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LESSON 2 Tabloid and Broadsheet

Broadsheet newspapers are the larger newspapers like The Times and The Daily Telegraph, while tabloid newspapers are the smaller newspapers like The Sun and The Daily Mirror. Broadsheets are printed on larger sheets of paper measuring 116.83 x 81.28cm, while tabloids are printed on smaller sheets measuring 58.42 x 40.64cm. Broadsheets focus more on facts and politics/world events, while tabloids contain more emotion and celebrity stories.

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LESSON 2 Tabloid and Broadsheet

Broadsheet newspapers are the larger newspapers like The Times and The Daily Telegraph, while tabloid newspapers are the smaller newspapers like The Sun and The Daily Mirror. Broadsheets are printed on larger sheets of paper measuring 116.83 x 81.28cm, while tabloids are printed on smaller sheets measuring 58.42 x 40.64cm. Broadsheets focus more on facts and politics/world events, while tabloids contain more emotion and celebrity stories.

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Which is a tabloid and which is a broadsheet?

Newspapers can be divided into two sorts:


they are either broadsheets or tabloids.

Broadsheet newspapers are the large


ones (e.g. The Times and The Daily
Telegraph)

Tabloid newspapers are the small ones


(e.g. The Sun and The Daily Mirror).
Tabloids and Broadsheets
Types of newspapers

Broadsheets:

These papers are printed on sheets of paper


116.83 x 81.28cm. There are five such
broadsheets: The Times, The Independent, The
Financial Times, The Guardian and The Daily
Telegraph.

Tabloids:

These papers are half the size of broadsheets,


with pages measuring 58.42 x 40.64cm. There are
six national daily tabloids: The Sun, The Daily
Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Sport and
The Star.
We already know that different newspapers
are written in different ways because they are
aimed at different people. How can we find
out which newspapers are for which people?

First of all we need to understand the


features of different types of newspapers.
Tabloid Broadsheet
Mix of fact and emotion More fact than emotion
Shorter sentences Longer sentences

Use bias and emotional Complicated vocabulary


language
Stories are mixed Divided into clear
together sections
May have less news so Focus on politics and
there is room for stories world events
about celebrities
Focus on famous Generally concerned
people, private lives and with events in major
scandal cities of the world
Less complex
vocabulary

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