From the paper I can see that it is written in a simple font, preferably times new roman, very little space is actually dedicated to the actual story, the story is quite short, a lot of space is dedicated to the headlines, and there is some space given to the images. There is little white space in the paper, making it look scruffy, untidy and unorganised.
When I read the article in the broadsheet paper I could see that the headline was a little less dramatic,
“Power and Vainglory”. Even though the headline is large and in bold, only a few space is actually dedicated to the headline. The headline is also short but uses clever use of vocabulary, it is not written in slang, giving the story a serious out look straight away, making you think about the story before you read it. There are various images throughout the article, in the 1st page almost a whole page is given to the image, it isn’t dramatic at all, it looked quite peace full to say the least, the text written underneath it illustrates the image in words, the text is written in normal times new roman and it isn’t in bold, where as in the tabloid paper it was. The text tells us what the image is about.
The other images are right in the middle of the article, but are smaller in size these are dramatic and highlight what the story is about instantly. There is no advertising, no irrelevant information making the paper a pure source of information and news. I think that a paper without advertising is favourable with many readers because many people buy a newspaper to get the latest information and news about the world, not to buy the latest product. There is also a lot of white space making the paper easy to follow and understand. The story is long, written in small times new roman font, this makes the broadsheet different because the tabloid paper is much shorter than the broadsheet paper.
When you actually read the content of the tabloid paper you realise that it is very short. There are only 4 to 7 words on each line, making it very simplistic.
The points of each news item is to tell the audience about the issue of the Iraqi pictures, this article isn’t biased at all, it doesn’t give some ones opinion, it is written by someone with a neutral perspective. The article also makes fair use of interviews, it shows a ministry of defence spokeswoman’s opinion, and also shows what a close investigator said.
When you read the Broadsheet paper you find out that it is very long, there are about 6 to 11 words in each line. The main point of each news item is to tell the audience about the Iraq crisis. As you progress through the article you realise that the article is very biased, it is against the war and strongly wants the soldiers out of Iraq, it gives someone’s opinion. I think that the Broadsheet paper doesn’t make good use of interviews, there are only few quotes, and it could have used a better range of interviews. This makes it different from the tabloid paper.
The style of the vocabulary used in the tabloid paper is very simple and formal, so simple in fact that a young child between the age of 8 and 11 would be able to read and understand it. The first sentence I think achieves particular effect, because it summarises the headline in a few words. I think the sentence structure is a normal standard tabloid sentence structure, nothing different, it is short and sharp giving you plain news. The language used is fairly neutral, it is not dramatic or exaggerated. I can detect no sign of biasness in any part of the article, I think that it does give two sides of the story.
The Vocabulary used in the Broadsheet paper is very intellectual, it is not as simple as the tabloid paper, and I think that most of the language used does achieve certain effect through out the paper, such as, “Misguided from the start the war on Iraq is spiralling out of control”. The sentence structure is split in to long detailed paragraphs, giving explicit information about the Iraq crisis. The language used is not exaggerated or dramatic at all through out the story, it uses formal language which used to good effect. After reading the article thoroughly I could detect some slight biasness, because he was in favour of the Iraqi people, he didn’t talk about the American reasons for war on Iraq.
I think that the Tabloid paper was aimed at young males or females who are working class for example truck drivers, house wives etc. I can’t really say what race and religion the paper is aimed at because there isn’t enough information to back this up.
I can tell that it is aimed at working class men and women because of the easy to read vocabulary used in the article, quite a few images and big bold headlines which would appeal to working class because it would be easy to understand. If the audience were to look at the front page of a tabloid paper they would probably see a dramatic image and a large, short sharp headline. This would make the audience respond the way the newspaper would want them to, in this case they would feel neutral towards the paper, but it really depends on the individual and how he/she looks at the story. The layout and the positioning of the article draws the reader to that particular story because it has a bold headline and a very sensitive subject and that is what draws the reader to the story. The audience is positioned to read the story actively because of the nature of the article, it is about the Iraqi pictures and everyone thinks this is a sensitive issue.
I think that Broadsheet paper is aimed at middle class people (male or female) between the ages of 35 to 60 who are doctors, teachers etc. As with the tabloid paper I can’t really say what race and religion the paper is aimed at because there isn’t enough information to back this up. I can tell it is aimed at middle class people because of the wide range of vocabulary and style used, the text is very sophisticated making it ideal for middle class people. I think the audience would be positioned to think against the war due to the nature of the article and the way it has been written and presented, also due to the images used some of them are quite harsh images of Iraqi prisoners. I think that the audience s positioned to read this very actively because the article shows many coloured pictures and gives very detailed accounts of the Iraq conflict.
Overall I think the broadsheet article is a better newspaper of the two because the article is more detailed and more graphical, very well written and well presented which grabbed the reader’s attention, also gives a good persuasive argument against the war. Although this article did have its flaws, at times it gave too much detail and in some areas it was biased, even though they gave factual information. I think the paper is successful in the way it imparts the news to its readers.
The tabloid article was brief but eye catching, these were its good points. It wasn’t biased which made it an interesting article so you formed your own opinion about the conflict. In this paper I think that it did leave out some important information, which was one of its drawbacks, it was not as detailed as the broadsheet paper.