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Media 01

BBC television channels have no advertisements. Viewers pay a licence fee. (Picture courtesy of Scorpions and Centaurs' at Flickr.)

Media 01

A recent survey found that when practical jobs were shown in films, soaps and other programmes on television, the person carrying out the job was male in 87% of the cases. Test your knowledge in the following Citizenship quiz on the Media.

Which of these options do you prefer?

  1. What does the word 'media' mean?

  2. What is the largest newspaper format called?

  3. What colour paper does the Financial Times use?

  4. Newspapers half the size of broadsheets are called what?

  5. Which television channel has no advertisements?

  6. How is the BBC principally funded?

  7. Someone who collects and disseminates information about current events, people, trends and issues is called what?

  8. If an advert always shows the housework being carried out by a woman, what is this called?

  9. Which of these statements is false?

  10. Which media magnate is the founder of The Sun?

Quiz written by Sarah Garratty

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