Describe and account for the differences between the front pages of two daily national newspapers printed on the same day.

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GCSE Media Studies

Describe and account for the differences between the front pages of two daily national newspapers printed on the same day.

The two newspaper front pages that have been chosen are ‘The Sun’ and ‘The Times’ from Monday 7th November. We would expect both the newspapers to have the same headlines and main stories, however due to the type of paper the main stories are different.

‘The Sun’ is a tabloid newspaper which deals with major stories in a less serious way and often the stories have humorous headlines. ‘The Sun’ also deals with stories from showbiz and celebrities.

‘The Times’ is a broadsheet newspaper which deals with global stories in a formal and serious way. It is also called a quality paper due to the formality of the writing.

Newspapers are written to meet the needs of a target audience, so that there are a variety of different types of newspapers. Some newspapers may use a lot of pictures in their newspapers for readers that prefer to look at pictures and are not very well educated therefore do not enjoy reading long texts. Or some newspapers may use a lot of texts and this would appeal to well educated people who like to be updated with the news around the world. The publisher would try to make the paper as appealing as possible to the chosen audience to increase the circulation of total copies sold daily.

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At the top of a newspaper front page there is always a masthead which has the name of the newspaper. ‘The Sun’ has a masthead in the top right-hand corner of the front page and is printed ‘white on red’. ‘The Times’ has a masthead going across the width of the page and is printed ‘black on white’. In between the two words there is an emblem which suggests that this is formal and a traditional British newspaper. Both newspapers have poppies next to the mastheads to respect Remembrance Day.

‘The Sun’ has a colourful masthead to ...

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