what is a newspaper?
























its a gossip news paper
ideology= left wing, Jeremy Corbin supporter and labour 
sans-serif 
looks at celebrities
mainly images- working class

Newspaper 

  • newspaper focuses on information and news
  • printed on paper- made everyday 
  • tabloid papers make use of puns 
  • lower quality of images 
  • Columbus of text 
  • headline 
  • image captions 


 Magazine

  • one main image  
  • tend to be glossy 

  • heading- title of the newspaper displayed on the front gae
  • barcode- used to scan the newspaper when purchasing. 
  • caption-brief text underneath an image describing the photograph 
  • headline- a phrase that summarises the main point of the article, large print 
  • main image- dominant picture on the cover
  • target audience- who the newspaper aims to sell 
  • pull quote- something taken from within the article, usually said by the person on the main image 
  • classified advert- an advert that only uses text, no graphics 
  • skyline- an information panel on the front page that tells the reader what else will be included in the rest of the newspaper 
  • addition- some of these are everynight, there are version with some changes and maybe additional late stories 
  • standfirst- block of text that introduces the story 
  • byline- the line above the story, which gives the author name and sometimes their job
  • body text- the words of an article 
  • stan alone- private story that can exist on its own 
  • centre spread- a photograph, often in full colour, that runs across the middle two pages
  • lead story- the main story on the front cover
  • gutter- the blank space bewteen the articles
  • folio- top label for the whole story 
  • page furniture- everything on a apge except pictures or text of story 




                 















A powerful binary opposition is formed through…

soft news and hard news 

The conflict created through this binary opposition positions the audience…

This specific aspect of mise-en-scene functions as a hermenutic code… 

The proairetic code formed by the typeface suggests… 

The target audience will of course be aware of the symbolic connotation of…













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