Newspapers, tabloids and broadsheets

Abstract

A newspaper is a printed publication which contains news and content of general and special interest. Newspapers consist of folded sheets that show current news, correspondence, advertisements, and news articles.Newspapers are important sources of precious information in our daily life. The first newspaper was published in Germany by Johann Corolus in 17th century. Nowadays hundred of newspapers are published every day.The newspapers in United Kingdom are divided into two categories: Image led newspapers and text led newspapers. Image led newspapers include tabloids, but text led newspapers include broadsheets. Tabloids are smaller in size than broadsheets and they focus on less “serious” content, especially celebrities, sports, and sensational stories. Broadsheets are standard, full sized newspapers that take serious look at major news stories.Tabloids are popular newspapers and can be subdivided into two groups: 'red tops' and 'middle market' dailies. These newspapers are called ‘red tops’ because they have red mastheads. The masthead is the large font title at the top of a newspaper front page containing the newspaper's title. The 'red tops' report on politics and international news but tend to include more celebrity gossips and scandals. ‘Red tops’ write short stories using simple language and they have more pictures than other newspapers. The description 'middle market' refers to the target readership of these newspapers, which is somewhere between the 'red tops' and the 'broadsheets'. Broadsheets are 'quality' newspapers, they have a higher news content than the 'red tops' and broadsheets cost more to buy and have a lower circulation. The style of writing differs from tabloids with longer sentences and paragraphs, and more articles offering in-depth analysis