The Differences Between Broadsheets and Tabloids

 

A tabloid is a newspaper that is half the size of an average newspaper.

A broadsheet is a newspaper that presents itself as more serious form of media.

News, Online vs Print.

Pros of Print

.A newspaper is permanent.

.Can be Bought anywhere.

.The paper can be reused.

.The paper is static and cannot be edited.

.The viewpoint of the writer, editor and publisher.

.There is a sense of physical ownership.

.Accessible in all situation.

Cons of Print

.Expensive.

.Needs more room for the storage of multiple days of newspapers.

.Inconvenient.

.One time use and out of date quickly.

Pros of Digital

.Easy to access.

.Free with internet.

.Quicker to update.

.Can get screenshots.

.Videos and sound clips available.

.Allows for reader engagement.

.Multiple views, Participatory Media.

Cons of Digital

.Can be taken down.

.Internet speed and availability.

.Popups.

.Paywalls in form of subscriptions.

The Daily Mail vs The Guardian

The Daily Mail likes to present itself as showing all the story's in a wall of text and having the readers comments clearly shown to other readers. They support the conservative party and the Royalty of the UK, they seem to be very patriotic and will defend them if needs be. The average age of is readers is 58 with it having an majority of Female readers with them making up 52-55% of there readers.

The Guardian presents itself as a more smooth flowing website that prefers to use abs that the viewer can interact with allowing them to see all the story's at once. This allows for the ease of the viewer. The Guardian is a more left newspaper that has a average reader age of 25-44 for male and female readers.

Who Reads News Online?

Senior citizens tend to prefer print to digital paper whaer  as