Comparing The Sun and The Times
The two newspapers which I am going to write about and discuss are
“The Sun”, which is a tabloid newspaper and “The Times”, which is a
broadsheet. The newspapers are both dated Monday 10 November, 2003.
The first difference is that the broadsheet is bigger than the
tabloid. People read tabloids for entertainment and gossip. The
broadsheet caters for readers who are interested in hard news and who
are professional, such as lawyers, doctors, and teachers. There is
more text in the broadsheet because reporters tell the story in
detail. They are also more factual. In a tabloid newspaper stories are
shorter. The tabloid newspapers favourite use of slang for example,
she’s a stunner, it’s a bummer.” Broadsheet newspapers use Standard
English because the stories are about, politics, economics, and
foreign affairs. But the tabloid stories focus on human
Interest stories about – pop stars, footballers, government/royal
family scandal.
The similarities that the stories have are the remembrance of
Armistice Day (end of war) and also people who died and were who were
wounded in Iraq. To show this there is one poppy on each newspaper
near the title.
The kinds of stories in the newspapers are topical at that time. The
story about Charles and his sexual behaviour, in “The Sun” the story
begins on the front page but encourages readers to look inside the
paper by putting most of the story on pages five and six. “The Times”
also covers the story, which shows its importance.
The layout in both the newspapers is similar. They both have a
masthead and the masthead and the news headlines are both bold and
huge. But the broadsheet has smaller bold headlines. They both have
dateline and earpiece, where on the right hand corner there is
advertisements. They both have splash headlines and there is a box
rule around the text. They have other stories in the front cover. Both
papers use a bit of colour and graphics.
Andrew Rossi’s documentary film, Page One: Inside the New York Times fits into the finger categories of news media/entertainment and social relationships. The most relevant category is news media/entertainment. The New York Times is the nation’s oldest continually publishing major newspaper. A newspaper is a type of news media, and its goal is to inform the public. The documentary also fits into the category of social relationships. The documentary depicts many relationships that are a part of the New York Times. It shows partnerships between companies such as that with Vice and the Comcast – NBC merger. Additionally, the Times is made possible by a close relationship between its employees. The documentary makes frequent reference to the need for everyone to work well together and how that makes the Times such a great paper. The New York Time’s influence is not limited to finger categories; it affects millions of people worldwide.
Both the 1961 and 1989 film versions of “A Raisin in the Sun” had their highs and lows, but the 1961 version, I believe, was the worst of the two. The 1989 version of the film followed the play almost word for word, while the 1961 version either adds or leaves things out from the play. For example, in the 1961 version of the play they added humor, such as in the scene in which Walter ran to use the bathroom before Mr. Johnson could (Petrie). The play version of the scene reads, “Daddy, come on!” (Hansberry 28). Another issue with the film was that Ruth was downright awful in scenes where her character felt great emotion. In act two, when Travis finally came home Ruth did not look or sound mad. In the book, however, she made it sounds like she
With this increase, newspaper owners and editors needed new bait to reel in its subscribers. The newspaper editors wanted to replace ordinary town gossip with gossip about the latest events in the city. Therefore, in newspapers they placed the most shocking events and kept the rural minds drooling for more. As newspaper circulation grew, the large newspaper depended much less on political parties and could now even challenge them. Newspapers played on the new human interest, the concern of the wealthy with the affairs of those below them, status-wise.
The era of the Press Barons saw newspapers grow subject to the erratic decisions of their owners, ruling their empires as a region of influence. That particular era is often seen as an unorthodox pause in the development of the Press. For most Press Barons their newspapers were merely seen as ‘Engines of propaganda’, which they utilised to further their political objectives. In 1931 Stanley Baldwin’s control of the Conservative Party was threatened by the newspapers of Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook, two wealthy press barons of the time, to which he declared ‘ What proprietorship is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility’. (Baldwin, 1931:38)
Chris Master incorporates the ‘duty of journalists [as] to reshape information and get that information to the public’, while this is important and periodically essential, it is his broad knowledge tells us that ‘the best journalism is the journalism to challenge the orthodox, respectfully challenge the public opinion and occasionally deliver bad news’(pg 5). While this is almost evident in Masters’ book, but the fact he did not deliver these stories that seem perfectly fit for ‘today’s journalism’ he attains a kind of benevolence, and consideration for his subjects. As seen in his anonymity, which shows the reader how it is not worth the social and media torment of the journalistic process. Quite powerfully he delivers the calming words that many of us already know, perhaps by our own nature or experience: ‘In order for there to be good journalism, journalists need to find a balance between what they want to present and what the public wants’.
Today’s mass media has been molded by hundreds of years of reporting, journalism, and personal opinions. America’s mainstream media thrives upon stretching the truth and ‘creating’ interesting stories for the public. Tactics like this can be credited to people such as William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper mogul from the late 19th to the 20th centuries. Hearst greatly influenced the practice of American journalism through his wealth, short political career, and use of unorthodox reporting methods such as yellow journalism.
My opinion is that the present changes in newspaper policies and technologies will engender a future where the industry will be regulated by new and more independent regulatory bodies, and enforced by governmental policies which take into account the full digitisation of newspapers. Finally, if the press is to recover from its demise, it will be necessary for journalists to adopt more creative, narrative-driven styles of non-fiction writing. In these ways, over the past twenty years, the Australian print media has degenerated, so in an attempt to save the industry, in the future newspapers will be regulated by new authorities, completely digitised, and written in more creative
...vided many key distinctions in regards to the stories covered and how. The best way to describe the differences can be drawn sharply along a line, and this line provides enough evidence to deduce the distinct purpose of each of these papers. The Wall Street Journal has its weight leaning towards money and matters of economic policy with an audience who most likely include people who are interested in matters such as these and the New York Times appeals to more of a general audience with stories that range from social issues to the arts. Even visiting the two organizations online, the New York Times has the option of going international and the Wall Street Journal does not. No matter if the news organization a reader may be receiving their information is a long and trusted source, questioning the truth of it can only help to understand matters at a much deeper level.
Today's newspapers symbolize a trustworthy source of information within the society. In 1690, Benjamin Harris published the Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick, America's first multi-paged newspaper (Clark, 1991). In a time of political instability, the Publick Occurrences circulated only four days until it was suppressed by the government (Sloan, 1993). The modern journalistic values, the contemporary approaches in design and content, as well as being censored by authorities induce the research-question of this paper: In which manner can Benjamin Harris' Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick be seen as a precedent for today's newspapers?
...oid journalism. Yes, pop culture has granted tabloid journalism the ludicrous reputation it is known for but this bias-based reputation places a veil that covers the social, governmental, and world issues the tabloids do expose. Legitimate news agencies such as The New York Times should grant tabloids the opportunity to work together and interpret their well-accepted publications and allow such tabloids to spice up the legitimate news agencies’ stories with the eye-catching headlines and pizazz that they are known for. Such collaboration, like that of The New York Time’s Sochi Olympics 2014 page, will increase the already immense public of the legitimate news agencies and grant tabloid journalism the credit for their valid form journalism. All while promoting the public awareness of the plethora issues and topics that surround the population’s ever-advancing world.
The settings and order of scenes in the play and the film were quite different. In the play of A Raisin in the Sun the story concentrates in the Younger’s apartment and doesn’t allow us to see other places like the bar, the new house, or Walter’s job, contrasting with the film which gives a more detailed image of these places. When Walter tells Lena about his liquor store dream, he says it to her in the living room, as in the film she finds out by him in her bedroom, privately. A noticeable difference from the film is how they changed the name of the bar Walter used to visit, in the play the bar is called “Green Hat”, as in the film adaptation is called “Kitty Cat”, even tough these details do not alter the plot or main themes, they do change
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In contrast to the layout of ‘The Sun’, ‘The Times’ puts this story on page three because it does not think it is newsworthy for the front-page and its style of readers. ‘The Times’ also has a smaller e-fit picture than ‘The Sun’, it is made up of two columns both of which have small paragraphs...
The newspaper industry presaged its decline after the introduction of the television and televised broadcasting in the 1950s and then after the emergence of the internet to the public in the 1990s and the 21st century with its myriad of media choices for people. Since then the readership of printed media has declined whilst digital numbers continue to climb. This is mostly due to television and the internet being able to offer immediate information to viewers and breaking news stories, in a more visually stimulating way with sound, moving images and video. Newspapers are confined to paper and ink and are not considered as ‘alive’ as these other mediums.
In a culture whose economic and social well-being is directly proportionate to the news of the moment, the purveyors of the media outlets and their mediums are uniquely responsible for ’getting it right’. Unfortunately, ‘right’ is subjective to who is giving and who is getting. This subjectivity is reflective of personal bias’, individual intent, beliefs and agendas. While it may not always be intentional as such, bias is always present, not so much in the delivery as much as in the perception or receipt.