Assignment 1 Module 4

Treasure Hunt: Online News

Instructions:
Use the links selected for each section.
A. The Press in Britain
Complete the tables below. Then answer the questions briefly.
Table 1
Broadsheets
The Times

Tabloids
The Mail
Sunday
Daily Mail

Right-wing
on The Sunday
Times
The Sunday
Telegraph
The
Morning London
Star
Evening
Standard
Sunday People Daily Express
Daily Mirror

Left-wing
Sunday Papers
The Guardian The
Sun
on
Sunday
The Observer Daily
Star
Sunday
The
The
Mail
on
International Sunday

Sunday
People
The Mail on Daily Mirror
Sunday

Political
orientation
The Mirror
Left-wing
The Daily Mail
Right
The Guardian
Left and
social-liberal
The Express
Right
The Daily Telegraph Centre-right
conservative
The Independent
Centre-left
The Sun
Conservative

Sales
average
-

Was
founded
1903
1896
1821

1900
1855

1986
1964
Table 2

Independent on
Sunday
The Observer

Other features to comment

1. Do you know any other names to refer to quality press and popular press in Britain?
Popular press ,quality press ,regional daily papers, weekly papers, weekend supplement,mass
market tabloids,nationwide press and broadsheets.
2. Give two characteristics of "popular newspapers
Bought by readers generally considered to be less educated, they specialize in large photos of
girls, sports news, letters to the the editor and pages of advertisments. The space between ads
and photos is filled with gossip about the Royal Family, holiday, horoscopes and articles about
anyone or anythink not considered true blue British.
3. Which of the current newspapers is the oldest?
The Times in 1785.
4. Which is the most conservative quality paper?
The Sunday telegraph it is to be considered right wing conservative.
5. Which of all newspapers sells best?

The Sun
6. Which is typical for the Sun newspaper?
1,978,702
7. Which newspaper supports the labour party?
The Guardian, The Observer and The International
8. Are there any daily newspapers similar to the Spanish Marca containing only sport news?
NO
9. What is Fleet Street famous for?
Fleet Street is a street in the City of London named after the River Fleet, London's largest
underground river. It was the home of British national newspapers until the 1980s. Even though
the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005,[1] the term Fleet Street continues to be
used as a metonym for the British national press.
10. Can you explain what the phenomenon in the second article free morning papers is?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Free morning newspaper, The Metro, published every weekday, is also part of our
portfolio,delivering more than 200,000 readers