Conventions Of Factual Media Formats.

By Jordan Saunders

Television News.

The Television News industry is an industry that delivers top story headline news and news of what’s taking place today a common convention television news is the ‘Breaking News’ Banner at the bottom of the screen. Also another convention is the anchorman/women being shown when delivering a story to us.

Factual Websites (Wikipedia)

Factual websites deliver us with facts and statistics also history of a certain topic, company, industry ETC a common convention of factual websites is including hyperlinks and also images to show the logos of the companies.

Newspaper Articles.

Newspapers are a very useful way of getting information to public because you find them in any shop and you can take them with you on the go, common conventions of newspapers are to have advertisements of jobs or something that may interest the reader within the articles.

Social Media (Twitter & Facebook).

Social Media websites allow us to connect with others and also find out information on pages promoting or advertising a company, film ETC. a common convention of social media sites are that they allow you to make pages promoting companies where the public is able to view and like or follow them on that page to get continuous updates on what’s happening.

Newspaper Website Article.

A Newspaper Website Article is the same as an newspaper article except instead of giving the information through paper its delivered to you online. A common convention of Website Newspaper Articles are images and videos to compliment the story’s.

Magazine Article.

A Magazine Article gives us the latest gossip/information on celebrities and scandals keeping us up to date with the celeb worlds. A common convention of magazine articles are the bleeding of headlines over images.

Radio News.

Radio News allows us to be updated of the latest headlines and story’s of what are taking place today. A common convention of radio news is the beep at the beginning of the recording to signify that the radio has started to air.

Documentary.

A documentary delivers us with factual information on a certain topic and goes into high detail explanations. A common convention of a documentary is the use of archival footage and inter titles showing us of what took place and showing us who is speaking or what is going on.