Why are newspapers called 'the fourth state'?

because they exert political and social influence

Which is an example of a mid-market tabloid newspaper?

The Daily Express, The Daily Mail

What can offline news offer that online news cannot?

easy access to news without a wifi signal

What happened to 'The Guardian' in 2018?

The return of the capital 'T', It became available in tabloid size format.

What would you NOT expect to see in 'The Guardian'?

headlines exploring moral panics

Who is NOT the target audience of 'The Daily Mail'?

Educated, professional, culturally aware ABC1

Which is NOT a reason for declining newspaper circulation/

The 'old media' have become irrelevant.

Which is NOT a convention of a broadsheet?

headlines exploring moral panics

What would you NOT expect to see in 'The Guardian'?

traditional news values (promoting royal family)

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1
Which is the biggest-selling newspaper in the UK?
The Financial Times
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Sun
2
Why are newspapers called 'the fourth state'?
because they have pictures and text
because they exert political and social influence
because they are tabloids and broadsheets
because they are not the clergy, the monarchy or the wealthy
3
Which is an example of a mid-market tabloid newspaper?
The Daily Express
The Sun
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mirror
4
What is the cover price of 'The Daily Mail'?
£1
£2.00
£1.80
70p
5
What is the 2018 circulation of 'The Guardian'?
393,310
1,480,337
151,625
1,394,385
6
Which is NOT a convention of mid market tabloids?
More subjective than objective epistemologies
More 'hard' than 'soft' news
Direct, informal mode of address
Use of pronouns 'we' and 'you' to imply shared values
7
Which is NOT an example of a tabloid newspaper?
The Sun
The Daily Mail
The Daily Express
The Guardian
8
Who took over as the editor of 'The Daily Mail' from Paul Dacre after 26 years in 2018?
Tony Gallagher
Geordie Greig
Paul Dacre
Katharine Viner
9
What is NOT an example of 'hard news'?
politics
industry and technology
sport
business and the economy
10
Which is NOT a convention of a broadsheet?
more 'hard' news (e.g. politics)
entertainment news
higher ratio of text to photography
formal mode of address
11
What can offline news offer that online news cannot?
expanded content
convergent links to A-V media
easy access to news without a wifi signal
increased brand identity
12
What happened to 'The Guardian' in 2018?
It went online only.
It became a mid market tabloid.
The return of the capital 'T'
It became available in tabloid size format.
13
Which is an example of a local newspaper?
The Guardian
The Daily Mail
The Observer
The Buckinghamshire Advertiser
14
What would you NOT expect to see in 'The Guardian'?
investigative journalism
headlines exploring moral panics
connotations of objectivity ('the whole picture')
binary oppositions of individual v institution
15
Which is the second-best selling UK daily newspaper?
The Sun
The Times
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
16
What is NOT an example of 'soft news'?
art and culture
fashion
natural disasters
human interest
17
What is NOT an example of 'soft news'?
celebrity gossip
entertainment
politics
sport
18
What would you NOT conventionally see in 'The Guardian'?
website directs traffic online - institutional synergy
price anchoring broadsheet genre and ABC1 target audience
celebrity gossip on front page
familiar masthead, blue and white palette - brand identity
19
Who is NOT the target audience of 'The Daily Mail'?
Educated, professional, culturally aware ABC1
middle aged, middle class, middle England mainstreamers
35+ with average age of 58
supporters of Brexit and British institutions like Royals
20
What is NOT an example of 'hard news'?
science
health and education
fashion and culture
war and conflict
21
Which is NOT a reason for declining newspaper circulation/
App platforms offer ease of access.
The 'old media' have become irrelevant.
Social media, online news platform, 24-hour news
Digitisation has meant a proliferation of news platforms.
22
What is the cover price of 'The Guardian'?
£2.00
55p
£1.80
70p
23
Who publishes 'The Daily Mail'?
Trinity Mirror
Guardian Media Group
Daily Mail and General Trust
News UK
24
Which is NOT an example of a broadsheet newspaper?
The Guardian
The Daily Mail
The Daily Telegraph
The Financial Times
25
Which is NOT a convention of a broadsheet?
less variation in typography, more columns of text
objective epistemologies (use of facts, balanced)
elaborated language code
headlines exploring moral panics
26
What would you NOT expect to see in 'The Guardian'?
entertainment stories in masthead
main story is hard news
elaborated language code, objective epistemologies
lack of diversity
27
Who publishes 'The Guardian'?
Daily Mail and General Trust
Guardian Media Group
Nikkei
News UK
28
What is the 2018 circulation of 'The Daily Mail'?
1,480,337
151,625
393,310
1,394,385
29
Which is NOT a convention of a mid market tabloid?
High ratio of text to images
traditional British news values (e.g. royal family)
High ratio of photography to text
Dramatic headlines in large, bold upper case font
30
What would you NOT expect to see in 'The Guardian'?
news values promoting diversity
traditional news values (promoting royal family)
high ratio of text to photography
objective epistemologies

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