NEWSPAPER STYLE: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEADLINES IN NEWSPAPERS

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To get access to unbiased, accurate, objective information is a vital necessity in present-day society. From this perspective, the role of mass media can hardly be overestimated. It is common knowledge that there are different types of mass media: print media (newspapers, magazines), their electronic version (in the Internet) as well as radio and television. The newspaper as a form of the mass media is known for several ages. However, the investigation of the language in newspapers has started only in the mid-20th century. The principles of creating and analyzing newspaper headlines have not been widely explored. Some features of newspaper style are considered in this article. KEYWORDS: - Newspaper style, features, different functions to perform. As The New British I NTRODUCTION Politics states, tabloids are less serious (popular) daily or Sunday papers so called because of their The word newspaper suggests that its main smaller size. It is added that the broadsheets now function is to give news. Despite this, it is used to publish in a tabloid format, but are still known as educate, enlighten or entertain people. The broadsheets, or quality papers. It should be newspaper also seeks to influence public opinion on mentioned that tabloids tend to focus on political, economic and other matters. Newspapers personalities and gossip, stories found in these can provide a medium of information to those who newspapers are smaller comparing to broadsheets, do not have television, radio or the internet. the writing style is less formal and slangy, more According to J. Tunstall as cited by D. Reah, there pictures are found. While the broadsheets are are three types of newspapers: described as serious (quality) national daily or 1. The broadsheet newspapers (e.g., the Sunday papers so called because of their size. It is Telegraph, the Independent, the Times and the generally believed that broadsheets contain more Guardian); serious news than tabloids and are read by more 2. The middle-range tabloids (e.g., the Express educated people. Information in the middle-range and the Daily Mail); tabloids focuses on the sensational stories as well as 3. Tabloids (e.g., the Sun, the Mirror, the Star). on the important news events. There are two types The tabloids and broadsheet newspapers have of news that can be found in broadsheets or CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGICAL 107 SCIENCES ISSN – 2767-3758 https://masterjournals.com/index.php/crjps CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2(11): 107-112, November 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37547/philological-crjps-02-11-24 ISSN 2767-3758 ©2021 Master Journals Accepted25thNovember, 2021 & Published 30thNovember, 2021 tabloids: hard news and soft news. C. Rich points A headline for newspapers is often the most out that ―hard news― include stories of a timely important element on a page as it gives the reader nature about events or conflicts that have just an overall picture of the news. The main goal of a happened or are about to happen such as fires, headline is to grab the reader‘s attention so various crimes, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and stylistic devices are used. A headline should be testimony in court cases. Hard news has little value gripping in order to attract people to read an article. after 24-48 hours. The news of such themes found Most newspapers now use headlines that say what in broadsheet newspapers tend to focus on the has to be said in a minimum of words. main and the most important details related to the story. Another type of news is called soft news and Oxford Advanced Learner‘s Dictionary 1 defines a Rich states that ―soft news― entertains or informs, headline as a title of a newspaper article printed in with an emphasis on human interests and novelty large letters, especially at the top of the front page. and less immediacy than hard news. Unlike the hard In some cases, it defines a unique type of text as it news, soft news pay attention to the things related has a range of functions that specifically dictate its to the minor things of the story e.g. personal life, shape, content and structure. work, etc. Headlines are usually written in a sensational way R in order to arouse the reader‘s curiosity. As ESEARCH METHODOLOGY headline writers try to catch the reader‘s eye by using as few words as possible. It seems that In order not to confuse publicistic style with newspaper headlines provide a summary of an newspaper style the main difference has to be article. However, this function of a headline seems mentioned. The goal of publicistic style is to to be narrow and some linguists suggest a more influence public opinion, to make the audience precise division. A headline can not only accept the speaker’s point of view. On the contrary, summarize, but sometimes highlight or quote. It can the goal of newspaper style is to inform the be considered that this writing style of headlines audience. Publicistic essays and feature articles do that inc