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Newspapers: Media Language (for 2026 examination) Categorise
Target Level
4-5
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Tabloids
Broadsheets
Less emphasis is placed on humour or wordplay
Greater focus on politics, culture and the economy
Contain cultural inserts
Focus on serious issues
Red top
Larger font size
Considered more truthful and less exaggerated by the general public
Cover both national and international issues
News stories are mostly national
Focus on human interest stories
Tend to target a more educated audience
Traditionally higher readership figures
Inclusion of discount codes and coupons
Target audience range from A to C1
A higher page count
Limited use of colour
Target audience range from C1 to E
Higher proportion of text to images
Articles are longer in length
Sensationalist headlines
Use of colloquial language (everyday speech)
Bold typeface
Contain more content
Political alignments are revealed with more subtlety
A very frank political stance
Focus on celebrity gossip
Headlines often feature layman's terms (simplistic terminology)
Proportion of image to text is greater
Shorter article length
Reporting tends to be more in-depth