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Table 2 Classification of newspapers

From: Newspaper coverage of food insecurity in UK, 2016–2019: a multi-method analysis

 

Category

Description

ABC classification

Popular

Tabloid newspapers aimed at a wide circulation

Mid-market

Newspapers that are perceived as less populist than popular newspapers but smaller in format than broadsheet newspapers

Quality

Newspapers that were traditionallya broadsheet (~ 24 × 30 in.) and are perceived as high quality

Political stance

Left

Political ideology that is described as progressive and tends to favour social equality

Centre

Political ideology that lies near the centre of the political spectrum

Right

Political ideology that is described as traditional and tends to favour liberty

  1. ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations.
  2. amany have switched to a smaller format