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Are Traditional Media Sources becoming increasingly irrelevant?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Typically, which class reads the Guardian, Times, and Telegraph?

a)

Higher classes

b)

Working class

c)

Manual workers

2.

What is the typical readership of The Sun, Daily Mail, and Daily Star?

a)

Middle class

b)

Upper class

c)

Working class

3.

Why is it significant that over 65s and ABC1 categories access print media the most, in relation to elections and voting behaviour?

4 lines
4.

Name of the 2012 inquiry into the News of the World newspaper

(a)  

5.

What is the name of the broadcast media watchdog?

a)

IPSO

b)

OFCOM

c)

OXFAM

d)

Leveson

6.

What percentage of people use BBC One as a source of information?

a)

54%

b)

76%

c)

80%

d)

65.2%

7.

What is the news app that is used the most for news?

a)

Sky

b)

Twitter

c)

BBC News

d)

CNN

8.

What was a lie told by the Leave campaign in 2016, according to Remain?

a)

There would be no turkeys in the EU

b)

Turkey would leave the EU

c)

Turkey would join the EU

9.

What was a lie told by the Remain campaign, according to the Leave campaign?

a)

That the NHS would be nationalised

b)

That the NHS would be privatised

c)

That Turkey would join the EU

10.

Briefly explain the Cambridge Analytica scandal

4 lines
11.

What is a 'soundbite'?

a)

a short extract from a recorded interview or speech, repeated during election time

b)

A poll that measures who will win the election

c)

A way to measure the popularity of candidates

12.

Who is social media less important for?

a)

old people

b)

The Labour Party

c)

women

d)

young people

13.

How is television news good for democracy? Check the 3 that apply

a)

Educates population on political issues

b)

televised political debates do not have a big impact on voters

c)

information on leaders and policies

d)

the BBC has been accused of liberal or left wing bias

e)

has to be impartial - Ofcom

14.

In which election did The Sun proclaim "It's the Sun wot won it" after its campaign against the Labour party?

a)

1979

b)

1992

c)

1997

d)

2010

15.

Why did Nick Clegg become so prominent in 2010?

a)

Success in TV debates

b)

social media campaign

c)

good publicity in the press