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Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Language and Representations

  title of the news paper Pug something to catch reader's eye Splash Head  the lead story Slogan  sums up ethos of newspaper Dateline  date newspaper was published Kicker  story at the top of the newspaper to draw interests in the content Byline  gives the name of the journalist/writer Standfirst  introductory paragraph usually in bold 2 A copy of the Daily Mirror costs £1.20 to purchase today. 3  The main stories on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror revolve around the issues of climate change, and how time is running out to prevent it. They also focus on Boris Johnson and his warnings about it; following the UN's indication that the last 7 years have been the hottest on record. 4   The news choices and content on the Daily Mirror is specific to a typical tabloid newspaper as it provides a distinct balance between hard news and soft news. It also portrays many different images which take up most of the space on the newspaper, and it does no...

Daily Mirror CSP - Audience & Industry

  1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. - The Daily Mirror audience is older with almost half the audience aged 65+. In terms of social class, most  are in the C1, C2 DE social classes. They are likely to be in the Struggler, Resigned or Mainstream  psychographic groups.  2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? - The Daily Mirror in our CSP  offers the audience opportunities to engage with the stories on a much more personal level . The newspaper is almost breaking through the normal codes and conventions of a news story to speak directly to the reader. 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add  detail to your answer. -Surveillance – the main reason we read newspapers is to find out what is going on in the world around     us.   We find out news, different opinions and catch up wi...

Newspapers: The Times - Audience and Industries

      1) What is the main readership demographic for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can. Their main readership demographic is older people as generally newspapers are normally read by older people. People with a high social class might also read the Times and the news in it is mainly targeted to upper class people. The earnings for the Times reader is probably high as their news is targeted to people with high earnings and the Times is also a broad sheet. 2) What aspects of the front page of the Times CSP edition suggest that their readers are likely to be more educated and interested in hard news rather than entertainment? On the front page of the Times (CSP edition) have less entertainment and have more political and world-based news. This contrasts the Daily Mirror as they have football on their front page (CSP edition). 3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected or challenged by the new stories in the...

Introduction to newspapers

     1) What type of news can you typically find in a   tabloid  newspaper? - gossip, celeb news  2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? - politics 3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? - labour 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? - conservative 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years? - because of the internet and convenience  6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?