Compare and Contrast the presentational, structural and linguistic features of the two texts

Compare and Contrast the presentational, structural and linguistic features of the two texts In both articles there are many features and techniques to capture the readers attention to be compared and contrasted. Some features are more effective than others are. One article may be more presentable, and eye catching than the other, however this doesn't mean that it is the better of the two. In this review, the differences between 2 articles; 'The weekly Telegraph' and 'The Straits Times' will be compared and analysed. Both papers are broadsheets and are considered to be 'quality' or 'serious' press. They are pitched towards readers who are in the professional or financial sectors of the community. Service industry staff and secretarial workers will also read these articles. Journalists adopt different ways to gain the readers attention and keep it as long as possible. The two articles being compared show how pyramid writing is used to advantage in the Weekly Telegraph article, but less so in the Straits Times. The Telegraph article opens with a powerful introduction, which it is estimated one hundred percent of readers will read. Further detail is organised from the most important to the least important as the 'pyramid' comes to a point. The Telegraph's opening paragraph explains who, why, and what the story is about. The second paragraph gives context and

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Comparing two Newspaper Articles

Comparing two Newspaper Articles The 'Mirror' report uses various techniques that are typical of tabloid newspapers for example tabloidese. There is no evidence of sophisticated vocabulary and the short sentences encourage a rapid reading pace. The language is exciting, and the use of the simile 'ripped apart like a cardboard box', helps the reader visualise the fragility of the cable car, and indicates the violence of the nature of the accident. The use of onomatopoeia also supports the reader's vision of the scene, for example, 'ripped' 'screamed' 'crashing' 'torn'. All of these onomatopoeic words are violent words, that when contrasted with the beauty and idyllic setting of the snow covered mountains, give the feeling that the serenity had been brutally spoiled. The mirror report dramatically describes the incident using figurative language. The use of figures in the text adds a certain formality to the article, which helps maintain the seriousness of the issue as tabloids are known for their highly compressed language, heavy use of puns, and hyperbole. The use of emotive language provoke feelings of sympathy from the reader for example, 'The victims including a woman and a young child', 'bodies lying beneath sheets of metal, most of them torn apart'. The biased use of British eyewitness accounts (as the central accounts) as opposed to the opinions of others that were

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Comparing two newspaper articles

Comparing two newspaper articles The subject of the two articles is England and how David Beckham saved them from defeat against Greece. The papers are the "Mail on Sunday" which is a tabloid and was published on Sunday October 7th 2001; the other is the "Independent" which is a broadsheet and was published on Monday October 8th 2001. Also the draw took them into the 2002 world cup that is being held in Japan and Korea. The layout of the article on the "Mail on Sunday" is very effective and draws people attention because it has big picture of David Beckham that fills almost the whole page up. Its draws the people attention because It has David Beckham pointing in triumph to the headline which says "King of the world," this is important because there is a pun on world, it means world cup and also it means the whole world. David Beckham is pointing to the headline so you can see the article is all about him. The article was also at the back of the paper this is relevant because people who want to look at the sport nearly always turn to the back of the paper first to look at the sport so they will see about England. The headline on the "Mail on Sunday" is also white which symbolises England this also makes it effective. The layout on the "Independent" is also quite effective as well but not quite as effective as the "Mail on Sunday." It is effective because it has a picture of

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Comparing Broadsheet And Tabloid Newspapers

Comparing Broadsheet And Tabloid Newspapers In this assignment I am going to compare a broadsheet and a tabloid newspaper. I have chosen The Sunday Times and The Sun. The Sun is a tabloid newspaper it is sensational. Prone to exaggeration and slang. Has more graphics and photos than a broadsheet. It uses simpler language and has more eye witness unbelievable accounts. The Sun also has a lot more celebrity news, gossip and scandal. Other examples are The Mirror and The Star. The Sunday Times on the other hand is a broadsheet. It is more upmarket than The Sun etc. There are more written articles and they are reported in much more detail. They deal with more political and global issues. They are aimed at the more sophisticated person. They are much more informative than tabloids and are much bigger in terms of size. They are aimed at the business class because they have a business and finance section. Other examples are The Guardian and The Telegraph. When you look at the mastheads on the front of The Sunday Times and The Sun you can start to spot great differences. The Times is written in a gothic font. The font is serif more traditional, more upmarket, more conservative it makes the paper look older less exciting but keeping to the usual standard of papers. The Times also has a crest, this gives the paper a more upmarket and distinctive look. As well as The Sunday Times,

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Compare and Contrast the Presentational Devices of at Least Two Television News Programmes

Compare and Contrast the Presentational Devices of at Least Two Television News Programmes Television news programmes broadcast world events to the public. The purpose of this essay is to look at the various ways in which this is done by comparing and contrasting the presentational devices of "Channel 4 News" and "Newsround". In "Newsround" the presenter begins the show standing, likewise on "Channel 4". However this is done for different reasons on "Newsround" it is done to make the show seem more casual and relaxed. Whereas on "Channel 4" it is seen as a way of capturing the audiences attention and addressing them in a formal and standard manner. The presenter on "Newsround" does not introduce himself and his name is not mentioned until an on location reporter refers to him as "Matthew". As for "Channel 4" "John Snow" the presenter immediately introduces himself and previous to the show the announcer makes known who the presenters will be. "Newsround also uses a female on location reporter referred to as "Our light reporter Lizzy" and two children reporters one boy and one girl. With regards to "Channel 4" in addition to John Snow they use one woman presenter who is later sitting behind a desk with him, and shortly after there is an Asian man sitting behind a desk, also there is a man doing voiceovers throughout the show. They probably use a variety of presenters so that

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Comparing Newspapers

There are two main types of newspapers, tabloids and broadsheets. The tabloid focuses on people and often reports on celebrities. Some types of tabloids include The People, Daily Star, The Mirror, The Sun, News of The World and Daily Sport. Tabloid papers are usually read by working class males as they feature many 'articles' about females. The broadsheet however focuses on facts and opinions. Some broadsheets include The Telegraph, Guardian, Observer and The Times. The broadsheet is called a broadsheet because of the large pages. The broadsheet is generally read by middle class citizens. In both of the newspapers the stories are about the flooding of a Cornish town, Boscastle, in August 2004. The Sun focuses more on the people that were involved whilst the Guardian focuses on the facts and the outcome. The date of the story was August 18th 2004 in both the Guardian and The Sun. The Sun uses a variation of presentational features, the headline is in white text with a black background, this makes it stand out, to add to this there is use of capital letters and emboldening in the title. Both of these draw our attention to the headline. The headline is "Heroes of the flood" underneath the words "the flood" there is a picture of the flood, this could be juxtaposition. The juxtaposition links the word flood with the image. The sub-heading, just below the headline, is a complete

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Comparing Newspapers

Media Studies Coursework Comparing Newspapers The Sunday Times is a highly regarded newspaper, tending to be very conservative and highly informative. It is aimed at those who are interested in all the details about current affairs. The Sunday Express is a tabloid newspaper. These are papers that appeal to people who may just want to scan the news quickly, in order to have a good idea about events happening around the world, without giving up great amounts of time to read lengthy articles. They are contrasting in the way they deal with presenting the news to their readers. Evidence of this can be found through comparing how the two newspapers documented the inferno in a cable train in a tunnel in the Austrian Alps, on Saturday 11 November 2000. 170 people were burned alive due to finding themselves trapped as the train caught fire. Only 18 people survived, and it is said to be the worst accident in alpine history. It was reported by David Dillon for the Sunday Express and by Peter Conradi and Michael Woodhead for The Sunday Times. At a first glance, the layout of the article in The Express is much more effective than the article in The Times at attracting the readers attention. There is a bold, dramatic headline, typed in enormous, capital letters. It is punchy, and straight to the point, simply reading, "INFERNO". In The Times, the letters are much smaller, and not in

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A brief introduction of English journalism

A brief introduction of English journalism The basic definition of Journalism is —“the collection and periodical publishing of news. It includes writing for, editing, and managing such media as the newspaper and the periodical. In other words, it means gathering, evaluating, and disseminating facts of current interest.” Here I would like to give a brief introduction of English journalism. The first newspapers appeared in Europe in the 17th century. The first regularly published newspaper in English was the Oxford Gazette, which first appeared in 1665. It began publication while the British royal court was in Oxford to avoid the plague in London, and was published twice a week. At first, to a degree, journalism was used by politic. In 19th century,Joseph Pulitzer, Edward Wyllis Scripps and William Randolph Hearst established newspaper which appeared to the growing populations of the big cities . At the same time, magazines turned up in the need of time in due course. As an outgrowth of social development, radio stations started to report current events in the 1920s.It went without saying that the contents of these mass media became richer and more colorful. There are usually five basic elements in news: who, what, why, when and where, which draw the public’s attentions most and on which the reporters base to write news. Mass media is the means of communication

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Journalism Language - Analysis of a newspaper article about war crimes in Syria.

Journalism is a medium used to give readers a better understanding of what is going on in the world around them and also creates a wider view on why the situations take place, what has led to the situations and possible solutions from the writer’s point of view. There are so many languages used in journalism. In order to get a better understanding of how languages are used in journalism, critical linguistics are are adopted as they give a lot of tools for analysing this. “Critical is used…to show up connections which may be hidden from people – such as the connections between language, power and ideology…”(Fairclough, 1989: 5) We should be fully aware of the contents of a text before we start analysing it. This essay will help to give a better understanding of how languages in journalism are used by taking an example of a contemporary news story. The Telegraph on 5th of March 2012 released a story on its online edition, which said, “Syrian forces ‘carrying out mass arrests and executions’ in Homs” (Sherlock and Blair, 05.03.12). The report was written by a Lebanese correspondent in Beirut called Ruth Sherlock and another reporter, David Blair and the report depicts a typical news story. The headline of the article was on the telegraph main page with other recent news stories from around the world and in the United Kingdom. The headline could then be

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I will be exploring how effective the regulation of newspapers is in Britain, specifically of The Sun, The Guardian and The News.

How effectively are your chosen texts regulated? By Tessa In this question, I will be exploring how effective the regulation of newspapers is in Britain, specifically of ‘’The Sun’’, ’’The Guardian’’ and ‘’The News’’. Britain has free press, meaning that newspapers are not regulated by the government nor is there firm legislation on publishers or editors. As the British press is self-regulated, editors and journalists can choose whether to abide by rules or not, as there are no laws on what ideology papers can practice or promote. However, it is important to note that despite the lack of firmly grounded laws in the field of journalism, there are some ethical codes that papers are expected to follow; as they do not want to upset their target audience. In order to ensure that newspapers and journalism are kept to the highest of standards, a non-statutory body was created back in 1991, called ‘’The Press Complaints Commission’ ’. The P.C.C has administered the Code of Practice made up of 16 clauses that cover issues such as harassment, privacy, discrimination, misrepresentation etc. However, as it is a voluntary and non-statutory body, its codes of regulation have been repeatedly broken, as there is no formal punishment for such wrongdoings. In this right, the P.C.C has been widely refuted and called incapable and ‘’well-meaning but a

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