The aim of this coursework is to compare two different newspapers in two different manners. The first option in which I will be comparing them is to see how many words are in a sentence, and then cover parts of each newspaper with this scheme.

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The aim of this coursework is to compare two different newspapers in two different manners. The first option in which I will be comparing them is to see how many words are in a sentence, and then cover parts of each newspaper with this scheme.  I will be aiming to cover 80 sentences from each paper, and see how they differ in matter of words per sentence.

Not only this, but I will be also seeing how many pictures are shown on one page, on average, amongst both the papers.

First I shall pick two newspapers, one shall be a broadsheet and one shall be a tabloid. Then, is hall pick a few articles from each newspaper. I would need to have picked the same articles as it would be unfair if I chose different articles. The papers must be bought on the same day, with the same date on each paper. I will then find the articles I require, and then do the tasks that I have been set.

If there are any unfair problems, they will have to be resolved at the beginning. I will have to have a fair piece of data, and make sure that all the information I use is on the same day, that it is all from the same articles on each paper and that it should be counted equally, and accurate as possible.

My prediction of this project is that the tabloid paper shall revile that it has less words per sentence than the broadsheet and that it will have more pictures per page on average.

I came to this prediction because in my opinion, lower class, less literate people read tabloid papers. This way, the newspaper producers will use more images and fewer words, and this will appeal to their most basic instincts. On the other hand, more professional people read broadsheets as they prefer to read the articles written by the newspaper.

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The two papers I shall be using to do my project are:

The Daily Telegraph (Broadsheet Newspaper)

The Daily Sport       (Tabloid Newspaper).

This should show a contrast of results, and if my prediction is correct, then we shall see that the tabloid is the favourite with fewer words and more pictures.

Data Collection

In order to complete my data collection, I had to choose a number of articles or else the numbers would have not been sufficient to produce the data required.

Here are the tables I produced for my first piece:

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