Do the Romanian newspapers fall into the same categories? Can you give examples? The type of newspaper will affect the audience, and therefore the contents, language and style. Look closely at three different newspaper front pages and report your findings and comments in categories such as:
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The newspaper industry has a long history. The first daily newspaper in Britain was The Daily Courant published in 1702. The Times was first published in 1785 and has remained the longest running newspaper in the UK.
The word ‘tabloid’ comes from the name given by the London based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. to the compressed tablets they marketed as ‘tabloid pills’ in the late 1880s. Before the compressed tablets, medicine was usually taken in bulkier powder form. As these new tabloid medicines were marketed, the popularity of the term became embedded in popular culture. The connotations of the term meant it was soon applied to other small items and to the style of journalism that condensed stories into a simplified, easily-absorbed format. The label of ‘tabloid journalism’ in 1901 came before the invention of the smaller sheet newspapers that contained it in 1918.
Newspapers have come a long way since then with use of colour, digital photography and new printing techniques, although the most notable change in newspapers has occurred in the last ten/fifteen years, with the rise of online news and interactive webpages.
Technology has had a massive impact on modern news. Since the 1990s newspaper institutions have started to produce online editions. The first national newspaper to appear online was The Daily Telegraph in 1994. An online format provides certain advantages over a print-based format. Online newspapers can update news stories and provide breaking news. The web allows for video and audio content and access to searchable archives. In recent years, technology has also allowed online newspapers to be accessed via mobile phones.
(http://www.teachit.co.uk/2011)
The word ‘tabloid’ comes from the name given by the London based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. to the compressed tablets they marketed as ‘tabloid pills’ in the late 1880s. Before the compressed tablets, medicine was usually taken in bulkier powder form. As these new tabloid medicines were marketed, the popularity of the term became embedded in popular culture. The connotations of the term meant it was soon applied to other small items and to the style of journalism that condensed stories into a simplified, easily-absorbed format. The label of ‘tabloid journalism’ in 1901 came before the invention of the smaller sheet newspapers that contained it in 1918.
Newspapers have come a long way since then with use of colour, digital photography and new printing techniques, although the most notable change in newspapers has occurred in the last ten/fifteen years, with the rise of online news and interactive webpages.
Technology has had a massive impact on modern news. Since the 1990s newspaper institutions have started to produce online editions. The first national newspaper to appear online was The Daily Telegraph in 1994. An online format provides certain advantages over a print-based format. Online newspapers can update news stories and provide breaking news. The web allows for video and audio content and access to searchable archives. In recent years, technology has also allowed online newspapers to be accessed via mobile phones.
(http://www.teachit.co.uk/2011)
Now answer the following questions:
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