1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper?
Mix of hard and soft news. They report on major news, but also include a lot of showbiz gossip, entertainment and sport.
2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?
More hard news. They tend to be more serious, have smaller fonts, more advanced use of language and less photography (although they have included more over the last 20 years to be more popular).
3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
Left-wing: Labour party. They would read the Daily Mirror.
4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
Right-wing: Conservative They would read The Times.
5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?
Due to the increase in social media and more things are online nowadays.
6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?
Mix of hard and soft news. They report on major news, but also include a lot of showbiz gossip, entertainment and sport.
2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?
More hard news. They tend to be more serious, have smaller fonts, more advanced use of language and less photography (although they have included more over the last 20 years to be more popular).
3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
Left-wing: Labour party. They would read the Daily Mirror.
4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?
Right-wing: Conservative They would read The Times.
5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?
Due to the increase in social media and more things are online nowadays.
6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?
Because more than a third of the world’s population live in countries where there is no press freedom. Journalists are often imprisoned if they disagree with the Government, social media channels are not allowed, non-democratic countries often control access to information and employ state-run news organizations.
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