TABLOIDS CRITICAL THINKING?
Jan 18, 2016
TABLOIDSCRITICAL THINKING?
Tabloid Newsfor Jan/Feb 2015
• Toddler shoots both parents with handgun
• All Coloradans may get pot-tax refund
• Man dies after three-day internet gaming binge
• NASCAR driver Kurt Busch calls ex a ‘trained assassin’
• Dustin Diamond, ‘Saved By the Bell’ star, charged in Wisconsin bar fight
• Canadian cannibal found guilty of murder; admits to killing
• 6-Inch Alien• Google Street View Of Heaven
Tabloid Elements• Audience = urban working class• Physically smaller size with shorter
stories• Bold layout – colour, bold type, easy to
read, big pictures• Front page features – masthead (large
title), headlines, images, puff (colour band linked to inside story), byline (journalist name), ads, lead & secondary stories
• Slang style – cop vs police officer• Sensational crime stories• Celebrity gossip & human interest• Use of gimmicks – bingo, contents,
surveys…