Investigating the Difference Between Tabloid and Broadsheet Newspapers

Investigating the Difference Between Tabloid and Broadsheet Newspapers

I am going to conduct an investigation into the differences in tabloid

and broadsheet newspapers. In this investigation I will look into 7

particular aspects they are as follows,

1) Length of article in words.

2) Length of sentence in words.

3) Length of sentence in letters.

4) Length of word in letters.

5) Length of title in letters.

6) Length of paragraph in words.

7) Amount of pictures.

I shall record record my findings in a variety of ways, which include,

1) Frequency Polygons.

2) Two way tables.

3) Pie charts.

4) Frequency Tables.

5) Cumulative frequency curves.

6) Mean, Median, Mode and range.

I will then cumulate my findings with a conclusion, which will compare

in detail my hypothesis and the actual results, examining the two sets

of information. I will include neither pronunciation nor numeric

characters.

Sampling

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I will be sampling two similar articles on the same for consistency

and so it won't be biased. It could be biased if you had two different

themed articles as different types of newspaper writes in different

ways, thus by using similar articles on the same there this form of

bias is eradicated.

Bias

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I am going to try to find out if anything I am investigating is

biased, this can be if it has a leading question if it is favouring

the other style of newspaper. To check I am not doing a biased

investigation I shall go through all the points. If it is biased I

will list all the possible ways to change this to make is fair or

unbiased I will then if possible implement my ideas so I have a fair

and impartial investigation.

1) Length of article in words

The only bias I can think of is that the broadsheet has a broader

page, but I cannot do anything to change this and I do not think it