A tabloid headline is more likely to…

Be about cats, Use puns, rhyme, and alliteration

What are 'codes and conventions' in Media Studies?

An expected set of signs, symbols and features in a text.

Who is the demographic for broadsheet newspapers?

Professionals - hard news stories (politics, economics)

Which of these terms are considered media language when discussing newspapers?

Headlines, cover lines and images.

A broadsheet is ...(two answers)

characterized by long vertical pages, a newspaper with more intellectual content

Whatis the difference between a tabloid and broadsheet newspaper?

Tabloid is less detailed, Broadsheets are bigger in page size.

A paper quite popular and dominated by sensational stories

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A tabloid headline is more likely to…
Be very fact based
Be about cats
Use puns, rhyme, and alliteration
Be long and more serious
2
Which of these is a convention of a broadsheet?
High ratio of text to images
High ratio of photography to text
Dramatic headlines in large, bold upper case font
traditional British news values (e.g. royal family)
3
Which of these is a broadsheet newspaper?
The Sun
The Guardian
The Daily Express
The Daily Mail
4
What are 'codes and conventions' in Media Studies?
An unexpected set of signs, symbols and features in a text.
An event at Comic Con where they crack the enigma machine.
A headline of a newspaper.
An expected set of signs, symbols and features in a text.
5
Who is the demographic for broadsheet newspapers?
Punters - soft news stories (scandal, celebrity, sport)
Professionals - hard news stories (politics, economics)
6
What is a 'connotation' in Media Studies a description of?
What it feels like
What it sounds like
What you see
What it means
7
Which of these terms are considered media language when discussing newspapers?
Camera, video and screens
Start, stop and forward.
Headlines, cover lines and images.
Up, down, maybe and sometimes
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A broadsheet is ...(two answers)
a newspaper which often writes about celebrities
characterized by long vertical pages
a newspaper with more intellectual content
an informal newspaper
9
Whatis the difference between a tabloid and broadsheet newspaper?
Tabloid is less detailed
Tabloids are fiction
Broadsheets are bigger in page size.
Broadsheet is smaller in page size
10
What does 'mise-en-scene' mean in Media Studies?
Everything within the frame
The meaning of life
The agenda of the producer
The whole cast and crew
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What is a 'denotation' in Media Studies a description of?
What it means
What is sounds like
What you see
What it feels like
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Not a digital media
text
apps
Spreadsheet
email
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What is a tabloid ?
A paper not popular and dominated by serious stories
A paper quite popular and dominated by sensational stories
A paper quite popular and dominated by historical facts
A paper not popular and dominated by science stories

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