2. Date and time/ pictures/Hyperlinks
• On the news website articles they would have the date
and time, so the readers know when this story was
published and how long ago it was ,sometimes people
read old article and share it then if you start reading it
and want to know when it was posted you would have
the date and time there that’s why its really helpful.
• They have pictures to back up their story, and make it
look more believable.
• They use Hyperlinks sometimes to show you other
pages or links to other pictures relevant to the story.
3. Social sharing/No columns/Some will
have comments sections
• Social sharing on a website is convention because the user
can share a story with social networks sites such as twitter
Facebook or even email it moves with the page navigation.
• There's big spaces between paragraphs and no columns
compared to newspaper article which uses columns and no
spacing.
• Some websites will have bottom section where the public
can comment on and side box with additional information
which is also convention of newspaper website.
4. Headline and summing up
sentence/Very short paragraphs
• Headline that sums up the sentence is for the
readers to know what the article is about, this
convention is used in most newspaper articles.
• Very short paragraphs are used in newspapers
websites this convention is good way for
people to get the important information
quickly.
5. Side boxes with additional info/videos
• The sides boxes help the readers understand
more about the story just more information
on side for anyone that needs it.
• They would sometimes put videos on the
bottom of the article as additional information
for people and more evidence.
6. Tabloids newspaper website article.
• Tabloids website articles update every minute for example the daily
mail, and most of it it’s celebrities, what they did today , where
they went, what they wearing, 99% gossip. It uses lots of informal
language, and you can download the app on your smartphone, or I
pad fast way to get all the gossip, the website has comment section
blow where the public can say what they want about the article
and what they think about it and have discussion with other
people. They have a button where you can share the article on
Facebook, twitter, and other social networks.
7. Broadsheets
• Its serious and formal, even the pictures are formal, they keep
the article simple not to much colouring, they show the pictures
of the main article to catch peoples attention. They have
important topics and more political, not about celebrities. They
got tabs for different topics, example weather ,sports political.
They have the comments box at the bottom for public opinion,
you can share the article on social networks and other people
can see it. They have hyperlinks to take you to other pages.
