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To investigate the difference between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers in terms of the language they use.
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Statistics Coursework Task To investigate the difference between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers in terms of the language they use. Hypothesis The hypothesis I am going to investigate is: Broadsheet newspapers use longer sentences, paragraphs and articles than tabloid newspapers. Also the language they use is that of a higher reading level than that of tabloids. Method: Data Collection To do this I have taken a common article across an equal sample of tabloid and broadsheet newspaper for the same day and analysed the text. I am using a common article so that the material covered is similar and the writing style is likely to be comparable and this therefore removes a variable. My sample uses three popular tabloids: The Sun, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail and three popular broadsheets: The Guardian, The Times and The Independent. I chose to do three of each type due to limited time and money available. To select the newspapers I...
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