Compare and Contrast Broadsheet and Tabloid

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The most common formats of newspapers are broadsheets and tabloids. The differences between them can be seen in each appearance, format, content and target audiences. The Australian and Daily Telegraph are typical examples of broadsheets and tabloids respectively. This essay will discuss the major differences between broadsheets and tabloids by comparing The Australian’s front page with Daily Telegraph’s front page. Broadsheets and tabloids have significant differences in their appearances and formats. Generally, the size of broadsheets is twice as large as tabloids. The volume of The Australian is larger than Daily Telegraph’s as well. Moreover, The Australian contains long articles with few pictures while Daily Telegraph includes many illustrations. From the viewpoint of format, tabloids have bold layout. For instance, Daily Telegraph has colour on the masthead and has very bold typefaces in headlines in order to read easily. The front cover of Daily Telegraph has about one fifth space for titles, around three tenths space for advertisings and the large and dramatic pictures take up nearly four fifths of the whole page. However, in The Australian, at the top of the front page is a banner to outline the main stories in other sections of the newspaper and at the bottom of the page are advertisings. The Australian has large blocks of text which occupies approximately five ninths space. Titles and pictures occupy two ninths space respectively. Therefore, Daily Telegraph and The Australian look quite different from each other. Broadsheets and tabloids have obviously diverse contents. Broadsheets spend dozens of columns on serious news. A broadsheet has the in-depth coverage and several articles from different perspectives. For example, on March 15th, the front page of The Australian contains four articles. Labor loses ground on media laws is a political article
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