Newspapers

Question 1

What are the conventions of broadsheets?

Answer 1

• hard news
• more sophisticated register and formal language
• stories are covered in depth
• images are a small portion of the front page
• quality journalism
• text led

Question 2

What are the conventions of Tabloids?

Answer 2

• soft news
• less sophisticated register + less formal language
• fewer stories with less depth
• images take up more proportion of the front page
• stories are taken from social media and not always verified
• image led

Question 3

What company is the Sun owned by?

Answer 3

News UK -> news international -> Newscorp -> Murdoch family