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The Newspaper Industry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gatekeeping is a form of...

a)

regulation

b)

representation

c)

audience interaction

d)

newspaper genre

2.

Which of these is NOT a newspaper convention?

a)

Masthead

b)

Columns

c)

Jumplines

d)

Billing block

3.

Select types of news value

a)

Elite nations people

b)

Continuity

c)

Unexpectedness

d)

Recency

4.

NOT 'Hard' news

a)

Politics

b)

Sport

c)

Education

d)

International news

5.

NOT 'Soft' news

a)

Sport

b)

Celebrity

c)

Business

d)

Arts

6.

Not a convention of tabloids

a)

Puns/jokes in headlines

b)

Higher image to text ratio

c)

Aimed at A, B, C1 social groups

d)

More focus on human interest stories

7.

NOT a feature of broadsheets

a)

Higher text to image ratio

b)

Smaller typefaces

c)

Serious headlines

d)

Shorter articles

8.

Which of these is not a red top?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Daily Mirror

c)

The Daily Mail

d)

The Daily Star

9.

Which political party does The Daily Mirror traditionally support?

a)

Green Party

b)

Labour Party

c)

Conservative Party

d)

Liberal Democrats

10.

Which political party does The Times traditionally support?

a)

Labour Party

b)

Conservative Party

c)

Brexit Party

d)

Scottish National Party

11.

Why are newspapers declining in sales? - Select 3

a)

Citizen Journalism

b)

24 hour news channels

c)

Younger people don't read

d)

Digitally convergent media

12.

Why did the NEWS OF THE WORLD newspaper get shut down?

a)

Involvement in phone hacking

b)

Ran out of funds

c)

Printed untruths

d)

Got sued for 4 billion pounds

13.

Which body regulates the newspaper industry?

a)

MPAA

b)

BBFC

c)

IPSO

d)

Ofcom

14.

Which company owns The Times?

a)

Reach PLC

b)

BBC

c)

News Corp

d)

Conde Nast

15.

Which company owns The Daily Mirror?

a)

News Corps

b)

Universal

c)

Disney

d)

Reach PLC