RESULTS
First I will do the word length test for the tabloid newspaper ( The SUN), I chose the Harry Potter article to do the test on.
Word length test for a broadsheet newspaper (The Daily Telegraph), I used the same on the release of the Harry Potter book.
When the tally chart on both articals is compared they show the the broadsheet is writted with longer and more difficult words then the tabloid newspaper, therefore suggesting that more educted people read broadsheet newspapers. The same was also shown when thse results are put into a cumaltive frequency graph.
Now I will do a readability test to find out what age group the newspaper articles are aimed at.
Fog Index readability test for tabloid newspaper.
There are 100 words in the paragraph (W).
There are 4 sentences in the paragraph (S).
14 words have more than there syllables (HW).
Formula = (W/S + HW/W × 100) × 0.4
(100 ÷ 4 + 14 × 100) × 0.4
= (25 + 14) × 0.4
39 × 0.4 = 15.6 years
Flesch Readability Test for tabloid newspaper
The flesch readability scale say’s the text in the tabloid article is written in plain English.
Fog Index Readability Test for a broadsheet newspaper
There are 100 words in the paragraph (W)
There are 3 sentences in the paragraph (S).
16 words have more that 3 syllables (HW)
Formula = (W/S + HW/W × 100) × 0.4
(100 ÷ 3 + 16/100 × 100) × 0.4
= (33.3 + 49.3) × 0.4
= 19.73 years
The flesch readability scale say’s that the text in the broadsheet article is extremely difficult to read.
Bo the tests don’t give any figures to compare the two articles, therefore I will use the “Fog Index Readability Test”.
Survey Results
From this survey I have found out that people with no or little professional qualifications tend to read tabloid newspapers, and people with professional qualifications tend to read broadsheet newspapers.
Conclusion
From this investigation I have found out that tabloid newspapers are written in easier language than broadsheet newspapers, the articles are also shorter and have more pictures. Broadsheet newspapers have more writing and it is written using more complex language. This also affects the audience it attracts, usually more educated people tend to read broadsheet newspapers and less educated people tend to read tabloid newspapers. The age of a person also makes a difference, form my investigation I have found that to read a tabloid newspaper you should have at least 15 years of education, and to read a broadsheet newspaper you need at least 19 years of education.
