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R E C E P T I O N T H E O RY A N D F R O N T C O V E R S
TABLOID COVER-MY COVER
Newspaper title: Layout: Lots of colour and
Very colourful and pictures with not much text
bold
Audience: Mostly
Images/pictures: for people more
Includes a lot of interested in
pictures, all very celebrities and gossip
colourful and
with people
Conclusion:
Associated stories: Includes a lot less
A range of stories, text and a lot more
mostly not very pictures, the featured
serious, nothing about stories are more
politics about gossip and not
very controversial
BROADSHEET COVER
Newspaper title: Very Layout: Includes a lot of text
clear and bold, one of and less pictures
the first things you see,
black and white
The Stuart Hall reception theory (1980) is the theory that each producer tries to convey a
message to their audience however this isnt always the message the audience decodes. When
a producer makes a media text they create a message and try to portray that in the text
however the audience may disagree with this message or decode a different one.