The Influence Of Media Including Examples

Question 1

What are the right wing newspapers?

Answer 1

• Sun
• Daily Telegraph
• The Times
• Daily Mail
• Daily Express

Question 2

What are the left wing newspapers?

Answer 2

• Daily Mirror
• Guardian

Question 3

How many people read newspapers daily in the UK?

Answer 3

Around 7 million

Question 4

What was the Daily Mail’s daily circulation in 2022 compared to 2012?

Answer 4

909,000 in comparison to 1.85 million

Question 5

What was the percentage comparison whereby the public claimed newspapers had more influence than social media in 2017?

Answer 5

32% compared to 26%

Question 6

Which top 2 newspapers supported the Torys compared to the 3rd most popular who backed Labour?

Answer 6

Sun (1.8 million daily circulation), Daily Mail (1.6 million daily circulation)
Compared to Mirror who backed labour (809,000)
Conservatives won the last 4 elections

Question 7

In which year and what newspaper did the tories launch their manifesto in?

Answer 7

2019, Telegraph

Question 8

What stats did yougov reveal about Sun and FT readers?

Answer 8

30% Sun readers and 39% FT readers voted labour in 2017 despite being members of right wing news outlets

Question 9

Which TV news outlet is neutral and which are biased?

Answer 9

BBC = neutral, GB News and LBC = biased

Question 10

What did Theresa May do in 2017 that made her unpopular in the news

Answer 10

Refused a debate with Corbyn

Question 11

What happened in 2025 that saw Reforms opinion polls rise above Labour?

Answer 11

Question Time showed Starmers bad handling of the budget.

Question 13

What can social media do to impact elections?

Answer 13

• make scandals viral
• targeted advertising
• opinion polls

Question 14

What scandal was made viral during the 2019 election?

Answer 14

Rees-Mogg comments on Grenfell

Question 15

How much did Labour spend on social media advertising in 2024 compared to conservatives?

Answer 15

Labour : £2.4 million
Conservatives : £1.7 million

Question 16

What did Johnson do in 2019 that showed the media having an impact?

Answer 16

Refused an interview with Andrew Neil for fear of his campaign

Question 17

How does the media have a positive impact on democracy/elections?

Answer 17

• Free media = healthy democracy
• Social media become democratised
• TV coverage less bias than newspapers

Question 18

How does the media have a negative impact on democracy/elections?

Answer 18

• Media oversimplifies political interpretations
• Newspapers notoriously partisan
• Fake news