Which is a convention of 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

What would you expect to see in a tabloid newspaper?

headlines exploring moral panics

Who is the target audience of 'The Guardian'?

Educated, professional, culturally aware ABC1

What can offline news offer that online news cannot?

easy access to news without a wifi signal

Which is NOT a reason for declining newspaper circulation/

The 'old media' have become irrelevant.

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

The Daily Express, The Daily Mail

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

traditional news values (promoting royal family)

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

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