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Types of Periodicals: Tabloids

Examples

  1. The National Enquirer
  2. Weekly world News

Value & Uses

  • Largely entertainment
  • Feature unusual or sensational news items, gossip about celebrities, and human interest stories
  • Some book reviews

Language

  • Non-technical, inflammatory, intended to create disbelief

Authors

  • Journalists

Sources

  • Original sources can be obscure or questionable

Publishers

  • Commercial/trade
  • publishers

Graphics

  • Glitzy, many graphics and pictures
  • Lots of ads

Sample Databases*

  • None
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