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Compare two articles from two different type of papers, a tabloid and a broadsheet

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  • Submitted: 15/12/2002
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GCSE Narrative

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Media Assignment

Mass media are methods of communicating to a vast amount of people around the world. Mass Media means things such as Television, Radio, Newspapers, Internet, Magazines etc; they are a means of communication to people. The mass media have a few main functions, which include informing, educating and entertaining you.

In this assignment I am going to compare two articles from two different type of papers, a tabloid and a broadsheet. I am going to us 'The Sun' as my tabloid and 'The Guardian' as my broadsheet.

A tabloid newspaper is a newspaper that is relatively small in size compared to a broadsheet, and it tends to have shorter stories and more photographs than a broadsheet. It usually contains little politics and other serious global issues however it contains more showbiz and sport than a broadsheet and it also contains some national news. It is aimed at the working class and it costs 20p.

On the other hand a broadsheet has very big pages and longer stories but less photographs. It contains more national and international news, politics and war etc and it also covers sport and showbiz although not in much detail as the

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