tabloids
mass newspapers - such as The Daily Mirror, USA Today, Bild
TRANSLATION
die Boulevardzeitung, die kleinformatige Zeitung
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Do tabloids feed on crime fear? Amid the confusion over what realities the national crime figures revealed, the media again found itself implicated in the crime debate.
The Home Office has suggested the way newspapers - tabloids in particular - portray crime is helping to widen the gap between what the public fears and what it actually experiences.
(BBC News -17 July, 2003)
The Home Office has suggested the way newspapers - tabloids in particular - portray crime is helping to widen the gap between what the public fears and what it actually experiences.
(BBC News -17 July, 2003)
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tabloid
The popular tabloid-style newspapers (mini newspapers) first appeared in 1925. Before that time, all newspapers were large-format and very serious looking.
Today, most tabloids are sensational in style and low in serious news content.
Etymology: from Tabloid, a trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form.
Date: 1901
1 : compressed or condensed into small scope
2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of tabloids; especially : featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner
NOUN: A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
ADJECTIVE: 1. In summary form; condensed. 2. Lurid or sensational.
The popular tabloid-style newspapers (mini newspapers) first appeared in 1925. Before that time, all newspapers were large-format and very serious looking.
Today, most tabloids are sensational in style and low in serious news content.
Etymology: from Tabloid, a trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form.
Date: 1901
1 : compressed or condensed into small scope
2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of tabloids; especially : featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner
NOUN: A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
ADJECTIVE: 1. In summary form; condensed. 2. Lurid or sensational.
