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Different types of newspapers

Activity

UK newspapers can generally be split into two distinct categories: the more serious and intellectual newspapers, usually referred to as the broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press", and others, generally known as tabloids, and collectively as "the popular press", which have tended to focus more on celebrity coverage and human interest stories rather than political reporting or overseas news. The tabloids in turn have been divided into the more sensationalist mass market titles, or "red tops", such as The Sun and the Daily Mirror, and the middle-market papers, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail.

Broadsheet newspaper
www.telegraph.co.uk

Comparison: Broadsheet vs. Tabloids

www.mirror.co.uk
www.thetimes.co.uk


                     

Activity:

Look at the different photographs and prompts.   Write an outline  showing the main differences between tabloids and broadsheets.

You may want to visit these websites to find more about the differences between broadsheets and tabloids: https://es.slideshare.net/Barney1995/tabloid-vs-broadsheet-15605398

http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-tabloid-and-vs-broadsheet/

Extra activity.  " METRO NEWSPAPER". GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND SEE ONE OF THE MOST  WIDELY READ NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLAND: THIS IS THE ONLINE VERSION. http://metro.co.uk/news/

What type of newspaper is it?   

Do you think it is very popular?

Write a short comment about this newspaper.