Comparing the Types of newspaper

Newspaper informs the public about recent activities happening locally or all over the world. There are two kinds of newspaper. Namely, the broadsheet and the tabloid. So what is the difference between them?

Let me give you a brief introduction.

A broadsheet is the kind of newspaper most people usually reads. It contains important highlights and news from all about the world such as disasters, protests against government, politics, economics and so on. These news are more objective and most people would refer reading broadsheet. A few examples of broadsheets are The Strait Times, our local Chinese newspaper 联合早报, New York Times and so on.

On the other hand, a tabloid appears much smaller and has much different content. A tabloid usually includes gossips and sensational news which are often related to celebrities. They still do inform public about news. Just that these news may not have much impacts on our daily lives and are just gossips which are meant for entertainment purposes. Tabloid news include our local Chinese newspaper 晚报 and so on. (Today is not counted as a tabloid as it is just a smaller version of a broadsheet.)

The above mentioned is the main different between the content of each type of newspaper. So what are the differences in appearance or language between these two types of newspaper? Well, firstly, a broadsheet is about two times larger in size as compared to the tabloid. This might be related to the way the journalists write the news. Broadsheet usually have longer sentences while tabloid have shorter sentences. Broadsheets have fewer photographs and colours in their content while tabloid is much more fanciful and has more photographs and decorations all over the paper. Broadsheets also have much longer news articles as compared to tabloids. Regarding the language used in both kinds of newspaper, it is very obvious that broadsheet has a more formal tone and language whereas tabloid uses colourful, exaggerated and slangy languages. The language used in tabloid is mainly to appeal to the readers interest. The headlines of tabloid news articles are also very attractive due to the word choice.