2. Conventions of a tabloid
newspaper article
*Tabloid newspapers headlines and subtitles are informative with a bit of humour to it usually and
it’s not as formal has its more bit of gossip.
*Pictures in tabloids are usually not as professional and serious but its still catching to the eye.
*Most paragraphs are short and snappy to keep the reader interested with getting bored with
boring informative details usually it’s the first para that sums up the whole story.
*Usually they have columns to fit as much other articles in the newspaper but most of the time on
the front page don’t use columns.
*Tabloids are usually has more scandal and gossip story's most of them aren’t even true even
though sometimes they might use facts and opinions but they are usually bi-est and one person
opinion.
*They have interviews mostly with celebrities to get a juicy story out of them to make their
newspapers interesting.
*Most facts and statistics are true in tabloids but you got to be careful as all of them are not true
and accurate.
*Tabloids usually use snappy short quotes to catch the readers eye as you see in the Sun “Barack
four more” which is trying to say his back for four more years.
3. Conventions of a broadsheet
newspaper article.
*Broadsheet newspaper headlines and subtitles are informative and formal and more serious as
they don’t talk much about celebrities and less gossip and more of current affairs.
*Pictures in broadsheets are professional and don’t have more humour into it.
*Captions in broadsheets are snappy as well but with more authority as they talk more about politics
and the environment.
*Paragraphs are short but with more detail.
*The information it gives and facts/opinions/statistics are usually more accurate and more
controversial.
*Interviews they ask more serious questions rather then silly little jokes.
*They add columns to usually make it easier for the reader to read or if there is more than one
article to read.
*On broadsheets newspapers they are more formal and serious with less colour.
5. Conventions of broadsheet
newspaper website article
*Conventions on a broadsheet website they keep it simple but formal with the pictures.
*They update the website page everyday with new stories and new articles mostly orientated around
more of current affairs and less gossip about celebrities.
*They show pictures of the main articles to catch people eyes.
*You can also download the app on your android phone or iphone so you have the newspaper on the way
you go.
*They have different navigation bars for different topics on the news such as weather, sports, politics ect.
*They got tabs to specific news and into more contents.
*Its more interactive in social media as there’s hyperlinks to other things such as a dating site and for
property search.
*They even have comments on some articles so people can have a discussion.
*On the independent they will add videos as well.
*Also they got a RSS feed which you can share on facebook, twitter or to other social interactive sites.
*They got the same thing as a normal newspaper with heading and subtitles.
*They got hyperlinks so you can get back to the front page and other parts of the website
6. Conventions of tabloid newspaper
website article.
*On a tabloid newspaper website for example the sun updates it everyday.
*It has mostly gossip and it’s informal with the language it uses.
*You can join the Sun+ for a £1
*You can upload the app on any adroids, ipads and iphones.
*They even got a live chat for each articles so you can have a discussion about it.
*They have something called dear Deidre where you can tell your problems and get advice and
also you can be anonymous.
*They also do prizes like 2 free tickets to Thorpe park.
*They got a slide show of the main articles and the ones that readers will find interesting.
*It has mostly sports and celebrities and not much of politics and day to day affairs.
*They got a sharing button so you can share an article with Twitter, Facebook or you can leave
a comment under the article on the webpage.
