Communication Channels

OfCom

'Ofcom is the communications regulator. We regulate the TV, radio and video on demand sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.'

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio/protecting-children/

The Independent

Here is a copy of an article that is on there web page

‘If you have tuned in to the 2016 Presidential primaries for the first time today, the reaction to the Iowa caucuses may seem bewildering.

Ted Cruz, a man hated by the Republican establishment and a senator for only three years, has beaten Jeb Bush, who has spent nearly $100 million winning a few thousand votes.Donald Trump, a pantomime act six months ago, beat everyone but Cruz, including Republican golden boy Marco Rubio.Half a dozen well-established names, from Bush to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, as well as Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, the two previous winners of the Iowa caucuses, have all been soundly beaten.Instead, Cruz, Trump and Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, have won more than 60 per cent of the Iowa vote between them.But tonight Trump isn't a winner nor Rubio a loser. Expectations are everything, and Trump was expected to win, while Rubio was predicted to be a distant third.’

Here you can see that they use long text and more elaborate words. This is because it’s an article and not a news story. With articles you are able to go into more detail and explain thing in more detail. If this was to be reported on the news they would have to make it a simple and quick as they could.  

TV AND RADIO

There is a big difference with T.V and radio. When it comes to the writing in radio you have to be much more descriptive with your words as there are no cameras. However when it comes to T.V you don’t need to have as much emotion in the words because the camera and there facial expressions can really help tell the story.