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Newspapers Flashcards

1
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Tabloid examples?

A

Daily Mail, Sun, and Express

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What political party are tabloid newspapers typically associated with?

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Right wing

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3
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Broadsheet examples?

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Guardian, Telegraph, and Times

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What political party is the Guardian?

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Left wing

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5
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Typical tabloid stories?

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Celebrity gossip and stories, not very emotional, hard-hitting news

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Broadsheet typical stories?

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News focused on politics and international stories. More emotional

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Language in a tabloid?

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Informal registry, including jokes and puns

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Language in broadsheet?

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Formal and sophisticated

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What is a strapline?

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The smaller text that explains the main story under the headline, meant to pique reader’s interest

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10
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What is a standfirst?

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Bold text that introduces the story

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Puffs?

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Colorful blocks that attract readers to additional stories

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12
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What is the Daily Mail’s slogan?

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Daily newspaper of the year

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What is a masthead?

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The newspaper’s name or logo

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14
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Image size difference in newspapers?

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Broadsheet has fewer images and more text. Tabloid have a larger image-to-text ratio

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15
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What is the Daily Mail’s current circulation?

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767,000 on weekdays and 1.5 million on weekends

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16
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The Guardian’s current circulation?

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105,000

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17
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Why does the Daily Mail charge more for ads?

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It has a higher circulation

18
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Daily Mail online readership?

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16 million a day

19
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Guardian’s online readership?

A

5 million

20
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How does the Guardian get money from online news?

A

Paywalls, ads and donations

21
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How does the Daily Mail get money from online news?

A

Ads and subscriptions

22
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Who owns the Daily Mail?

A

DMGT - Viscount Rothermere

23
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Who owns the Guardian?

A

Scott Trust Limited

24
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What are the Daily Mail’s typical topics?

A

Immigration, law and order

25
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Guardian’s typical topics?

A

Human rights and social justice

26
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How does online news increase viewership?

A

It makes it more accessible, convenient, and interactive

27
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Reasons for intertextuality in newspapers?

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Humour, to make fun of an individual, allowing the audience to relate to the newspaper, flattery

28
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Online newspapers characteristics?

A

Hyperlinks, adverts, comment sections, paywalls, encourages Web 2.0

29
Q

What is the word for when the title misses out the filler words?

A

Ellipses

30
Q

Explain what moral panic is?

A

A state of public anxiety or alarm from a problem that threatens society

31
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What is a folk devil?

A

People in media who are scapegoated. Portrayed as outsiders to society

32
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Daily Mail target demographic?

A

Educated liberals in their mid 50s

33
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Guardian target demographic?

A

Mostly women in their 50s

34
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Who is the regulating body for newspapers?

A

IPSO

35
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Why is the Guardian not part of IPSO?

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Didn’t wish to sign with a flawed regulator, have their own internal regulator

36
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What are news values?

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The values that govern which events are selected or rejected for the news to publish

37
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Reasons for the shift to online media?

A

Cheaper, more accessible, can quickly share, better for the environment

38
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Daily Mail editor?

A

Ted Verity

39
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Guardian editor?

A

Katherine Viner

40
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What is a conglomerate?

A

A company that owns numerous companies

41
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What is Web 2.0?

A

The generation of internet technologies that allow for interactivity and collaboration on websites

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