1. Independence: The supplement and the main newspaper have independent editing and reporting teams, independent editing ideas and expressions.
2. Theme: Supplements usually take a specific theme as the theme, such as culture, entertainment, life, science and technology, etc., to meet the needs of readers for a specific theme.
3. In-depth report: Compared with the news report of the main newspaper, it is usually shorter and more practical, while the supplement pays more attention to connotation and depth, and usually carries out in-depth discussion and analysis on the theme to meet the needs of readers for in-depth report.
4. Rich genres: The supplement has various genres, including prose, essays, sketches, poems, novels, scripts, reportage, memoirs, folk art and so on. These genres have their own characteristics, some are rich in words, some are strong in news, some are fully explained, and some are flexible in expression.
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A newspaper supplement is a fixed layout for publishing literary and artistic works or theoretical articles. It needs to publish special pages in languages other than news comments and letters from readers, and most of them have titles.
Supplement is one of the three major genres of news. The characteristics of supplement include not only political inclination such as news, ideology and pertinence, but also social characteristics such as literariness, knowledge, interest, entertainment and service. Highlight individuality in the proximity formed by different regions, occupations, genders and ages.
Newspaper supplement has a strong literary color since its birth, and with the progress of the times and the development of the media industry, its ideological content has been further strengthened, thus becoming a platform for ideological confrontation and playing a role in opening the people's wisdom and literary revolution in history. This period of history has laid a tradition that supplements emphasize literature and knowledge.
Nowadays, commercial newspapers have entered the era of thick newspapers, and the audience is subdivided. In order to attract readers to buy and read, attract advertisers, and compete with TV, movies, books, internet and other media for readers, especially young readers, the layout of newspaper supplements is becoming more and more abundant. It can be said that the current newspaper supplement has entered an unprecedented period of prosperity.