Another difference is the target audience is different for example tabloids are targeted at lees educated, younger and more humorous kind of people, whereas broadsheets are stereotypically for the more educated, political and more sophisticated and serious e.g. The Sun newspaper says ‘Detectives said it would have destroyed the jumbo and slaughtered all 400 passengers and crew’.
Where as The Times says ‘it would have resulted in the loss of 400 passengers and crew’. This shows the style of writing like in the tabloid it exaggerated the point (e.g. words which are highlighted) and this has an effect on the readers because ‘Slaughtered’ is a kind of dramatic and effective word. Whereas in the broadsheet it is more serious, more calm and is less exaggerated and not as dramatic as a tabloid.
The visual appearance also has similarities and differences. The similarities are they both have mastheads (except in different style), headlines, sub-headlines and small adverts near the bottom. The differences are tabloids takes up more of the page on a main story, pictures are bigger, has puns (e.g. next to the mast head it said ‘The Sam Frock’s collection.’ This also makes it more humorous and makes more young males want to buy it). The sub-headline was also longer. Broadsheets have smaller pictures, more writing and the headline is shorter but meaningful (makes the reader want to read on and get interested) and has no puns. This might be because a more mature newspaper wouldn’t put something humorous right next to a big serious story.
The content of the story is the same only in the basic facts but otherwise different. Tabloids even show an obvious bias towards someone or something e.g. in The Sun they referred to the man as ‘an Arab rat’ and this shows that he is cunning, clever and scheming and nearly got away with it. Also how they used emotive language e.g. ‘Sobbing girl’, this also had an effect because the audience would of felt sorry for her. This emotive language shows that the word ‘Sobbing’ is more kind of slang and make the reader feel pity on her.
The broadsheet didn’t show obvious bias because mainly it is a more mature type of newspaper and because it is more mature it doesn’t take sides and puts both sides of the argument.
Also the order in which they refer to things is very different but there were some in the same position of the order. The first two paragraphs have the same kind of information and this might be because it is the main part of the story and the aims of the two newspapers was to get the reader interested and read on. But from there it is in different orders but has the same information in different places. This might be because the newspapers are aimed at different audiences.
The styles of the two papers are very different. The broadsheets use a wider range of vocabulary and focuses on the facts and uses comments to add realism to the story. Where as the tabloid shows obvious bias towards the bad guy and makes everyone reading feel sympathetic towards the innocent people such as the girl was going to die for no reason all because of her boyfriend and it said she got ‘duped’. The writers referred to her as a ‘Sobbing girl’ and this gives an image in the readers mind thinking that she is weak and sad and fragile, and needs looking after. The Sun doesn’t focus a lot on the basic facts and focuses more on the people e.g. the way they use the emotive language to make people feel sympathetic towards the innocent people. ‘It would have destroyed the jumbo and slaughtered all 400 passengers and crew.’
‘And hundreds could have been killed if the jet had plummeted into busy streets.’
The aim of this was to make the reader feel hatred towards the terrorist and feel sorry for the people who would have died for no reason.
The Times just focuses mostly on the facts. ‘She was on her way to Israel, where the Arab said he would marry her.’
This also a bit similar to The Sun’s quote because this is just focusing on the people e.g. this makes people feel sad for the girl because she was ‘duped’ by her fiancé.
Although both stories are the same, the style they are written in is different. This is mainly because the newspapers are targeted at different audiences (tabloids are for the less educated, humorous and young. Broadsheets are for the more sophisticated and people who understand a wider range of vocabulary).
In conclusion the main reason is that the target audience is different and as a result of that the way they are reported.
