QUALITY OR POPULAR?
The role of the media?
DOES THE MEDIA MANIPULATE THE
TRUTH?
ARE JOURNALISTS TO BLAME FOR SOME
TRAGEDIES?
IS MASS MEDIA USEFUL?
WHY IS THE PRESS INTERESTED IN
FOCUSING ON THE BAD PARTS OF LIFE?
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.
TABLOIDS
How much does this paper cost?
What other information is there at the top of
the page, apart from details of stories
inside?
What are the contents about (that is, the
items advertised at the top of the page)?
Say what you think each item is about. (For
example, are they about politics, sport or
famous people in entertainment?).
How many news stories are there on this
page? (Don’t count the ones advertised at
the top of the page.)
Are there any advertisements?
What does the caption (the words under the
picture) add to the picture?
Did this story interest you? Explain your
answer (eg, did you know about the person
in this story?).
Britney Spears under orders to read the Bible every day
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Top of the list is that she must read the Bible for one hour a day... Holy Moly!
Brit is also banned from tucking into junk food (not sure she is keeping to that one), leaving
She has no access to the net alone and "feels like a prisoner on her tour". Ouch!
Madonna's not the only celeb to have found Jesus.
Britney Spears' dad has issued strict backstage conditions to
keep his daughter on the straight and narrow path.
BROADSHEET
How much does this paper cost?
What other information is there at the top of the
page, apart from details of stories inside?
What are the contents about (that is, the items
advertised at the top of the page)? Say what you
think each item is about.
What are the stories inside (that is, the ones
advertised at the top of the page) about? Say what
each story is about and also what kind of a story
you think it is (eg, is it about politics, sport or
famous people in entertainment?). What can you
learn from the bottom of the page
Did this story interest you? Explain your answer
(eg, did you know about any of the people in this
story?).
Innocent teenager set for law degree is shot dead in case of mistaken identity
An innocent teenager who was planning to be a lawyer was shot dead outside a
crowded pub at the weekend in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity.
Abdulkarim Boudraf, 18, was killed by a single gunshot to the neck in Tottenham on
Saturday night. The teenager, whose family came to Britain from Algeria, was with a
group of youths outside the Elmhurst pub in Broadwater Road. He is the fifth teenager to
be killed in London this year. Last year 28 teenagers died from knife and gun crime in
the capital. Earlier in the weekend another teenager was stabbed to death.
The latest killings came amid hopes of a lessening in the violence, with politicians
including Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and London Mayor Boris Johnson claiming
success in tackling gang culture. Mr Boudraf was shot dead at about 10.20 when the
pub was packed with drinkers at a disco night. Paramedics tried to give him emergency
surgery on the pavement but could not save him and pronounced him dead at the
scene.
Tabloid
Broadsheet
Mix of fact and emotion
More fact than emotion
Shorter sentences
Longer sentences
Use bias and emotional
language
Objective, matter-offact style
Stories are mixed
together
Divided into clear
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-gossip,rumors
cities of the world
Less complex
vocabulary
Complicated vocabulary
Identify the article taken from a tabloid
and the one taken from a broadsheet
newspaper:
Schools to be graded by parents and pupils
Every school in Britain may be graded by the Government on the
basis of its performance and the views of parents and pupils.
By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor
Ministers are considering grading each school on an A to E
scale or giving each school a traffic light rating.
The rating scheme is part of plans announced by Gordon
Brown to make public services more responsive to the
needs of parents, patients and consumers.
Each school will have to produce a single "report card"
detailing not only its exam performance but also parent and
pupil satisfaction ratings.
Chris Brown looks as though he has another
agonising month to wait until he finds out
whether or not he faces jail time over the
alleged attack on girlfriend Rihanna.
Appearing briefly in court in Los Angeles for
an arraignment hearing on Thursday, Brown
and his attorney Mark Geragos were granted
a continuance to 6 April, after reports suggest
Geragos is keen to strike a plea deal with
prosecutors to keep his client out of jail.
Brown has been charged with two felonies
over his alleged fight with girlfriend Rihanna a
month ago, which left the Umbrella singer
battered and bruised and in need of medical
attention.
The Kiss Kiss singer, who arrived at court in a
black SUV, stood silently as the judge granted
the delay and ordered Brown not to "annoy,
harass, molest, threaten or use force or
violence against anyone."