Daily Mirror Audience & Industries: blog tasks
Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. C2DE (working class), left wing, 35+ 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? Due to the focus on soft news (sports, entertainment, gossip etc) which interests their C2DE target 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 on current news and affairs Diversion - entertains it's audience with the latest gossip 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? Due to newspapers being an outdated form of media that older and more traditional members of society would still rely on 5) How are the CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and selection of images. Minimal amount of text and majority of the pages being filled with images Industries 1) What company owns the Daily Mirror...