Newspapers Codes and Conventions
Codes include individual media, such as the type of articles included, prices, the types of advertisements, whether the information is quantitative or quantitative and much more. Conventions are the typical plot elements including conflicts and resolutions of a particular medium.
Each section has its own forms and conventions. Radio, newspapers, television and magazines and the internet have a different look and a different method of communicating and a different codes and conventions. Within a specific medium, you may also find distinct codes and conventions. A good example of this involving newspapers is that different newspaper have more qualitative information with others having quantitative. 'The times' national newspaper's price in the UK is 90p on weekdays and £2.00 on Sunday's, this paper is more qualitative and is generally seen as a serious publication with high standards of journalism. Where as 'the daily mirror', or 'the sun' is not much more than 50p, these are both seen as very cheap compared to 'The times'. The 'sun' and the 'daily mirror' are cheap newspapers with more quantitative information than qualitative.
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