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Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries

  Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. The Daily Mirror's audience is mostly older people, with almost half of their audience being aged over 30-50 years old. Most readers are of NRS social grades C1, C2 or DE, making them mostly working class.  2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? Because they involve information that involved in the specific time period as it is relevant. 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. Reader might enjoy the daily mirror as it bring relevant news that is inf 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? Because there generation are used to reading off information that comes off physically instead of digitally. 5) How are the CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and selection of images. The use of main images cre...

Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Language and Representations

  Language 1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages (you may want to add an example for each from our Daily Mirror CSP): Masthead: The daily mirror logo Pug: It directs the reader to the main cover of the story Splash Head: The hard news of the scandal of Fujitsu Slogan: The heart of britain Dateline:  Byline: Who wrote the article Standfirst: The immediate use of emotive language 2) What is the main story on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the story is about. The scandal of Fujitsu had the UK government to intervene about the innocent victims who had false accusation of taking away money from them 3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers? It directs the reader to the main cover of the story. This is shown when the text says exclusive post suggesting how important the daily mirror is. 4) Why is the choice of ne...

December Mock Exam: Learner Response Blog Tasks

  1) Type up any feedback on your paper (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/Next Steps yourself based on your scores. WWW: Steven, a very solid effort-your section B knowledge is good for the OSP CSP's but remember you need to reference both for the 20 marks. 2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock (posted on GC) to read the answers AQA were looking for. First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2).  1.1  diegetic sound that is heard with both the characters and the audiences. A non diegetic sound is a soundtrack from the video that only the audiences can hear 3) Next, identify three points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA. At the beginning there are differing angles between Will and ...

OSP: Rashford & Kardashian - Audience and Industry

  1) Who are the potential target audiences for Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian's online content? Try and cover both  demographics and psychographics . The demographics for Marcus Rashford's are mainly targeted towards young teenage boys around the ages of 11-16.The psychographics for Marcus Rashford's audiences are those who enjoy football and sport. The demographics for Kim Kardashian's are mainly targeted towards teenage girls and women who are under 30.The psychographics for Kim Kardashian's audiences are women and girls who use makeup or where gym clothes like skims.                                                                            2) Marcus Rashford’s online presence is partly driven by his excellent use of social media. How does he use social media to engage with his fans...