THE BRITISH PRESS The national press plays an important
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THE BRITISH PRESS The national press plays an important
English CRPE THE BRITISH PRESS The national press plays an important information role in British culture. 36 million British people read a national newspaper at least once a week. British people spend on average 25 minutes per read of their newspaper. They often re-read the same newspaper later. British newspapers are very influential, coming second only after wives or husbands in terms of changing people’s opinions. In Great-Britain, there is a significant difference between the readership of a newspaper and its circulation. The readership is an estimate of the number of times each copy of the newspaper is read. The circulation is the number of copies sold. In Great-Britain, the readership of a newspaper is between two and three times higher than its circulation. It means that two or three persons read the same copy. The most read British newspaper is The Sun, with a readership of nearly 9 million people. The Sun is also famous for its photo of a near-naked lady (different every day) on page 3. British newspapers are usually much less expensive than in France. Vocabulary : read = (verbe) lire ou (nom) lecture readership = le nombre de lecteurs circulation = le tirage a copy = un exemplaire liberal = progressiste, centriste coverage = couverture (médiatique) ou reportage in-depth coverage = reportage approfondi Terms commonly used by British newspapers : row (pronounced like “cow”) = an argument = une dispute quit = resign / leave a job = démissionner bid = an effort / an attempt = une tentative cut = reduce (verb) or reduction (noun) = réduire ou une réduction back (verb) = support = soutenir, appuyer, être partisan de… hit = affect badly = toucher, frapper key (adjective) = very important = important, phare Examples : David Blunkett quits Bad weather hits farmers Poland backs US plan New bid to cut teenage smoking British press Government cuts education budget Sup de Cours – Etablissement d’Enseignement Supérieur Prive RNE 0333 119 L - 73, rue de Marseille – 33001 Bordeaux Cedex 1 English CRPE The daily press British daily newspapers can be divided into 3 groups : Popular papers Quality papers Middle-market press They are different in content, size and style Quality press Newspaper Circulation Political stance The Daily Telegraph 865,000 conservative – right of centre bought mainly by middle-class readers The Times 623,200 conservative – right of centre old established and influential The Guardian 339,880 liberal and humanitarian left of centre The Independent 227,620 liberal – left of centre Founded in 1986, it is now a rival to The Times and The Guardian Informative and serious The Financial Times 129,800 liberal, not restricted to financial matters, well-informed (printed on pink paper) British press Sup de Cours – Etablissement d’Enseignement Supérieur Prive RNE 0333 119 L - 73, rue de Marseille – 33001 Bordeaux Cedex 2 English CRPE Popular press Newspaper Circulation Political stance The Sun 3,148,950 right of centre Sensational, minimum amount of political news, maximum sports and celebrities coverage The Daily Mirror 1,677,920 tends to favour the Labour Party Many pictures, not so much text sensational The Daily Star 756,530 right of centre The Morning Star the Communist Party paper Middle market press Newspaper Circulation Political stance The Daily Mail 2,283,160 right of centre A mixture of popular news stories with in-depth coverage The Daily Express 904,850 right of centre British press Sup de Cours – Etablissement d’Enseignement Supérieur Prive RNE 0333 119 L - 73, rue de Marseille – 33001 Bordeaux Cedex 3 English CRPE The Sunday Press Most of the daily papers have their Sunday version. The Sunday papers usually provide reading extra material about fashion, clothes, cooking, the house and home, motoring and holidays. The quality papers also include a magazine called a “colour supplement”. Sunday quality newspapers Newspaper Circulation Political stance The Sunday Times 1,167,280 rather conservative but not so politically marked The Sunday Telegraph664,080 right of centre The Observer 407,670 left of centre – moderate The Independent on Sunday 173,910 centre Sunday popular press Sunday Mirror 1,419,170 a larger version of the Daily Mirror Left of centre Sunday Express 943,860 right of centre, like the Daily Express The Mail on Sunday 2,147,870 right of centre News of the world 3,478,010 right of centre reports about scandals, sports and legal matters involving sex and violence The People British press 916,840 centre Sup de Cours – Etablissement d’Enseignement Supérieur Prive RNE 0333 119 L - 73, rue de Marseille – 33001 Bordeaux Cedex 4