Which is a convention of a tabloid newspaper?

headlines exploring moral panics

What would you expect to see in 'The Daily Mail'?

traditional news values (promoting royal family)

What would you expect to see in a tabloid newspaper?

headlines exploring moral panics

What happened to 'The Guardian' in 2018?

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

Why are newspapers called 'the fourth estate'?

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

Who is the target audience of 'The Guardian'?

Educated, professional, culturally aware ABC1

Which is NOT a reason for declining newspaper circulation/

The 'old media' have become irrelevant.

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1
Which is an example of a tabloid newspaper?
The Financial Times
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Daily Telegraph
2
What is the cover price of 'The Daily Mail'?
70p
£2.00
£1.80
55p
3
Which is a convention of a tabloid newspaper?
headlines exploring moral panics
less variation in typography, more columns of text
elaborated language code
objective epistemologies (use of facts, balanced)
4
What is the cover price of 'The Guardian'?
£1.80
55p
£2.20
70p
5
Which is an example of a local newspaper?
The Buckinghamshire Advertiser
The Observer
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
6
Which became the biggest-selling newspaper in the UK in 2020?
The Daily Mail
The Financial Times
The Sun
The Guardian
7
Which is a convention of a tabloid newspaper?
entertainment news
more 'hard' news (e.g. politics)
formal mode of address
higher ratio of text to photography
8
Which of these is a convention of a broadsheet?
traditional British news values (e.g. royal family)
Dramatic headlines in large, bold upper case font
High ratio of text to images
High ratio of photography to text
9
Which of these is a broadsheet newspaper?
The Sun
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Daily Express
10
Which is a convention of a broadsheet?
Direct, informal mode of address
Use of pronouns 'we' and 'you' to imply shared values
More subjective than objective epistemologies
More 'hard' than 'soft' news
11
What is an example of 'soft news'?
business and the economy
politics
industry and technology
sport
12
Who took over as the editor of 'The Daily Mail' from Paul Dacre after 26 years in 2018?
Tony Gallagher
Katharine Viner
Georgie Greig
Paul Dacre
13
What would you expect to see in 'The Daily Mail'?
high ratio of text to photography
traditional news values (promoting royal family)
news values promoting diversity
objective epistemologies
14
What is an example of 'hard news'?
natural disasters
human interest
fashion
art and culture
15
What is an example of 'hard news'?
entertainment
celebrity gossip
sport
politics
16
What is the 2018 circulation of 'The Daily Mail'?
393,310
1,394,385
151,625
1,480,337
17
What would you expect to see in a tabloid newspaper?
investigative journalism
connotations of objectivity ('the whole picture')
headlines exploring moral panics
binary oppositions of individual v institution
18
What is an example of 'soft news'?
fashion and culture
science
health and education
war and conflict
19
Which became the UK's second-best selling UK daily newspaper in 2020 after a 42-year reign?
The Sun
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Times
20
What you conventionally see in 'The Daily Mail'?
price anchoring broadsheet genre and ABC1 target audience
celebrity gossip on front page
familiar masthead, blue and white palette - brand identity
website directs traffic online - institutional synergy
21
What would you expect to see in a tabloid newspaper?
elaborated language code, objective epistemologies
main story is hard news
lack of diversity
entertainment stories in masthead
22
What is the 2018 circulation of 'The Guardian'?
1,480,337
1,394,385
393,310
151,625
23
What happened to 'The Guardian' in 2018?
It became a mid market tabloid.
The return of the capital 'T'
It became available in tabloid size format.
It went online only.
24
Why are newspapers called 'the fourth estate'?
because they exert political and social influence
because they are not the clergy, the monarchy or the wealthy
because they are tabloids and broadsheets
because they have pictures and text
25
Who publishes 'The Daily Mail'?
Daily Mail and General Trust
News UK
Guardian Media Group
Trinity Mirror
26
Which is an example of a mid-market tabloid newspaper?
The Daily Express
The Sun
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mirror
27
What can offline news offer that online news cannot?
expanded content
easy access to news without a wifi signal
increased brand identity
convergent links to A-V media
28
Who is the target audience of 'The Guardian'?
supporters of Brexit and British institutions like Royals
middle aged, middle class, middle England mainstreamers
35+ with average age of 58
Educated, professional, culturally aware ABC1
29
Who publishes 'The Guardian'?
Nikkei
Daily Mail and General Trust
Guardian Media Group
News UK
30
Which is NOT a reason for declining newspaper circulation/
Digitisation has meant a proliferation of news platforms.
App platforms offer ease of access.
The 'old media' have become irrelevant.
Social media, online news platform, 24-hour news

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