Sunday, January 17, 2010

Newspapers.

There are two different types of newspapers: tabloids and broadsheets.

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TABLOIDS: They are less serious newspapers and they are known by their small size (380 mm by 300 mm). An example of tabloid is the Sun.

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BROADSHEETS: They are serious-minded and have large size (600 mm by 380 mm). An example of broadsheet could be The Guardian.

The Guardian is a British newspaper that was founded in Manchester in 1821 by a group of non-conformist businessmen headed by John Edward Taylor. It is a broadsheet.
The
everyday edition costs 80p except on Saturday, that it costs £1.50.
Apart from the newspaper, the Guardian includes a supplement. It’s called G2 and it includes the TV and radio guide,…The readers get different supplement s depending on the day: economy, society,...



The Sun was published in 1963 and the name comes from the Birmingham Sun (Student University Newspaper). It is a daily tabloid published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
It contains news about entertainment and scandals involving celebrities and it is famous for its
witty, pertinent, outrageous, or blatantly offensive headlines .
The Sun is so controversial because its headlines, the page 3 topless girls and the bold presentation of news.It has often been accused of racist and homophobic.


Another type of journalism is the yellow journalism. Is a type of journalism that downplays legitimate news in favour of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers.

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