Newspapers-Catch Up Work

Tabloid Newspapers

Examples of Tabloid Newspapers:

• The Sun
• The Daily Mirror 
• The Daily Mail

Similarities between different Tabloid Newspapers:

• Bold Writing
• Free prizes often advertised (shows that they're targeted towards lower demographics)
• Lots of images
• Eye-catching and bold
• Usually has the price displayed clearly (boasting that it's cheap)
• They use the colour red which has connotations relating to anger and power which suggests that the newspaper is pushing their views onto the reader.
• Use of celebrities to perhaps gain their fans as readers.
• Humour
• Social Media Links
• Short Text
• Clear Bias
• Informal
• Simple Language Used.

Language in Tabloid Newspapers:

• Informal
• Puns 
• Alliteration 
• Exaggeration for effect
• Slang
• Colloquial Language
• Short, snappy sentences
• Heightened Language
• Brand Names
• Adjectives often carry sexual overtones

Broadsheet Newspapers

Examples of Broadsheet Newspapers:

• Independent
• The Daily Telegraph
• The Sunday Telegraph

Similarities between different Broadsheet Newspapers:

• Simple bold serif font placed at the top of the newspaper
• |Columns with smaller text and more of it
• Formal
• Harder language used
• Advertising aimed towards higher demographics

Language in Broadsheet Newspapers:

• More formal
• Metaphors rather than puns
• Rhetorical Questions
• More complex sentences
• Puns sometimes used-although more subtle
• Statistics
• Description of peoples trends to relate to personality or position in society
• Politicians comments often included