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Blog Tasks: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries

  Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. older with almost half the audience aged 65+. In terms of social class, most are in the C1, C2 DE social classes. 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? because it provides entertainment to audience 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. find out what going on in the world around us , find out news , different opinions and catch up with the latest gossip and scandal  enjoying reading the opinions of others, reading the cartoons or completing crosswords.   4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? They are likely to be in the Struggler, Resigned or Mainstream psychographic groups.  5) How are the CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and selection of images. they include lots of celebr...

Blog Tasks: Daily Mirror case study

  Daily Mirror case study 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 title block of the newspaper  Pug: something to catch readers eye Splash Head: the lead story  Slogan: sums up the ethos of newspaper  Dateline: date newspaper was published  Byline: gives name pf writer  Standfirst:  introductory paragraph usually in bold 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 post office scandal and how post office owners had to pay back thousands of it  3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers? the post office scandal and Eddie the eagle Olympics story.  4) Why is the choice of news stories, content and page design on the  Mirror  CSP front page typical o...

December mock feedback

  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 -link more to the question and add more detail  next steps - revise topics more 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).  dialogue, ambient or wild sound within the drama 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. camera movements  angles  difference in relationship 4) Now look at Q1.4 in the mark scheme - pick out  two  points from the mark scheme that you could have included in your answer. 5) Look at Q2 - the 20-mark ...

newspaper blog index

 1. Introduction To Newspapers

introduction to newspapers

  1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? sensationalized , easy to read news with short articles , simpler language and lots of pictures heavily featuring featuring celebrity gossip , dramatic human interest stories , crime , sports 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?   information on topics like business, politics and international affairs. 3) If someone is left-wing, which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspapers would they be likely to read? the labour party 4) If someone is right-wing, which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspaper would they be most likely to read? conservative 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 50 years? social media  6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK? holds power to account , provides a platform for a   diversity of inform...