Difference between Tabloids and Broadsheets.

Broadsheet

The appearance of the broadsheet is more subtle than the tabloid. With the articles image being the main attraction to the newspaper. The image, that they have used is very specific, they have used a child who is surrounded by dead crops. With no family around, the child is just sitting next to a human skull. This suggests that the child is in desperate need of some help. The image leaves the reader guessing who's skull it is, could it be the child's mother? Are they all alone? What is going to happen to them?

The articles main headline isn't much bigger than the font however the number, in which the number of people who are at risk of war, poverty and hunger, however the number - that is related to the main headline is dramatically larger and in red. This is because the editor wants to shock its readers with drastic amount of people who are at risk. The colour red connotes death and automatically the reader knows the article is not positive from the colour of the headline.

The audience of the broadsheet is people who tend to be more upper class and more educated than the people who reader tabloids.This tends to be because of the use of the language used in the broadsheets. The language of a broadsheet is very formal, factual and broadsheets use written language and include a wide range of vocabulary. 

The structure of a broadsheet is very organised. Using their introduction paragraph to comment on who, what, where, when and why. Then going into more depth within the other paragraphs of the article. 

 Tabloid

The appearance of the tabloid is very bold compared to the tabloid. With the article headline being the main attraction of the front page of the tabloid. The masthead is bright and with images of celebrities surrounding it. The main headline is: 'Girl of 12 taken by pervert Marine'. Just this headline alone has taken up two thirds of the page with just the text of this headline. The text of the main headline is very different to the broadsheet as it is in bold and takes up so much room of the front page. Whereas the broadsheet concentrates it's front page on the article the tabloid focuses on the headline, trying to draw in readers. Even though this is the main headline there is a lot of attention focused on the other headline: 'Gareth confesses I did sleep with Jordan'. This is very normal of a tabloid to use celebrities on the front page cover of their newspaper as they know their audience. The editor of the Sun knows it's audience - it is people who are interested in celebrities lives therefore they take advantage of this, knowing what will draw in the attention of its readers.
The language of tabloids is very different from broadsheets because tabloids tend to use an informal style of writing and often appears as sensationalism. Tabloids use everyday lexis that comes into context with most people. The tabloids tend to use alliteration and often a pun to grab their readers attention and persuade them to purchase their newspaper.
The structure of a tabloids article.Tabloids use bits and pieces of articles to highlight the most shocking and scandalous parts to grab their readers attention.