Thursday 15 October 2009
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Comparison Of Three Newspapers: Local
Islington GazetteStories Covered: Local newspapers usually publish only stories from its local area, however occasionally they print important national news.
Headlines: "Gypsy Site Battle" this story would only be important to someone living in that area who may be affected by it.
Language: Local newspaper use both formal and informal language such as "Gypsy" which is a word which would not be seen in a national paper.
Masthead: Similarly to the other 2 papers, the Masthead will be found at the top of the papers front page.
Splash: The splash would take up a large amount of space on a local newspaper because they wont have the amount of stories a tabloid and broadsheet has so it will fill pages with large splashes and pictures.
Caption: The captions will explain what is happening in the picture but will occasionally be non formal and make a joke.
Adverts: Local newspapers have the largest percentage of adverts as they havnt got a large enough reputation so larger advertisers wont use their paper so to make up for this the paper uses a large amount of little adverts.
Comparison Of Three Newspapers: Broadsheet
The GuardianStories Covered: Broadsheets usually publish national news from across the country as well as some international stories.
Headlines:"Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quak toll rises" This is an example of the serious types of stories published in broadsheets.
Language: Broadsheets usually use formal as well as factual language "Dispatched" "Stricken".
Masthead: Like most newspapers the Guardian has its masthead at then top of the front cover
Splash: The Splash on the Guardian was of average size as there were also other serious stories that are on the front cover.
Caption: Under the image on the front cover the caption explains what is going on in the picture.
Adverts: Broadsheets including the Guardian generally have little advertising in it.
Comparison Of Three Newspapers: Tabloid
The SunHeadlines: "Labour Lost Us" This headline shows us then papers political preferences and took up most of the front page and surrounded by pictures of MP's.
Language: The Sun uses a mixture of formal and informal language such as the word "ditched". This helps the reader to relate u the paper more.
Masthead: The Masthead of this newspaper is in white print with a red background. This helps grab the readers attention.
Splash:The Splash on this particular issue isnt very big so as not to take away the effectiveness of the pictures surrounding it.
Caption: Usually after or next to a picture explain whats in the picture or making a comment about it.
Adverts: There were no adverts on the front cover but there will be some inside however it wont be much.
Analysis of Two Local Newspaper Webpages
The Hackney Gazette
The Hackney Gazettes Webpage has a similar layout to its newspaper. They both have a Masthead at the top of the page saying 'The Gazette' surrounded by a red border. Under then Masthead is the main headline for the page and is usually the same main headline from then newspaper. The page has alot of advertisement as the paper and the page are only local and dont have enough reputation to use large advertisers so instead it uses alot of smaller ones. Most of the page is actually taken up with adverts with only a thin line for stories. Down the left hand side of the page are a list of links leading to other parts of the website.
The Harrow Observer
Just like the Gazettes site, the Harrow Observer's webpage has a Masthead at the top of the page which is similar to the Observer's newpaper. Just below the Masthead there is a line of links such as video, and lifestyle leading to other sections of the website, similar to the Gazettes site except their links were down the left side. Also similarly to the Gazette, the Observer has many pieces of advertisment around the page. There arent as many as with the Gazette which cold b attributed to the fact that local newpspapers need to use alot of ads as they need the money to fun the web page.
The Hackney Gazettes Webpage has a similar layout to its newspaper. They both have a Masthead at the top of the page saying 'The Gazette' surrounded by a red border. Under then Masthead is the main headline for the page and is usually the same main headline from then newspaper. The page has alot of advertisement as the paper and the page are only local and dont have enough reputation to use large advertisers so instead it uses alot of smaller ones. Most of the page is actually taken up with adverts with only a thin line for stories. Down the left hand side of the page are a list of links leading to other parts of the website.
The Harrow Observer
Just like the Gazettes site, the Harrow Observer's webpage has a Masthead at the top of the page which is similar to the Observer's newpaper. Just below the Masthead there is a line of links such as video, and lifestyle leading to other sections of the website, similar to the Gazettes site except their links were down the left side. Also similarly to the Gazette, the Observer has many pieces of advertisment around the page. There arent as many as with the Gazette which cold b attributed to the fact that local newpspapers need to use alot of ads as they need the money to fun the web page.
Thursday 17 September 2009
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