Famous Newspapers and Magazines

(A) BBC NEWS is not a newspaper but a news channel and on their homepage there are written articles. There are articles about various topics, covering most news around the world. It is a mixture of serious and entertainment news.Its language is a mix of styles. The language differs from that of an ordinary newspaper article. The language is not too complex, the sentences are quite simple and there are not too many difficult words. (B) Glamour is a women’s magazine filled with articles about fashion, beauty, celebrities, gossip and so on. The texts are supposed to be entertaining and accessible to many people. Its language is quite easy with not too many difficult words. Its topics are about something from everyday life that is easy to understand and relate to. In the interviews celebrities talk about their rooms, their personalities and their lives without too much depth. (C) The Sun is a newspaper with many pictures and big, catchy head lines. It is a tabloid that contains a lot of gossip, juicy subjects in comparison to other more serious newspapers. The language is quite formal but has an informal tone especially due to informal expressions. There are a lot of quotes in the articles which bring spoken language into the text. (D) The Times is a daily newspaper, a newspaper which could be called serious. By serious I mean that it does not deal with too much gossip and shallow news concerning celebrities and the entertainment business. In other words it is not a tabloid. Its headlines do not have the main purpose to attract the reader but to be informative. The newspaper concentrates on important news and it does not use too many pictures. The text is what is important, not all articles have pictures and the pictures in The Times are clearly linked to the articles and are not taking up too much attention.