What is the difference between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers?
Broadsheet newspapers are larger in size, usually longer vertically as compared to tabloid newspapers, which are smaller and more convenient to read and carry. The broadsheet newspaper carries a more formal, factual tone while the tabloid newspaper uses an informal, casual tone. Broadsheet newspapers have articles relating to important global and local news and report them in-depth. However, the news is usually politically biased. Tabloids, on the other hand, report more sensational and soft news. On the first page of a tabloid newspaper, many pictures are used and headlines and often big and arouses attention from the readers.
Does one always deal with more respectable news / produce more professional journalism than the other?
One type of newspaper need not necessary deal with more respectable news, though news that are more sensational and unprofessional are associated with tabloid newspapers. News that are sensational, relate to celebrities, gossip columns, astrology, sports or junk food news (news that encompass the abovementioned or news that involve the titillation factor) are commonly reported in tabloid newspapers. However, not all tabloid newspapers engage in tabloid journalism.
Are there in-between types of newspapers?
There are newspapers that are in-between broadsheet newspapers and tabloid newspapers. For example, in the United Kingdom, The Times is a tabloid size newspaper but does not engage in tabloid journalism. Rather, it is highly respected and well-renowned as a source for UK and international news.
Hi Ivan,
ReplyDeleteI like your informative post. It compares the different aspects of the two main types of newspaper thoroughly.
However, I think you mentioned something about an in-between newspaper, are you referring to the Berliner, or "midi", format of newspapers? If so, I guess the newspaper you are talking about is Guardian right? Well, I have provided some pointers for the Berliner format here:
- pages normally measuring about 470 × 315 mm (18.5 × 12.4 in)
- Leans more towards the tabloid format which talks about sleaze, gossiping and basically human interest.
- More information and a more serious tone than tabloids.
Perhaps you could add this in to supplement the information you have stated about the in-between newspapers. ;)
Oh and on a side note, perhaps you could add some pictures to your blog. Your articles tend to be rather wordy XD
Regards,
Nicholas
Hi Ivan,
ReplyDeleteI think you have covered the topic on newspapers for both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper really well. The information you provided was really thorough and it gives me a good understanding of the different characteristics of the two newspapers.
However, I think you did not sufficiently touch on the topic of the in-between newspapers. I think you meant the Berliner, or "midi", format which is somewhere in between the two main types of newspapers. Regarding the newspaper you mentioned in the UK, I guess it would be Guardian right?
Here are just some short pointers on the Berliner format that I feel you should add in:
-measuring about 470 × 315 mm (18.5 × 12.4 in)
- Berliner newspapers lean more to tabloids in terms of the topics inside the newspapers like sleaze, gossip and basically human interest stories.
- However information is more dense in Berliner formatted newspapers compared to tabloids.
- The tone is also somewhat in between that of Tabloids and Broadsheets.
I hope that this comment is useful.
Regards,
Nicholas