Answer to Question #208663 in Marketing for Muzzamil

Question

1. What do you understand by the term “FORM” in Media Studies, how is this related to NARRATIVE, explain with example  
2. How many types of Newspapers are there? Briefly describe how they differ in TEXT.

Answer 1

1. Form in media studies refers to the technological format through which information is created and communicated to the target audience. It includes television, radio, newspapers and magazine. Form is related to narrative in the sense that it uses it as one of the ways of conveying information. political stories and social updates are some examples of narratives. Narrative media is linked to stories either with active or passive audiences.
2. There are two types of newspapers, tabloids and broadsheet. Tabloids are small newspapers which deal with less important issues like celebrities. They use simple vocabularies and short sentences for easy understanding as far as the audience is concerned. Moreover, they are published on papers which are smaller than a standard newspaper. On the other hand, broadsheet newspapers handle more serious issues like international updates and political related ones. They use complex sentences , complex vocabularies and are always published on A2 paper.