broadsheetvs tabloid
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Broadsheet vs
Tabloid
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BROADSHEET It is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785, under the title The Daily Universal Register
I’m very very old!
The Times was printed in broadsheet format for 219 years. However, it switched to compact size in 2004 in an attempt to appeal more to younger readers and commuters using public transport. It is said it has
a centrist political alignment.The Times had an
average daily circulation of 393,978 in September 2013
About 30% of the front page are pictures
About 10% of the front page
No ads
on here!
Bigmainheadline
The beginning of the main article (about 400 words)
- Capital letters- Same size- A logo
- Date- Edition number
Most of the front page is covered by text.
Front page taken from the Internet as an example
I’m aimed to people interested in serious news, that’s why I don’t need to grab anybody’s attention. They will only look for me!
I may cost £ 1 in the UK, but I cost € 4 in Gran Canaria!
63 pages
Sections
- News
- Opinions
- Leading articles
- Letters to the editor
- Business
- Body and soul
- Arts
- Register
- Television &
Radio/Announcements
- Games
- Sport
More things about the front page…
• 1 main story with a big headline and about 400 words.
• 1 main picture with a small caption.
• 1 smaller article of about 300 words.
• 5 brief news on the bottom.
Inside the broadsheet: reading an article
Main features
- It is not the lead story.
- It has about 300 words.
- It shows two pictures.
-The pictures occupy about
10% of the page.
What is it about? A night watch midwife left in a cupboard a four-day old baby that was later on found by a nurse.
This story is not mentioned in the front page but in the eighth page.
It is written in a formal language.It includes accounts, dates and the point of view of the baby´s father, which are things that the tabloid does not include.
The story is spread in a thin column from the top to the bottom of the page.
It is tackled for people who want to know about the story in an objective way, with facts and accurate information.
It is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the UK and Ireland
It has the ninth-largest circulation of any newspaper in the world and the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the United Kingdom
The average age of a Sun reader is 45, and approximately 45% of readers are women.
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Caption is almost as long as the text
The text consists intwo not even finished sentences.
General information:
- Date
- Editorial
- Price
Occupies almost half the page and it is printed in colour
The masthead:
I am defined as ``roughly 17 by 11 inches´´ and commonly "half the size of a broadsheet"
₤ 0,95 in the UK but I cost € 2 in GC!
BIG HEADLINE LITTLE INFORMATION
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front page
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advertisment
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front page
• A lot of pictures
• Colourful They catch your eye inmediately!
The information given is more expressive and simple. There is not as much text as there is in a broadsheet.
60 pages
Sections
- Weather forecast- Readers’ opinion- TV guide- Games- Horoscope and comic- Letters from readers- Sports
Surprise!
An ad
again
Surprise!
An ad
again
And every two pages…
Inside the tabloid: reading an articleThe headline is huge and it is expressed in a dramatic way, so it catches the readers attention straight away.
This version of the story is less formal: - It’s written in a coloquial way.- It has no specific information nor opinons from experts.- It shows some bias
“Stunned nursery nurse rescued tot”
The way the story is tackled is aimed to people that just want a brief explanantion of what happened
Main features
- It is the lead story
- It has about 350 words.
- It shows three pictures.
- The pictures occupy the 20% of the page.
- The new occupies the 50% of the page
inside
front page
Judit Daví TenaDorett Füssel
Cristina González MonzónIsabella Lembke
Group A1 (English - German)