The “Independent On Sunday” is a broadsheet newspaper, it is a political paper, therefore it has lots of political related news. “The Independent On Sunday” also concentrates on overseas news, for example it would have news which would be found in a different countries newspaper. The owners of “The Independent On Sunday” also own another paper, the other paper which is owned by the owners of “The Independent On Sunday” is “The Sun”. “The Sun” is tabloid newspaper. The “Independent On Sunday” has a large masthead across the top of the page; “The Independent” is printed in large traditional font. “On Sunday” is printed in red, smaller font. At the top of the masthead there is an eagle printed, this eagle represents freedom and independence, because the paper does not support any political party (it is not politically biased) and the paper is an independent paper. The name of the paper and the eagle have been carefully chosen so that they are very well suited for the paper. Above the masthead there are a few by-lines, these by-lines have celebrity’s names written. They stand out because every other celebrity name is written in red. These names are here because the celebrities have written articles within the newspaper. The celebrities’ names attract the reader to the paper, because the reader may be a fan of the celebrity and he or she may like to read an article by them. Just underneath the masthead there are puffs, there are three puffs. Puffs give the reader information on other articles within the newspaper. The puffs in “The Independent On Sunday” all have pictures next to them, the puffs use a lot of alliteration, journalese shorthand and they also contain play on words. This is done because it is less formal and friendly. Warm and friendly papers would attract me to purchase the paper. There are three subheads just underneath the puffs, subheads summarise the articles on the front page. The publishing information has been printed below the masthead. “The Independent On Sunday” costs £1.20. This paper has two or three sentences to a paragraph. A cartoon has been printed on the front page, the artist is someone called “Tim”. The cartoon shows Bin Laden and Prince William hiding, with a helicopter in the background presumably searching for them both. Prince Edward is saying “I’m hiding from Prince Edward”, this cartoon links two articles together, the primary article and the secondary article. Between the primary article and the secondary article there is a menu. Menus are links, that tell the consumer about other articles within the newspaper. “The Independent On Sunday” uses a lot of pyramid writing. Pyramid writing means that the sentences contain everything needed.
The head line for the lead article in “The Independent On Sunday” is “New law to curb Muslim white racists”, “curb is a form of journalese shorthand. The lead story is about white racists and Muslim fanatics. White racists are people who discriminate against white people. The main clause in the lead article is at the start, within the main clause journalese shorthand its used, once again the journalese shorthand is “curb”. Direct speech and repeated speech is used in the article, in both cases they take up a whole paragraph.
One of the secondary articles in “The Independent On Sunday” is about a British reported named Yvonne Ridley who is being held for illegally entering Afghanistan. The headline for the secondary article is “British Reported May Face Taliban Spy Charges”. Above the headline, there is a large colour of photography of Yvonne Ridley in a plane. Yvonne Ridley is smiling in this photograph, the photograph was taken just as she was entering the “enemy lines” Yvonne Ridley seems to be very confident, because she is sitting up straight and smiling. The secondary article explains who Yvonne Ridley is and what is happening. The article says “Yvonne Ridley, the British journalist detained by the Taliban, is under investigation for spying”. That was an extract from the first paragraph, so as you can see the first paragraph explains who Yvonne Ridley is and why she is being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The article includes alliteration “War will be waged”, conjunctive sentences “but....” and someone’s opinion “in days rather than weeks”. As the article finishes there is a link for another article within the newspaper.
The other secondary headline is “Oops! Sophie rides to Edward’s Rescue”, this headline is a role reversal because Edward is a prince and normally the male rides to the females rescue, and not the female riding to males rescue. “Oops!” this is sarcasm, because it is not meant. “Rides......Rescue” this is alliteration. The article is about Prince Edwards film company filming Prince William against his will, the Countess of Wessex has taken charge of attempts to counter the criticism Prince Edward received after his television company was accused of snooping on Prince William. This article is light-hearted compared to the other articles within the newspaper. This article is also different because it is slightly humorous unlike other articles which are very serious.
“The Mail On Sunday” is a tabloid newspaper, it is exactly half the size of a normal broadsheet newspaper like “The Independent On Sunday”. Due to the size difference a tabloid can not put anywhere near as much information onto their front page as a broadsheet is normally able to. “The Mail On Sunday” support a political party, the political party it supports are the conservatives. A different masthead is used too, the masthead is smaller than “The Independent On Sunday”. The masthead used has been printed in gothic font and has a crest (logo) in between the words “The” and “Mail”, the crest has a picture of a crown in the centre and an unicorn and a lion with a crown on its head situated either side. More colour is used in “The Mail On Sunday” newspaper than “The Independent On Sunday”. “The Mail On Sunday” uses a lot of blue within the front page. Unlike other broadsheet newspapers “The Mail On Sunday” has one picture on the front page, but the picture is not related with the lead story it is linked with the secondary article. Publishing information has been printed on the paper, what is different about “The Mail On Sunday’s” publishing information is that the barcode has not been printed on the front page, instead it has been printed on the last page, in the bottom left. The positions of the price of the newspaper, and the date on which the newspaper was printed are displayed on the broadsheet, and reversed on “The Mail On Sunday”. Below the masthead a large advert has been printed, its is advertising Jamie Oliver’s new recipe book, and Sainsbury’s offer on wine.
The lead article in “The Mail On Sunday” is about the war on terrorism. Within the first paragraph The Northern Alliance are planning on an “all out war against terrorism”, the Afghan government said it would launch a new offensive on at least five fronts using ground troop, artillery and tanks. The leader, Soleh Muhammad Resgistani told The Mail On Sunday that the attacks would be launched within the next 48 hours. The Northern Alliance leaders have said “we hope and believe on offensive, in a number of places throughout the country, will be backed by America attacking from the air”. The Northern Alliance also believes that the Taliban is now ready to be beaten. The article also stated that Downing Street announced plans to target the Taliban’s 3,000-ton stockpile of. The article is ended in the middle of a sentence.
The headline for the lead article within the “The Mail On Sunday” is “Afghan Rebels: US Air Strikes ‘in days’”. This is written in big bold letters on the left-hand side of the page, it take up about a quarter of the page. The headline contains journalese shorthand; Afghan is a form of journalese shorthand. Journalese shorthand is when journalists shorten words. The first sentence in the article is written in bold text, this is because it draws the readers attention to it. Journalese shorthand occurs twice in the first sentence of the article, first is “Afghan” and then secondly is “all-out”. “All-out” is journalese shorthand, and it is also a cliché. The main clause in the article is “The northern Alliance”. Indirect speech used in the article too. Soleh Muhammad Regestani is the main player in the first article. In the first article direct speech is used “we believe the Taliban is ready to be beaten”. The last sentence of the primary article is ended halfway through a sentence, “Yesterday Downing Street announced plans to target the Taliban’s 3.000-ton stockpile of” this is done because by this entices the reader to make him or her read on, so he or she would have to turn to the next page.
The secondary article in “The Mail On Sunday” is about a journalist named Yvonne Ridley, who is being held by the Taliban for entering Afghanistan illegally. The Secondary headline is “Please let my Mummy come home in time for my birthday” it features a large colour photograph of Yvonne Ridley’s daughter, Daisy Ridley holding a little puppy dog. The article states that “Daisy has not been told in detail what has happened, but her face says it all”. The photograph has a by-line to the right of it, “Marc Patinson” this is the photographer who had taken the photograph of Daisy Ridley holding the little puppy dog.
The secondary article features emotive language. In the secondary headline, “Please let Mummy come home in time for my birthday” This is direct speech spoken by Daisy Ridley. The secondary headline is emotive because Daisy Ridley had spoken those words, this in known as a “quote”. “Mummy” is emotive language. It is emotive language because it uses a child’s vocabulary. The picture is very emotive, because it shows Daisy Ridley holding a little puppy dog, Daisy Ridley is looking straight at the camera, this would makes the reader feel as though Daisy Ridley is making eye contact with the reader. Some readers may be able to relate to the expression on Daisy’s face because they may have children of their own, and they might know what a child looks like when he or she is helpless or desperate. The little puppy Daisy Ridley is holding in her arms, is also looking right into the camera, this also helps the reader to relate because they may have a pet dog of their own. Underneath the small paragraph telling the story of Yvonne and Daisy Ridley there is a link to a full report a few pages within the newspaper.
If I was to read a newspaper, I would prefer to read a newspaper that is light-hearted, a paper which I can pick up and in five minutes have read two or three articles. Tabloids are what I prefer to read, because they give me everything I would want from a newspaper. Therefore I would rather read “The Mail On Sunday”, because it is light-hearted, easy to read and it is aimed at people my age. “The Independent On Sunday” would be a good paper to read if I would like to read about politics, and if I wanted a paper that went into a lot of detail.
