Newspapers

Question 1

Tabloid examples?

Answer 1

Daily Mail, Sun, and Express

Question 2

What political party are tabloid newspapers typically associated with?

Answer 2

Right wing

Question 3

Broadsheet examples?

Answer 3

Guardian, Telegraph, and Times

Question 4

What political party is the Guardian?

Answer 4

Left wing

Question 5

Typical tabloid stories?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Broadsheet typical stories?

Answer 6

News focused on politics and international stories. More emotional

Question 7

Language in a tabloid?

Answer 7

Informal registry, including jokes and puns

Question 8

Language in broadsheet?

Answer 8

Formal and sophisticated

Question 9

What is a strapline?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is a standfirst?

Answer 10

Bold text that introduces the story

Question 11

Puffs?

Answer 11

Promotion for content that will be inside the newspaper

Question 12

What is the Daily Mail’s slogan?

Answer 12

Daily newspaper of the year

Question 13

What is a masthead?

Answer 13

The newspaper’s name or logo

Question 14

Image size difference in newspapers?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What is the Daily Mail’s current circulation?

Answer 15

767,000 on weekdays and 1.5 million on weekends

Question 16

The Guardian’s current circulation?

Answer 16

105,000

Question 17

Why does the Daily Mail charge more for ads?

Answer 17

It has a higher circulation

Question 18

Daily Mail online readership?

Answer 18

16 million a day

Question 19

Guardian’s online readership?

Answer 19

5 million

Question 20

How does the Guardian get money from online news?

Answer 20

Paywalls, ads and donations

Question 21

How does the Daily Mail get money from online news?

Answer 21

Ads and subscriptions

Question 22

Who owns the Daily Mail?

Answer 22

DMGT - Viscount Rothermere

Question 23

Who owns the Guardian?

Answer 23

Scott Trust Limited

Question 24

What are the Daily Mail’s typical topics?

Answer 24

Immigration, law and order

Question 25

Guardian's typical topics?

Answer 25

Human rights and social justice

Question 26

How does online news increase viewership?

Answer 26

It makes it more accessible, convenient, and interactive

Question 27

Reasons for intertextuality in newspapers?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Online newspapers characteristics?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Ellipses

Question 30

Explain what moral panic is?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is a folk devil?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Daily Mail target demographic?

Answer 32

Educated liberals in their mid 50s

Question 33

Guardian target demographic?

Answer 33

Mostly women in their 50s

Question 34

Who is the regulating body for newspapers?

Answer 34

IPSO

Question 35

Why is the Guardian not part of IPSO?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

What are news values?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Reasons for the shift to online media?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Daily Mail editor?

Answer 38

Ted Verity

Question 39

Guardian editor?

Answer 39

Katherine Viner

Question 40

What is a conglomerate?

Answer 40

A company that owns numerous companies

Question 41

What is Web 2.0?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

What is the agenda?

Answer 42

What the newspaper considers news

Question 43

Another name for a broadsheet?

Answer 43

Quality press

Question 44

What is a crosshead?

Answer 44

Bold/large text that breaks up a long story

Question 45

What does the editorial mean?

Answer 45

An article expressing the opinion of the newspaper

Question 46

What is page furniture?

Answer 46

Everything on a news page that isn't report

Question 47

Splash?

Answer 47

The front page story

Question 48

What is BLT?

Answer 48

Below the line comment section for readers

Question 49

What is digital divide?

Answer 49

The gap between people who have access to a wide range of digital communications