| Gutenburg invents mechanpchalised printing press during mid 15th century. Enables potential for widespread publishing. | What is the ‘Gutenberg Revolution’? |
| 18th century | What century did newspapers print? |
| 18th-19th century. Life became more leisurely as they weren’t scraping fro the next meal, had time to sit and read and see what is going on outside of their own life. More people can read. | When did newspapers become more popular and why? |
| Between 1853-61 | When did the government scrap the Stamp? |
| More focus on 'human interest' stories. | What was different about the reporting of editor Stead’s Pall Mall Gazette? |
| ‘full of ability, novelty, variety, sensation, sympathy (and) generous instincts… (but) feather brained’ | How did Matthew Arnold critic this method in 1877? |
| Large newspapers were doing well because advertisers wanted to go to their papers, and so they aren't more money, however local papers struggled to get advertisers and therefore had little money | How did the power of advertisement effect smaller, local newspapers? |
| Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Mirror | Which mainstream newspapers launched in the 20th Century? |
| Alfred Harmsworth in 1896 (Lord Northcliffe from 1905) | Who created the Daily Mail? |
| They are very wealthy and therefore many were knighted becoming Lords, many barons were also involved in politics. | Why were the newspaper creators / editors called barons? |
| A fake letter in a news story published by the Daily Mail, thus proving that news doesn't have to be real to be popular. | What is the ‘Zinoviev Letter’? |
| Launched 1900, Max Aitken 1916 (who became Lord Beaverbrook) | When did the Daily express launch and by who? |
| ‘What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, but power without responsibility, the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages’ | What did Baldwin, speaking in 1931 say? |
| Sports, crosswords, cartoons, including ‘Rupert the Bear’ as well as gossip | What was the contents of the daily express paper? |
| Beaverbrooks and Rothermere. To oppose conservative leader Stanley Baldwis trade policy. They believed we should be able to trade with anyone, but for a price | Who set up United Empire Party and why? |
| Harmsworth, 1903 | Who and when was the Daily Mirror launched? |
| Used new media such as photographs. Originally aimed at woman. Mirror journalism galvanised (aim to shock/excite) popular opinions during WW2, and criticised the government. | What was the contents of the Daily mirror? |
| It was one of the few labour titles, had less affluent audience. It went bust despite having a set selling title. | What happened with the Daily Herald / Sun? |
| Hugh Cudlipp, 1964 | Who Relaunched the daily herald as the sun and when? |
| Rupert Murdoch 1969 | Who bought and then made a success of the sun in 1969? |
| Broadsheet: Hard news; Times, Telegraph, Guardian, FT and Independent. Tabloid: Soft news; Sun, Mirror and Star and ‘mid-markets’ Mail and Express | What is the difference between a broadsheet and a tabloid? Give examples of each. |
| Sociologist, explored ‘riots’ involving mods and rockers at various British seaside resorts during the mid 60s. Cohen suggested that press reporting was an important component in creating ‘moral panics’. | Who is Stan Cohen and what did he do? |
| because of Rupert Murdoch’s accusation. Became best seller and gained reputation (and readers) for human interest driven and sensationalist reporting style | Why did the Sun change to a tabloid and what effect did that have? |
| Press that favours a particular view or political party. Most papers supporting conservatives post WW2 | What is meant by ‘Partisan press’? |
| News of The World journalist had been knowledgable of information hacked from missing school girl Milly Dowler and many more revealed to have been targeted | Why did ‘News of the World’ close in 2011? |
| Uk broadcasting heavily regulated but British press has it’s own oversight body, currently called IPSO.
Press have less restrictions but most observe general legal framework covering liberal, contempt, obscenity, data protection, etc
Reform long on the agenda given concerns over privacy, accuracy, redress, right of reply, taste etc. | How is press regulated in comparison to broadcasting? |
