More research into newspaper front pages

According to my research the I have found out that the front page of newspaper involves ''three principles of composition'' which is ''information value'', ''salience and framing''. These three concepts apply not just to single pictures, but apply to composite visuals, visual which combine text and image, as well as other graphic elements. (Kress & Van Leeuwen 2006). The layout is to grab the readers’ eyes by using the colour, relative size and so on. According to Wheildon (1990), "an eye-catching illustration and thought-provoking headline have attracted the attention of one million readers." For example, the newspape contains a large headline, sometimes larger than the picture with a coloured central image. Salience means the elements of a layout is made to attract readers’ attention to different degrees, as placement in the background, relative size, contrasts in tonal value or colour, differences in sharpness, and so on. (Kress & Van Leeuwen 1998). Sometimes, soft news such as celebrity gossips becomes popular as the headlines in the front page newspaper can attract large readers than the hard news such as crimes. However, I disagree with this, and think that newspapers reporting crimes can attract the audeince too as it affects people's lives in some way living in the local area. I have decided to report hard news because it impacts on the lives of others living in the local community.