BRITISH MEDIA SYSTEMS (JMC 4253) TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Newspapers in the UK have always been... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
American newspapers are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mostly locally-based
What is the "newspaper center" of the UK? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅London
Readers of the Guardian, formerly the Manchester Guardian, are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Working-
class liberals
What is the only major paper that didn't start in London? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Guardian
What is the name of the street that's home to British newspapers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fleet Street
Why could the UK have mostly national papers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is fairly small, and it has lots
of railways for transportation and connection. It also has an efficient mail delivery system.
Most British newspapers are bought at ... rather than delivered to the home - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Newstands
Why have British newspapers had to increase their visual aspects and spice up their headlines? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Because they are selling to individual people rather than subscriptions
Is newspaper readership high or low in the UK? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅High
The type of newspapers British people read indicates their... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Class
,Tabloid readers are typically... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lower-class, not very serious about news, not
college educated
What are the 3 socioeconomic classes in the UK?(from bottom to top) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.
Working class
2. Middle, upper-middle class
3. Upper class
What is the working class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The people in trade unions, work with their hands
What is the middle class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People who are educated professionals, well-payed
What is the upper class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Traditional ruling gentry
ABC1 refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Upper-middle, middle, and lower-middle class people. They
tend to read newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times, or the Independent
C2DE refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skilled working class, working class, and non-working class
people. They tend to gravitate toward tabloids such as The Sun, The Daily Mirror, or Daily Star
What is special about Daily Mail? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a tabloid, but it's sophisticated enough to
appeal to the middle class
True or false: In Britain, political slant in broadcast journalism is prohibited. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
In Britain, most national newspapers have an... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Editorial-type view that appeals
to a particular type of reader
Tabloids with screaming headlines are more likely to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Have a political slant
rather than respectable broadsheets
, What are some examples of conservative broadsheets? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Telegraph,
Financial Times (more global than political)
What are examples of conservative tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express
What are examples of liberal tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Daily Mirror, Morning Star
What are some examples of liberal compact formats (converted from broadsheets)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The Guardian, The Independent, The Times (moderate)
What does the term "red tops" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tabloids
Tabloids live on the edge and publish... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Racy content
What keeps tabloids in check and prevents them from publishing fake news? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Strict British libel laws
It's easier to win a libel case in... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Britain rather than America
What is the "big daddy" of the tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Sun, it has a circulation of almost 3
million, and it's larger than any newspaper in the U.S.
On page 3 of The Sun always features a... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Topless nude model with a short
profile
What are some readership rates of common U.S. newspapers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅USA Today- 2.5
million
Wall Street Journal- 2 million
New York Times- 1.7 million
ANSWERS
Newspapers in the UK have always been... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National
American newspapers are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mostly locally-based
What is the "newspaper center" of the UK? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅London
Readers of the Guardian, formerly the Manchester Guardian, are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Working-
class liberals
What is the only major paper that didn't start in London? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Guardian
What is the name of the street that's home to British newspapers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fleet Street
Why could the UK have mostly national papers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is fairly small, and it has lots
of railways for transportation and connection. It also has an efficient mail delivery system.
Most British newspapers are bought at ... rather than delivered to the home - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Newstands
Why have British newspapers had to increase their visual aspects and spice up their headlines? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Because they are selling to individual people rather than subscriptions
Is newspaper readership high or low in the UK? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅High
The type of newspapers British people read indicates their... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Class
,Tabloid readers are typically... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lower-class, not very serious about news, not
college educated
What are the 3 socioeconomic classes in the UK?(from bottom to top) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.
Working class
2. Middle, upper-middle class
3. Upper class
What is the working class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The people in trade unions, work with their hands
What is the middle class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People who are educated professionals, well-payed
What is the upper class? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Traditional ruling gentry
ABC1 refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Upper-middle, middle, and lower-middle class people. They
tend to read newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times, or the Independent
C2DE refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skilled working class, working class, and non-working class
people. They tend to gravitate toward tabloids such as The Sun, The Daily Mirror, or Daily Star
What is special about Daily Mail? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a tabloid, but it's sophisticated enough to
appeal to the middle class
True or false: In Britain, political slant in broadcast journalism is prohibited. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
In Britain, most national newspapers have an... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Editorial-type view that appeals
to a particular type of reader
Tabloids with screaming headlines are more likely to... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Have a political slant
rather than respectable broadsheets
, What are some examples of conservative broadsheets? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Telegraph,
Financial Times (more global than political)
What are examples of conservative tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express
What are examples of liberal tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Daily Mirror, Morning Star
What are some examples of liberal compact formats (converted from broadsheets)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The Guardian, The Independent, The Times (moderate)
What does the term "red tops" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tabloids
Tabloids live on the edge and publish... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Racy content
What keeps tabloids in check and prevents them from publishing fake news? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Strict British libel laws
It's easier to win a libel case in... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Britain rather than America
What is the "big daddy" of the tabloids? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Sun, it has a circulation of almost 3
million, and it's larger than any newspaper in the U.S.
On page 3 of The Sun always features a... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Topless nude model with a short
profile
What are some readership rates of common U.S. newspapers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅USA Today- 2.5
million
Wall Street Journal- 2 million
New York Times- 1.7 million
