a2 media studies deconstruction of newspapers

DECONSTRUCTION OF A TABLOID AND A BROADSHEET

NEWSPAPER FRONT COVER

Newspaper title bold – easily recognisable

Price, date and website underneath title – 70p

Advert banner – grabbing readers attention

A lot of texts on the front of the Newspaper – about different stories included in the Newspaper

Text in columns

Broadsheet Newspaper

Barcode

Pictures – but not many as it’s a Broadsheet

There is a lot of text on the front of the newspaper which alerts people of what kind of newspaper they will be reading – very full on.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Newspaper title bold – at the top as with all Newspapers

Tabloid Newspaper

Telling their audience about the free DVD

Price, date & website with the title – price twice underneath and above title Bold Headline

drawing people in to make them want to know moreParts of

different articles in the Newspaper

A lot of pictures usually in colour

On the front page of a Tabloid newspaper there isn’t usually a lot of text which helps tell a person what type of newspaper it is.

This isn’t always the way a Tabloid newspaper is but it’s a form.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

Other Broadsheet Newspapers

www.guardian.co.uk/ www.thetimes.co.uk/ www.independent.co.uk/

Other Tabloid Newspapers

www.dailymail.co.uk/ www.mirror.co.uk/www.express.co.uk/