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  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.  Age 65+ but mainly targe ting ABC1C2 readers 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience?        3) Why might a reader  enjoy  the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer.   It has hard and soft news so they will be provided with entertainment plus serious news about serious things. 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences?       Due to this society and upgrade in  technology 5) How is the inside-page story on our CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and selection of images.     Industries 1) What company owns the Daily Mirror and why are they struggling?          Owned by PLC -They have been failing because of growth on

  Blog tasks:  Daily Mirror case study 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 title of newspaper   Pug: Something to catch the eye of a reader  Splash Head: The lead story Slogan: Sums up ethos of newspaper Dateline:  Date newspaper was published Kicker: Story at top of paper to draw interest  in content   Byline: The name of journalist/writer   Standfirst: Introduction paragraph usually in bold 2) How much does a copy of the Daily Mirror cost? (Note: the current cost is different to the CSP edition - we recommend learning both).            55p 3) What are the main stories on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the stories are about.     There is hard news and soft news. the soft news is about football and a show on Britain  pride. However on hard news it's  about climate change and Boris   Johnso

  1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? soft ne ws like celebrities gossip 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? Hard news like environment and more serious stuff. 3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?  A broadsheet because they have less money. 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? A tabloid because they have more money and are more serious.  5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?     This is because now in this society everyone uses there phones and have apps for an example i phone have the app "news" and its free to use so no one buys newspapers anymore.