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Tabloid Newspapers

Tabloid newspapers (often referred to as Redtops) are publications such as The Sun and The Daily Star.

Tabloids

Tabloid newspapers (often referred to as Redtops) are publications such as The Sun and The Daily Star.
They are characterised by the following conventions.

Conventions of tabloid papers 1

Aimed at a fairly low social class (C2, D, E).
Use of informal, colloquial, sensationalist language.
Use of dramatic, often manipulated, images.

Conventions of tabloid papers 2

Large ratio of image to text, easy to read with a large masthead.
Use of puns, alliteration, wordplay.
Short stories with less in depth reporting.

Conventions of tabloid papers 3

Focus on celebrity news and human interest stories.
Biased approach to some stories.
Use of competitions and other features such as games and advice columns to attract readers.

Mid market tabloids

Mid market tabloids or middle market dailies are newspapers that include publications such as The Daily Express and The Daily Mail.
They may include some conventions of both tabloid or broadsheet and tend to reflect a mid-point between the two genres.

Broadsheet Newspapers

Broadsheets newspapers are more serious newspapers than tabloids. Some of the most popular broadsheets in the UK include The Telegraph and The Times.

Broadsheets

Broadsheets newspapers were traditionally much bigger in size than tabloids, hence the name.
Some of the most popular broadsheets in the UK include The Telegraph and The Times.
They are characterised by the following conventions (in comparison to tabloids).

Broadsheet conventions

A higher class of reader (ABC1).
More detailed coverage of stories.
Higher ratio of text to image.
More complex and sophisticated use of language.

Broadsheet conventions cont.

Formal and serious headlines.
Much more subtle and plain layout, less colour and smaller less dramatic pictures.
More emphasis on stories involving politics, the environment and international news.
A less biased, more objective approach to stories.

1Overview

1.1Media Language

1.1.1Media Language

1.1.2Media Language 2

1.2Audience

1.2.1Audiences

1.2.2Audiences 2

1.2.3End of Topic Test - Media Language & Audience

1.3Representation

1.3.1Stereotypes

1.3.2Gender

1.3.3Audiences

1.4The Media Industry

1.4.1Media Industries

1.4.2Ownership

1.4.3Funding & Regulation

1.4.4End of Topic Test - Representation/Media Industry

2Component 1: Section A

2.1Magazines

2.1.1Magazines

2.1.2Pride

2.1.3Pride 2

2.2GQ

2.2.1Context

2.2.2Narrative

2.2.3Representation

2.3Advertising & Marketing

2.3.1Advertising & Marketing

2.3.2Analysing Adverts

2.3.3Analysing Adverts 2

2.3.4Theories & Principles

2.3.5End of Topic Test - Magazines & Advertising

2.4Print Advertisements

2.4.1Quality Street

2.4.2This Girl Can

2.5Film Posters (Marketing)

2.5.1Spectre

2.5.2The Man with The Golden Gun

2.5.3The Man with The Golden Gun 2

2.6Newspapers

2.6.1Ownership & Regulation

2.6.2News Selection

2.6.3Media Language

2.6.4Genres

2.6.5Newspaper Conventions

2.6.6Representation

2.6.7Audience

2.6.8Theories

2.6.9End of Topic Test - Newspapers

2.7The Sun

2.7.1Context

2.7.2Narrative

2.7.3Language & Images

2.8The Guardian

2.8.1The Guardian

2.8.2Narrative

2.8.3Language & Images

3Component 1: Section B

3.1Video Games

3.1.1Video Games

3.2Film

3.2.1The Big Six

3.2.2Technology

3.2.3End of Topic Test - Video Games & Films

3.3Radio

3.3.1The Radio Industry

3.3.2Categories of Radio Station

3.3.3Technology & Radio Audiences

3.3.4Theories

3.3.5End of Topic Test - Radio

3.4No Time To Die

3.4.1Context

3.4.2Narrative

3.4.3Representation

4Component 2: Section A

5Component 2: Section B

5.1Music Video

5.1.1Music Videos

5.1.2The Music Industry

5.2Michael Jackson

5.2.1‘Black or White’

5.3Taylor Swift

5.3.1Bad Blood

5.3.2Intertextual References

5.3.3Media Theories

5.3.4Representation

5.3.5Social Media

5.4Bruno Mars

5.4.1Uptown Funk

5.4.2Analysis

5.4.3End of Topic Test - Music Videos

5.5Lizzo

5.5.1Context

5.5.2'Good as Hell'

5.5.3Media Language

5.5.4Representation

5.5.5Audience

5.5.6Industry

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