Research: Textual Analysis' Summery

Points to put into my own work:

• Front Cover:
• The newspaper's name is big, bold and visually appealing; this helps to make the newspaper attractive to passers-by, encouraging the audience to consume the newspaper.
• Some newspapers have a tag line, which fits in with the newspaper's logo/ name.
• All local newspapers have essential information under the newspaper's name, this includes the date, issue number and newspaper website.
• Some bigger local newspapers have a visual context just before the main headline; this contains the bigger articles in the paper. This would encourage the audience to continue consuming.
• There is normally only one article on the front page, which would be the biggest headline in the newspaper.
• The article on the front cover have a headline which is big, bold, short and concise. This encourages the audience to continue consuming the newspaper.
• This article is normally accompanied by a captioned photograph to the right of the article, it is normally the height of the article.
• The article is centred in the middle of the front cover and takes up the majority of the front cover.
• The bottom third of the front cover is allocated for the advertising.
• Right at the bottom of the newspaper is the locations where the newspaper covers.

• Inside page:
• The inside page is normally split into five distinct sections (contact details, newspaper information, the main article of the page, the smaller article of the page and four small news bites).
• Similar to the front page, the bottom third of the inside page is allocated to adverts.
• The newspaper's contact details (such as the telephone numbers of the editors) are located on the left of the inside page.
• The newspaper information is located along the top of the inside page, it contains the same information as the information on the front page.
• The news bites are located on the right of the inside page.
• The centre of the newspaper is split in two; the top half is for the bigger article, and the bottom for the less important article. The more important article has a captioned photo.