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,

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