Print - Changes In Content

I have looked at three newspapers, the content in each paper is completely different. I looked at the The Sun, Metro and The Times. The sun focuses more on celebrity gossip whereas the Metro focuses on soft news and a little celebrity gossip. The Times focuses on hard news such as political news.

The only advertisement that is similar in the three newspapers I have chosen is for eating out and restaurants, The advertisement is placed at the top of the page. In my opinion placing an advertisement at the top of a page is a good idea as when you read a newspaper you read from top to bottom so it will be the first thing readers will see.

In The Metro they have used a picture of Madonna which dominates the page. It is a large picture which helps to catch the readers attention. In the times there is a picture of a flood victim alongside the French MP story which suggests that the flood victim is meant to be portrayed as more of a hard hitting story.

The main story in the Metro is about Maddons career. It The Times the main storyline is focusing on the French MP. The Sun is focusing on the war the UK had with Argentina. The Metro is trying to create emotion for the reader. This emotion is sympathy as they are portraying her career may be coming to an end. In The Times the story is also making the reader feel emotion these emotions are sympathy and empathy. The Sun is making is trying to make the reader take/believe their side of the story. The Times who are talking about the French MP are informing people of what is going on in the French Government and is telling the story in a slight political way.