How do the elements in newspapers combine to give meaning to the reader? I chose to look at the Metros November 6, 2007 newspaper, to explore the way elements in newspapers combine to give meanings to the reader.

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Noor Hussein                Mr Fuller

Media Studies

How do the elements in newspapers combine to give meaning to the reader?

I chose to look at the Metro’s November 6, 2007 newspaper, to explore the way elements in newspapers combine to give meanings to the reader.

 

The masthead is always at the top of the newspaper it is big so it can be seen from far. It is designed for the reader to distinguish what newspaper they are reading; it also has their website under the masthead www.metro.co.uk for future reference. In the top corner of the masthead there is a poppy. The poppy symbolises respect to the all the soldiers that died in all conflicts. The poppy also shows pride.

The newspaper is in full print colour. This also attracts the readers’ attention into picking up the newspaper.

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In the top right corner of the newspaper it advertises a competition where the readers can “WIN Tickets to Europe’s coolest ski event” you can see the “WIN” is in capital font. The newspaper uses the word ‘Coolest’ which means it has double meaning to that as well the event is going to be the finest it also says it is going to be the coldest. It makes the audience desire for the trip.

The headline for today’s paper is “Emissions head for record high”. The keywords of the headline is ‘record’ ‘high’, the readers may feel fear, ...

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