Media refers to communication which is information passed onto people.

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Media refers to communication which is information passed onto people. It is all around us on TVs, Radios, Posters, and Billboards and on the internet. It can be put into bright writing, standout letters, be spoken out or even be a plain piece of writing as long as it informs or entertains the viewer. Media can tell exciting information which is called entertainment. It also gives you up to date information from any were in the world. Media is used a lot by companies and businesses to sell their products this is called advertising.

Media can be laid out into bright colours to catch people's eyes, but that's not the only way of catching people's attention. Newspapers for instance rarely use colours; they find true interesting stories from the public or comment on major events from around the country or the world. Newspapers are one of the most popular forms of media, because they give a lot of information.

Two types of newspapers are Tabloid and Broadsheet. Tabloid mainly makes stories which have puns and stories from the public and stories of major events. The tabloids language is easier to read than broadsheet. Broadsheet mainly makes stories of major events, financial news and maybe stories of the public but without puns and only take up a tiny proportian of the page.

Two newspapers I am comparing are the sun and the mirror which are both leading tabloid newspapers. They both cover the same story, which is from the public. It is about a couple who are getting married, but their about 20 years apart in their age. Phil the male of the couple lied to his mum telling her that Pat his fiancée was only 21 and she believed him. That is the main emphasis of the story apart from the age difference.
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First I will analysis the sun's version of the story, showing how it has been laid out and its use of language. The headline is spread out across the page in huge capital letters and is put in colour white on black. They have done it like this to make it stand out and be seen by the reader. The heading has been written as a pun. The pun comes from the marriage vow 'to have and to hold' and has been altered to 'to have and to old'. Meaning she is too old. It also tells the ...

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