Sun CK

Question 1

When was the sun established?

Answer 1

In 1964

Question 2

What slogan was the Sun Released with in 1964?

Answer 2

‘The newspaper born of the age we live in’

Question 3

What was The Suns original aim?

Answer 3

To be radical and independent, It did not intend to support any political party

Question 4

Who bought the Sun in 1969?

Answer 4

News International, Rupert Murdoch’s company

Question 5

What type of newspaper was the Sun originally established as?

Answer 5

A broadsheet newspaper

Question 6

What type of newspaper did the sun change to in 1969?

Answer 6

A tabloid

Question 7

What changes did Murdoch introduce when he bought the Sun?

Answer 7

• Changed The Sun to a Tabloid

- introduced controversial ‘page 3’feature

Question 8

What’s the difference between a broadsheet and a tabloid newspaper?

Answer 8

Tabloid newspapers tend to have a high image-to-text ratio, focus on ‘softer’ news stories and more of a colloquial (Conversation) Style

Broadsheets have a high text-to-image ratio, focus on ‘harder’ new stories and have a more formal written style

Question 9

In what year did the Sun overtake the daily Mirror as Britain’s best selling newspaper?

Answer 9

1978

Question 10

What is the Sun recognised as?

Answer 10

Being an influential newspaper

Question 11

Which party did the sun support during the 1979 general election?

Answer 11

Margaret Thatchers Conservative party

Question 12

Whose party did the Sun support in 1997?

Answer 12

Tony Blair and the Labour party

Question 13

What did the parties supported by the Sun in 1979 and 1997 find?

Answer 13

Major victories

Question 14

What headline did the Sun run in 2009?

Answer 14

‘Labours lost it’, a pun that made reference to the fact that the party had lost the support of the newspaper.

Question 15

What party from 2010 onwards has the Sun supported?

Answer 15

The Conservative party

Question 16

Who is the Sun owned by today?

Answer 16

News UK, a company that is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global media conglomerate, News corporation

Question 17

Define conglomerate

Answer 17

A large corporation consisting of multiple companies all owned by one major corporation

Question 18

What other Newspapers does News UK also publish?

Answer 18

‘The Times’ and ‘Sunday Times’

News UK also owns a number of radio stations including ‘talk sport’ and ‘virgin radio’.

Question 19

Why is News UK a powerful organisation?

Answer 19

News UK is the biggest newspaper publisher in the UK and the Sun has the largest readership of all the national papers.

Question 20

What else does News Corporation own?

Answer 20

The New York Times and HarperCollins book publishers as well as several newspapers in Australia.

Question 21

What has Murdoch sold in the past?

Answer 21

Many assets including the 20th century Fox film company to Disney in 2017

Question 22

Politically where does the Sun stand?

Answer 22

The Sun has a right wing political leaning and supported the leave campaign in the EU referendum in 2016.

Question 23

What did the Sun often raise concerns about during the lead up to the referendum?

Answer 23

The Sun often raised concerns about levels of immigration to the UK and this featured heavily in the lead up to the referendum

Question 24

Which edition of the Suns front page do we study?

Answer 24

December 2013

Question 25

On the front page that we study, what is the main message?

Answer 25

‘Draw a red light on immigration or else!’ that immigration should be limited

Question 26

Who is the Suns newspaper and website content regulated by?

Answer 26

IPSO Independent Press Standards Organisation

Question 27

What is the IPSO ‘code under accuracy’?

Answer 27

That the press must’ve take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images including headlines not supported by the text.

Question 28

The Sun industry and audience

Answer 28

-The Sun is published daily in print form in the UK from Monday to Saturday -The Sun also has website, Facebook, Twitter and a mobile app (Their website is free since 2015, and the mobile app is a paid for subscription service)

Question 29

What is the Suns tagline as of March 2018?

Answer 29

‘For a greater Britain’ – this reflects the Patriotic values of the newspaper

Question 30

What could the name ‘the Sun’ reflect?

Answer 30

That most readers would buy and read the newspaper in the morning. It’s also connotes positivity and reliability.

Question 31

What type of stories does the Sun include?

Answer 31

A range of hard and soft new stories, often including a lot of celebrity news and human interest articles

Question 32

Who writes the regular columns?

Answer 32

Celebrities such as Jeremy Clarkson and Lorraine Kelly

Question 33

What is the most notable controversial front page produced?

Answer 33

The Sun’s coverage of the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster in Sheffield on 15th April 1989, in which 96 people died. The paper ran a front page headline of “The Truth” and printed allegations that fans pickpocketed victims, urinated on members of the emergency services and assaulted a policeman