clerical positions. When finding out why readers enjoy reading the tabloid they found that some people enjoys the information they provided, some enjoyed the entertainment it gave them, and some enjoyed a mixture of the two. They also found a split among the genders of why they read the tabloids. Bird states of their findings that "While men tend to treat tabloids as an informational medium that might be useful when applies to their own lives and interests, women read them more personally, empathizing with the subjects, and they describe using the stories to discuss values and problems. Women tend to use the term "gossip" quite naturally to describe how they read and share the papers." (147).
One of the biggest questions ever asked of tabloid readers is if they actually believe in that stuff. Lehnert and Perpich asked this question in their study of readers. They concluded that some readers - "selfish believers" as they labeled them, believe everything tabloids report as true, but mostly they find that readers allow tabloids to reinforce their existing beliefs and dismissing stories that they do not already have faith in. Bird sums up why readers read the tabloids by saying "Tabloids are most often one among many sources of information and enjoyment, and their significance in readers" lives is very variable. Some people see them as roughly equivalent to news, others as a source of laughs." (136).
Another stereotype in the world of tabloids is that of the tabloid writer. People imagine tabloid writes as sleazy, slimy, pushy people, working in shabby offices, doing what ever it takes to dig up the dirt. When the tabloids were first established in the mid 1950's this was somewhat true. Tabloid writers were working in garages and basements. Most were junkies or alcoholics, working for enough change for cigarettes or a beer. But, as time went on everything changed this. Bird states that "Tabloids are a multimillion-dollar industry, and the working conditions for their staff are more attractive then those of most newspaper journalists.
The ethics of Tabloid Journalism. ... Tabloid Television and Gender. ... Well well well where do we start, the word "tabloid" itself has several definitions. ... Although many tabloids come in the form of a newspaper or a magazine, today we have tabloid television and even Internet tabloids. ... And what do you think the future of Tabloid Television will bring? ...
Media Coursework-Comparing Two Newspaper Articles Comparing two newspaper articles, one from a tabloid and one from a broadsheet will convey the different techniques that tabloids and broadsheets use to present stories. ... Diverse emotions and ideas are created by the media; foremost tabloids. Tabloids are papers like "The Sun", "The Mirror", "The Daily Mail", "The Express" and "The Star". ... Personal stories are more often shown in tabloids where as stories that inform are shown in broadsheets. ...
Burnett took on the tabloids full force. ... Looking at Burnett versus the National Enquirer where does tabloid law begin and end? ... A tabloid reporter went to Taylor's neighbor's house and paid the neighbor for a story. ... The court ended up shifting the fee in this case and made Taylor pay $432,600 to the tabloid. ... The majority of lawsuits brought against tabloids never see a courtroom. ...
Less than a month after Rupert Murdoch was forced to shut down his mass circulation British tabloid, The News of the World, because of allegations that the paper broke into the voicemail Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old murder victim, news emerged that despite its close relationship with Sara Payne, the tabloid broke into her voicemail as well. ... Since her daughter's death, Payne has been lobbying for a law that warns parents if a child sex offender lives in the near vicinity, aided by the tabloid. ... The list contained about 4,000 people rumored to be targets of the tabloid's phon...
Popular newspapers are also called tabloids because of their small size, which makes them easier to hold and read. ... The use of big headlines in bold face type and many colour pictures to attract the reader are characteric of tabloids. ... In general, tabloids are more popular than the broadsheets. ... As has been said the quality papers reach a smaller audience than the tabloids. ... And this is exactly the type of material the tabloids mainly provide. ...
During this essay I am going to examine the British media, concentrating on the tabloids, mid tabloids and the broadsheets. ... Famous German publications such as "Bild" and "Neu Presse" had headlines of the following nature, "Goodbye England" a relatively mild alternative to that of the English tabloid press(Blain et al 1993 p59). The two examples above show quotes that are from the tabloids using jingoistic headlines when reporting on national sports results, this trend however does not occur only in the tabloids, the broadsheets are just a guilty. ...
Naomi did take The Mirror to court and eventually won herself the money she wanted, but lost what respect she had in the process after she was branded a "liar" by the high court, which was of course splashed all over the tabloids. ... Burrell, Princess Diana's former Butler despite making mistakes, was wrongly accused of the theft of many of Diana's possessions and as a result, harsh stories were splashed all over the tabloids. ... Tabloids in general are celebrity based and often get away with publishing untrue or presumed information for public entertainment. ... Such public figure...
