The Mirror and The Times GCSE Revision 2021

Which of the following are conventions of newspaper front pages?

• Headline

• Statistical facts

• Byline

• Kicker

What is a free press?

• When journalists are freelance

• When the press is free to report on what they want without government intervention

• When the press reports on topics according to the government's guidance

• When newspapers are circulated for free

Tick the boxes that are accurate

• Conservative - Tory - right wing - Daily Mirror

• Conservative - Labour - right wing - The Times

• Conservative - Tory - right wing - The Times

• Labour - democratic - left wing - The Daily Mirror

What does IPSO stand for?

• Inspectors Print Standards Overview

• Independent Print Standards Office

• International Press Standards Organisation

• Independent Press Standards Organisation

IPSO has made the __________________ responsible for the content published by the newspaper

• Editor

• Owner

• Journalists

Why is IPSO a problematic regulator?

• It has no legal power

• It is made up of CEO's of print (self regulation)

• It is part of the free press

• It is not part of the free press

Newspaper sales have been steadily decreasing. Which TWO developments have led to this decrease?

• Rising cost of newspapers

• 24 hour rolling television news

• Online news

• Fake news

Which media theorist said: Audiences can now ‘speak back’ to media producers, sharing their reviews and opinions through various online channels which also creates interaction with each other.

• Katz - Uses and Gratifications

• Hall - Reception theory

• Shirky - End of Audience

• Mulvey - Female Gaze

_______________is the merging of one product (a newspaper) on different platforms (print / online / socials)

• Intertextuality

• Juxtaposition

• Technological Insight

• Technological convergence

Which newspaper CSP carries this headline?

• The Daily Mirror

• The Times