Introduction to Newspapers

 1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper?

entertainment, gossip, scandals


2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?

politics, news, formal news 

3) If someone is left-wing, which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspapers would they be likely to read?

conservative

4) If someone is right-wing, which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspaper would they be most likely to read?

labour

5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 50 years?

because people have phones and technology is more common like watching the news on your phone or TV

6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?

because the news holds an unbiased role so it gives us an insight on what the people in power are doing and acts like a sort of watch dog

Which newspapers were worst hit by Covid-19? 

The metro

Which newspapers are trying to move their readers from print to digital? Why is the switch to digital attractive for newspaper companies?

to get readers into the habit of paying for journalism online

Do you think most newspapers will survive the next 10 years? Why?
Unless they don't switch to digital i think they will not survive, if you think about it technology is becoming more and more popular and by ten years most of the people keeping newspapers popular might be around anymore as their main customers are 60-80+.

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