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Tabloid & Broadsheet newspapers

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which conventions fit a tabloid newspaper?

a)

Sensationalist stories

b)

Dominated by business & world news

c)

Informs of local news & events

d)

Higher ratio of texts to images

2.

Which of these is a British tabloid newspaper?

a)

The I

b)

The Guardian

c)

The Daily Mirror

d)

The Telegraph

3.

Which newspaper is more likely to print 'hard' news items?

a)

The Daily Star

b)

The Metro

c)

The Sun

d)

The Guardian

4.

What is the definition of news value?

a)

How much money is made from a news story.

b)

The prominence given to a news story.

c)

The most interesting story.

d)

The most popular story.

5.

Which social grade relates to broadsheet readers?

a)

C1, C2 & D

b)

A, B & C1

c)

C2, D & E

d)

B, C1 & C2

6.

Which of these newspapers is a middle-brow or middle-market paper?

a)

The Daily Express

b)

The Daily Mirror

c)

The Daily Mail

d)

The Observer

7.

The style of writing is different in a broadsheet because...

a)

There are longer sentences

b)

There is more opinion

c)

There is more exaggerated language

d)

There is more complex vocabulary

8.

Which of the following are included in Galtung & Ruge's news values?

a)

The unexpected & size & scale

b)

Elite persons & strange stories

c)

Closeness to home & Continuity

d)

Frequency & simplicity

9.

What is the average age of The Guardian reader?

a)

38

b)

42

c)

44

d)

46

10.

What is the political allegiance of The Guardian?

a)

Right-wing

b)

Left-wing

11.

What is the political allegiance of The Sun newspaper?

a)

Right-wing

b)

Left-wing

12.

The Sun enthusiastically supported with side in the EU referendum?

a)

Leave

b)

Remain