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Analyzing the Two Newspaper Articles

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The newspapers that I am going to analyze are The Guardian and The Sun. Both of the papers represent different approaches to news presentations; different ideologies, and therefore different potential reader groups. The Sun is a tabloid newspaper that reports news that is sensationalised and also takes a subjective angel. Whereas, The Guardian is a broadsheet which reports serious news that are quite detailed and balanced. Broadsheets are often called the ‘quality newspapers’ and therefore is aimed to readers that want more in-depth news.

Both of the articles were published on Saturday 6th of September 2009 and are about the same event. However, the layout of the two articles and the presentational devices used are very different. The …show more content…

The Sun have chosen to put a large image of the school because it creates sympathy for the pupils of the school. The position and size of the photograph is an important presentational device as it affects the reader’s attention towards the paper. The image takes up half of the space given to the story, the other half is taken up by the article. The photograph shows the school as well as having the school logo placed on the right hand side of the page. The photograph’s position and size means that the reader’s attention is split between the headline and the picture.

In contrast ‘The Guardian’ have chosen not to put a photograph or an image, but instead have chosen to write about the story in detail, in order to inform their readers. This again shows the two different approaches the newspapers have towards presentational devices. The broadsheet, like The Guardian, tend to be very balanced and highly informative. The newspaper is amid at those interested in all the details about the current events happening around the world.

Although the new newspapers I am analysing have different potential reader groups, different approaches to news presentations and different ideologies, the also have some similarities. An example of this is that they both use projection, which is very useful because by using this technique they are able to inform their audience about what will happen next. The

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