Analyse the way in which two British newspapers select, construct and present news to readers.

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Analyse the way in which two British newspapers select, construct and present news to readers.

        In this essay I am going to look at two newspapers, one tabloid and one broadsheet, and analyse the different techniques used by them to select, construct and present news to their readers. I will do this by examining their news values, news sources and use of effective layout.

I will also look at their use of key concepts in the production of news articles. I plan to look at The Sun and The Times. The definition of a tabloid is: “In summary form; condensed. Lurid or sensational”. This does accurately sum up what a tabloid is. A tabloid newspaper is “a newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.”  

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The language used in The Sun is mainly mono syllabic language using simple language and a large proportion of the space is taken up by mastheads and pictures. This means the stories in tabloids are not only easier to read but also shorter. The language is very sensationalised in tabloids also, this is because they want to sell more papers and making stories more dramatic can do this. The amount of 'hard news' that a paper decides to print is determined by the editorial policy of the paper. Tabloids do feature political stories, though they tend to prefer to focus ...

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