Ali-AbanGCSEMediaStudies

Blog Tasks: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries Work through the following questions to complete your work on the Daily Mirror. Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. Half the audience aged 65+. 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? They have images that attract to the audience 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. Surveillance provides information about the world and entertainment allows audiences to read about others lives  4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? As news can be found on social media or on google. Older audiences do not want to change old ways.  5) How are the CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and selection of images. A lot of imag...

Index for newspaper  Daily mirror - Audience & Industries Daily Mirror Intro to Newspaper  

  Blog Tasks: Daily Mirror case study Work through the following questions to cover the Language and Representations key concepts for the  Daily Mirror . 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 name of newspaper  Pug: Attraction Splash Head: Main front page headline Slogan:  Short phrase that sums up the  Dateline: Date and price  Byline: Name of journalist who wrote the article.  Standfirst: Short inductory paragraph  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. Make sure you learn about the story - injustice 3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Celebrity  story - entertaining  4) Why is the choice of news stories, content and page design ...

 1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper? gossip celebrity and sport.  2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper? politics, economy, international.  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? Labour party, Guardian or the mirror 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, Mail or the Sun 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 50 years? Internet and social media took over.  6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK? Allows information to be published on the go 

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- I remembered the CSP's  My next steps are to revise more and write different ideas.  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).  Non diegetic sound is sound audiences can hear but the characters can not.  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. The opening shot in the extract focuses on the omelette in Will’s hand – almost a close-up – with handheld camera movement following the plate to the table. This focus on the food Will has cooke...