News: Analysis of print and online editions of the Observer


The Observer is a UK-based National Sunday newspaper. It is published in two different ways, as a traditional printed newspaper format and online.

Print out a copy of the printed version below and stick into your books.



Task 1: Using the News Glossary, label as many conventions as you can around the image in your book.

Watch the BBC News Media Review 2018 to help you think about the impact of technology on the newspaper industry. 

 Task 2: Click on The Observer logo above to find the newspaper website. Print screen and then label your image of the online version of the newspaper with as many conventions as you can.

 Task 3: Answer these questions about the media language of the two news platforms (online and print).

  1. What stylistic features does The Observer newspaper format have?
  2. Analyse the front page (deconstruct the conventions using the news glossary to help you label all of the elements). Explain in detail how The Observer uses these conventions to appeal to those readers.
  3. What is the newspaper's Target Audience and how can you tell?
  4. How does the layout of the online newspaper work to appeal to consumers?
  5. What features of the front page would you consider the most important and why?
  6. What features of the online page would you consider the most important and why?


 Task 4: Watch the BBC News Media Review 2018 to help you think about the impact of technology on the newspaper industry. 

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