World and Arab Media

Abstract

Newspapers are the most common forms of printed media and the oldest form of communication today. The publication of newspapers is based on frequencies; most newspapers capture daily news within a given area or country while others capture weekly or fortnight information. Well, some newspapers are different; they capture news over a relatively long period, like monthly or yearly. On the other hand, some capture multiple news in a day and bring various editions. Newspapers contain different articles that talk about multiple topics. Politics, sports, business, education, and health are among the most common issues in many newspapers. In the past, most newspapers consolidated all the articles on different topics in one piece. However, things have changed. Most newspapers significant in specific issues, Sky sports magazine, for example, majors in the matter of sports with very few news outside its primary purpose. For enjoyment and attraction, newspapers have included other columns such as weather forecasts, cartoons, crosswords, and many more articles that are not considered news. This essay critically analyses the UK newspapers; The daily mail, the morning star and the guardian, and the UAE newspapers; Gulf News, Business 24-7, and Khaleej Times.

The daily mail

This is one of the oldest and the most trusted newspaper in the United Kingdom. The daily mail is a British newspaper that has its publications based in London. This newspaper as founded in London in 1896; in those days, The Sun was the prominent magazine (Addison, 2017). However, things have changed this year as the newspaper has overtaken the Sun in popularity and news authenticity. The daily mail circulates more than 70% of newspapers in the United Kingdom daily; this explains why it is the most famous. George Grieg is the main editor of the daily mail, while DMG media and General Trust are the owners. This magazine won the newspaper of the award in two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019.

The content from the daily mail newspaper also appears on the MailOnline website; this is an advancement made to put up with the increasingly developing technology. As expected, the online platforms are rapidly replacing the hardcopy papers; the Daily Mail is keen on surviving in the continually advancing market. Some of the daily mail topics include health, science, sports, politics, and many more. Some other columns added in the daily mail include; books, properties, latest headlines, promotions, and advertisements. The daily mail has been accused of racism, homophobia, sexism, unreliability, removal of a byline, and other accusations that lead to the filling of successful and unsuccessful lawsuits against them. Some of the latest and the famous stories by The daily mail include; gay gene controversy, Cannabis use, Holes in the road, and many more.

The morning star

This is another famous British newspaper that was founded in 1930 by the communist party of Great Britain. It was first given the name ‘Daily Worker’ before it was rebranded in the later years. Ben Chacko is the main editor

Unlike the other newspapers that focus on all the available topics, the morning star has its sights set on social, political, and issues to do with trade unions. Most of the writers in the Morningstar newspaper are communists, democrats, and socialists. They believe in the liberation of the nation from corruption and mistreatment of workers. This paper echoes the communists‘ voices and the members of society, no wonder the name; ‘Britain’s last communist newspaper.’ As fleshy and attractive political news is, the morning star newspaper does not focus on them. Other topics included are; sports, arts, reviews, daily crosswords, and many others.

The guardian

This is one of the oldest newspapers in the United Kingdom, founded in 1821 and given the name ‘the Manchester Guardian.’ The name later changed to ‘the guardian’ in 1959, just for purposes of rebranding. This paper is part of a media group known as ‘the guardian’ and other similar compositions such as The observer and the Guardian weekly. The group is owned by Scott Trust (Okoro, N., & Barikui, 2017). Among the sister newspapers, the guardian sells the most because of its contents and popularity.

Like the daily mail, the guardian has online editions ‘TheGuardian.com‘; in addition to this, there are two other international platforms; the guardian Australia and the guardian, the US that is focused on capturing news the respective countries. The paper’s news is mainly politically based, with most of its readers being males. According to the latest reports, the digital contents of the guardian are highly trusted and attract many readers than the other similar newspapers. The sales of the hard copies have, however, gone down because of the stiff market competition.

Gulf News

This is a daily newspaper in the UAE that was launched in 1978. The newspaper is published from Dubai and distributed throughout the United Arab Emirates (Okoro, N., & Barikui, 2017). It has an online edition that was launched in 1996 to take advantage of the advancing technologies.

The paper had the main objective of promoting Business, art, culture, music, and sports. This newspaper has been resourceful in the country as it sponsors sports, conferences, and other events. The Arab strategy is one of the most famous forums organized by this newspaper.

Business 24-7

This newspaper was founded in Dubai in 2010; with the increased technological advancements at this time, the paper majored in online publications.

As the name suggests, the newspaper focuses on business news, financial investments, foreign exchange rates, and trading, gold news, and other business-related news.

Khaleej Times

It is published in Dubai and has embraced English as the language of communication. Khaleej Times is the oldest English newspaper in the country, founded in 1978 (Baker, 2017). This newspaper is diverse; it contains a section for general news, lifestyle, entertainment, business and advertisements, and a sports section.

Similarities and differences

The newspapers in Britain are similar to the UAE newspapers in many ways. First, the topics of discussion and, therefore, the contents are identical; politics, business news, and sports. Secondly, both countries have embraced online publications and newspaper websites. Lastly, the newspapers in both countries have adopted English as a language.

However, the fact that most papers in the UK are internationally-minded makes the difference. Most of the UK newspapers are keen to report international news in addition to the local news. Besides, sports seem to be ignored by most newspapers in the UAE while embraced in UK newspapers. Lastly, the UK newspapers’ editors are international; they are not necessarily UK citizens; some of them are blacks. The UAE newspaper editors are majorly Arabs.