Compare the representation of celebrity, in two tabloid newspapers studied and discuss whether they serve the press and/or them selves.

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Compare the representation of celebrity, in two tabloid newspapers studied and discuss whether they serve the press and/or them selves.

The word celebrity means someone who has done or does abnormal things, such as being a TV presenter, good sporting figure or movie star. People see celebrities’ everyday through television, newspaper, radio and now the internet. The dictionary simply refers to a celebrity as a famous person.

A newspaper that has more stories relating to celebrities than the main news is called a tabloid. The two tabloid newspapers I chose and studied were the Daily Express and the Sun, the date was Monday, the 19 of November 2001.

Tabloid newspapers are very popular and sell much better than the broadsheet, this maybe because the population of England would rather hear about celebrity based news than the normal news. Celebrities and the tabloid newspapers seem to rely on each other a lot as the tabloid makes the celebrity well known and the celebrities make a tabloid. This bond between the two can sometimes take a turn for the worst as the newspaper may print something which is private to the celebrity or bend truth to suit the paper. In the past there have been many court cases between newspapers and celebrities one case is the resent case about Lord Archer and Daily Mail, which lead originally to a massive payout to Lord Archer and then recently back to the Daily Mail. Tabloids also like to show the life cycle of celebrities and the life cycle is:

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  • The Climb to fame
  • Then the Negative Personal Stage
  • And then reinvention.

Newspaper that are tabloids like to show the life cycles of celebrities as many hundreds of people like to read about them.

The Daily Express and the Sun are the two tabloid newspapers I will look at to see how they represent celebrities.

The Two celebrities I chose to write about are Kate Winslet and her soon to be ex-husband Jim Threapleton. They appear in both newspapers even getting a front page link on the Daily Express. The story describes how Kate is finding new ...

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