Comparison of two newspaper articles. The two articles I have chosen to compare are from The Daily Mail and The Guardian. They are both talking about the incidents on September the eleventh and the Al Qaeda, as the date I bought the newspaper

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Ikram Uddin 11T CA8

Media coursework- Comparison of two newspaper articles

I will be analysing two different newspaper articles; an article from a broadsheet newspaper and another from a tabloid newspaper. I will analyze the different techniques the newspapers use and how they present their stories. Different newspaper target different audiences. This can consist of many different types of people. Tabloids are known as ‘The people’s paper’ because they are more informal in the manner they tell information and tend to focus on stories which involve stories that the readers can relate to. Their target audience is stereotyped as less intelligent readers that prefer newspaper to give them an opinion on an issue. Broadsheets are known as ‘The Intelligent Paper’ because they are more informing and formal in the manner they convey news.  Their target audience is stereotyped as mature, well educated, and middle to upper class people. Broadsheets inform the readers with facts on the subject matter.

The two articles I have chosen to compare are from ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘The Guardian’. They are both talking about the incidents on September the eleventh and the Al Qaeda, as the date I bought the newspapers were on 9/11/09 ‘The Daily Mail’ focuses on an individual involved in the incident, called Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Both newspapers present the story differently to each other, but they both aim to make the newspapers attractive. If they want to sell well, they need to make it look ‘eye catching’. The layout of the article is essential when it comes to making an article look ‘eye catching’. ‘The Daily Mail’ has used an image of Mohammed dressed up in white, wearing a turban which was taken in Guantanamo bay. ‘The Daily Mail’ says he was ‘dressed almost exactly as if he were Osama Bin Laden.’

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This picture takes up seventy-five percent of the page. It is in the top-right corner and the text is written around it, in columns. The headline is eye-catching because the black background and the white headline contrast, almost forcing your eyes to read it. The text is also in capital letters, which makes it stand out. Headlines using capital letters are usual in tabloids. The headline is put in the form ‘two or three words on each line’ to make it sound interesting, like a robot:

“THE MONSTER

WHO WANTS TO

BE A MARTYR”

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A good exploration of tabloid and broadsheet newspapers. The student has looked at language, layout and bias. To improve, they could have looked at subtle emotional language signifiers used in broadsheets. ***