Newspaper

Codes & conventions - what makes newspapers different to other forms of print media?

- Newspapers - 

• a lot more words - articles
• Title of article is memorable
• For a larger target audience
• Headlines
• Page is split up.

              
- Magazines - 

• a lot about celebrities and gossip as well as fashion.
• Has a central image
• aimed at a younger sort of audience (20s)
• Not a lot of text on the front cover
• £6.50 price - for a wealthier audience, the pieces advertised are expensive.

- Band Gig -

• Headlining band - bigger font at the top of the poster
• Address at the bottom of the poster
• Inferred knowledge - exclusive

Newspaper terms

Mast Head - Title of a newspaper displayed on the first page.

Barcode - Used to scan the newspaper when purchasing. 

Caption - Brief text underneath an image describing the photograph or graphic.

Headline - A phrase that sums up the main point of an article.

Main Image - The dominant picture which fills up a lot of the front cover.

Page numbers - A system of organisation within the magazine. Helps the audience to find what they want to read.

Target Audience - People who the news paper aims to sell to.

Pull Quote - Something taken from within an article, usually said by the main person in the main image.

Classified Ad - An advertisement that uses only text, as opposed to a display ad, which also incorporates graphics.

Skyline - An info panel on the front page that tells the reader about other stories in the paper to tempt them inside.

Edition - Some newspapers print several of these every night, these are versions with some changes and maybe additional late stories.

Stand First - Block of text that introduces the story, normally in a different style to the body text and headline.

Byline - The line above the story, which gives the author's names and sometimes their job and location.

Body Text - Also known as a copy. Written material that makes op the main part of an article 

Standalone - Picture story that can exist on its own or on a front page leading to a story inside

Centre spread - A photograph, often in full colour, that runs across the middle two pages

Lead story - Main story, usually a splash

The gutter - The blank space between margins of facing pages of a publication or the blank space between columns of text

Folio - Top label for the whole page. Can relate to the area covered in the paper for example, National or a big news topic such as Social Media, Syria

Page furniture - Everything on the page except pictures and text 

Deconstructing Newspapers 

• Black & White colours - The conflict created through this binary opposition positions the audience in an uncomfortable place as a lot of people have very different opinions on drag queens. Some negative and some positive. An the idea of drag and people not conforming to gender stereotypes is quite controversial.
• There is a lot of gender oppositions, the men seem to be taking
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