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Sun CK Flashcards

1
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When was the sun established?

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In 1964

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2
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What slogan was the Sun Released with in 1964?

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‘The newspaper born of the age we live in’

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What was The Suns original aim?

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To be radical and independent, It did not intend to support any political party

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Who bought the Sun in 1969?

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News International, Rupert Murdoch’s company

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What type of newspaper was the Sun originally established as?

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A broadsheet newspaper

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What type of newspaper did the sun change to in 1969?

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A tabloid

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What changes did Murdoch introduce when he bought the Sun?

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  • Changed The Sun to a Tabloid

- introduced controversial ‘page 3’feature

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What’s the difference between a broadsheet and a tabloid newspaper?

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Tabloid newspapers tend to have a high image-to-text ratio, focus on ‘softer’ news stories and more of a colloquial (Conversation) Style

Broadsheets have a high text-to-image ratio, focus on ‘harder’ new stories and have a more formal written style

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In what year did the Sun overtake the daily Mirror as Britain’s best selling newspaper?

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1978

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What is the Sun recognised as?

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Being an influential newspaper

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Which party did the sun support during the 1979 general election?

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Margaret Thatchers Conservative party

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Whose party did the Sun support in 1997?

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Tony Blair and the Labour party

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What did the parties supported by the Sun in 1979 and 1997 find?

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Major victories

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What headline did the Sun run in 2009?

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‘Labours lost it’, a pun that made reference to the fact that the party had lost the support of the newspaper.

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What party from 2010 onwards has the Sun supported?

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The Conservative party

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Who is the Sun owned by today?

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News UK, a company that is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global media conglomerate, News corporation

17
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Define conglomerate

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A large corporation consisting of multiple companies all owned by one major corporation

18
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What other Newspapers does News UK also publish?

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‘The Times’ and ‘Sunday Times’

News UK also owns a number of radio stations including ‘talk sport’ and ‘virgin radio’.

19
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Why is News UK a powerful organisation?

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News UK is the biggest newspaper publisher in the UK and the Sun has the largest readership of all the national papers.

20
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What else does News Corporation own?

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The New York Times and HarperCollins book publishers as well as several newspapers in Australia.

21
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What has Murdoch sold in the past?

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Many assets including the 20th century Fox film company to Disney in 2017

22
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Politically where does the Sun stand?

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The Sun has a right wing political leaning and supported the leave campaign in the EU referendum in 2016.

23
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What did the Sun often raise concerns about during the lead up to the referendum?

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The Sun often raised concerns about levels of immigration to the UK and this featured heavily in the lead up to the referendum

24
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Which edition of the Suns front page do we study?

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December 2013

25
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On the front page that we study, what is the main message?

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‘Draw a red light on immigration or else!’

that immigration should be limited

26
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Who is the Suns newspaper and website content regulated by?

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IPSO

Independent Press Standards Organisation

27
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What is the IPSO ‘code under accuracy’?

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That the press must’ve take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images including headlines not supported by the text.

28
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The Sun industry and audience

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-The Sun is published daily in print form in the UK from Monday to Saturday
-The Sun also has website, Facebook, Twitter and a mobile app
(Their website is free since 2015, and the mobile app is a paid for subscription service)

29
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What is the Suns tagline as of March 2018?

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‘For a greater Britain’ – this reflects the Patriotic values of the newspaper

30
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What could the name ‘the Sun’ reflect?

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That most readers would buy and read the newspaper in the morning. It’s also connotes positivity and reliability.

31
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What type of stories does the Sun include?

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A range of hard and soft new stories, often including a lot of celebrity news and human interest articles

32
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Who writes the regular columns?

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Celebrities such as Jeremy Clarkson and Lorraine Kelly

33
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What is the most notable controversial front page produced?

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The Sun’s coverage of the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster in Sheffield on 15th April 1989, in which 96 people died.

The paper ran a front page headline of “The Truth” and printed allegations that fans pickpocketed victims, urinated on members of the emergency services and assaulted a policeman

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