There are many different types of newspapers ranging from tabloids to broadsheet. Tabloids tend to have lighter reading standards an example of this would be the Sun.

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Introduction: there are many different types of newspapers ranging from tabloids to broadsheet. Tabloids tend to have lighter reading standards an example of this would be the Sun. Broadsheets are more complex and include a few pages on things like finance (tabloids do not have finance), therefore it may appeal to more people who don't want to buy more than one newspaper to check such sections. An example of this type of newspaper is the Daily Telegraph.

Aim: my aim is to see if a tabloid is easier to read than a broadsheet newspaper.

For this investigation I have chosen three newspapers. These are the Daily Mirror, Harrow Times and the Guardian. The Harrow Times is a local newspaper and a tabloid; I have chosen to investigate this newspaper because I want to see if the area in which I live in makes a difference in the complexity of the wording. I decided to choose the Mirror because it is a tabloid as well and because it is an average priced newspaper, which makes it a difficult to choose between other newspapers such as the Sun. Guardian was my choice for a broadsheet because it is a popular in its section and it provides all or almost every section in the news.

Hypothesis: my hypothesis is that the broadsheet newspaper (Guardian) will have a higher average in wording than the tabloid newspapers (Harrow Times & The Mirror).

Objectives:

. Collect all newspapers

2. Present data in a meaningful way

3. Present data both sets of data and interpret them

4. Draw up conclusions

Method: to save time the data will be collected in groups. I will be looking at three sections in each newspaper and find the seventh word in these sections; this will hopefully give me a good idea of the word length. The seventh word in each section will be in the headlines, sport and economics. I will be looking at the seventh word in each section and count the number if letters in the word, this will in turn become part of my results. I will be looking at three words in each section of a newspaper so for one newspaper I will end up with nine different words and a total of twenty-seven words for all three.
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Guardian: headlines seventh word = discovery. Number of letters 9

Harrow Times: headlines seventh word = shock. Number of letters 5

Mirror: headlines seventh word = last. Number of letters 4

Guardian: sports seventh word = collapsed. Number of letters 9

Harrow Times: sports seventh word = month. Number of letters 5

Mirror: sports seventh word = real. Number of letters 4

Guardian: economics seventh word = urgent. Number of letters 6

Harrow Times: economics seventh word = deal. Number of letters 4

Mirror: economics seventh word = ...

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