Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Revision Case Study on tabloids and broadsheet newspapers


                                                        REVISION

1) define what a tabloid newspaper is?

-Tabloid newspaper- is half the size of an average broadsheet.
                               - It focuses on such topics as Crimes, celebrity gossip and television.
                               -The layout of the newspaper has large bold font.

2) define what a broadsheet newspaper is?

-Broadsheet Newspaper- is a larger newspaper than tabloid newspaper that focuses more deeply into the topics they write about and it supports politics and shows different values.

3) Give some background information to the Daily Mirror

-The Daily Mirror is is a daily British tabloid newspaper which is owned by a company called Trinity Mirror. It was founded in 2nd November 1903 by Alfred Harmsworth. In the beginning when it was launched it was supposed to by a newspaper for woman and run by woman. It's size is much smaller than the broadsheet which is useful to those people that don't want to go into depth and are in a rush.

4) Give some background information on the Daily Telegraph

-The Daily Telegraph is a daily broadsheet newspaper which is published in London by the Telegraph media group and is accounted with the Britain's three big newspaper such as The Times, The Guardian. It was founded by Arthur B.Sleigh in 1855 and first named as Daily Telegraph & Courier.

5) Look at the front cover of the Daily Telegraph and write a paragraph  on the 'messages and values' i.e use the terminology 'denotation'- then explain the 'connotations' -consider the use of the colours, layout and font.

They layout of the daily Telegraph is quite simple and and tries to create a serious feel to it. The


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