a crosshead?
Bold/large text that breaks up a long story
What does the editorial mean?
An article expressing the opinion of the newspaper
What is page furniture?
Everything on a news page that isn’t report
Splash?
The front page story
What is BLT?
Below the line comment section for readers
What is digital divide?
The gap between people who have access to a wide range of digital communications
