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Newspapers: The Times - Language and Representations

  Newspapers: The Times - Language and Representations : Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers? -  It is the Gary Lineker story, which appeals to the conservative supporting audiences as it goes against Gary Lineker's controversial comments about the Bosses. 2) List the other news stories and kickers on the front page of the Times CSP edition. Why do you think the Times selected these for the front page? -  "fee paying schools save taxpayer £20 billion", "Sri Lanka tourists warned of more terror", "Its last chance on climate" - The Times have done this to attract new readers so they can get more sales  3) What is the main story on the inside page of the Times CSP edition and how is it constructed to appeal to Times readers?  4) How are the Times front and inside pages designed to reflect  broadsheet  newspaper conventions? - It shows that it is more mature and most likely ...

December mock exam: Learner response

  December mock exam: Learner response : 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/EBI yourself based on your scores. -  WWW - Section A on TV contains some good answers on the clip so now it's about reaching that level in the whole paper. - EBI - 20 marker essay: question focus            - OSP revision           - Don't leave questions blank! 2) Use  the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock to read the answers AQA were looking for . First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2).  - Diegetic sound - all sounds generated within the world of the drama - Example: Footsteps 3) Next, identify  three  points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark schem...

Newspapers: The Times - Language and Audience

  Newspapers: The Times - Language and Audience : Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers? 2) List the other news stories and kickers on the front page of the Times CSP edition. Why do you think the Times selected these for the front page? 3) What is the main story on the inside page of the Times CSP edition and how is it constructed to appeal to Times readers?  4) How are the Times front and inside pages designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper conventions? 5) What does a close analysis of the news stories in the Times CSP edition suggest about the Times's political beliefs? Audience 1) What is the main readership demographic for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can. 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? 3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Wh...

Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries

  Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries : Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here.  people who are middle or lower class 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? - It appeals them because it has large fonts which is eye catching and the stories are easy to read and fun aswell 3) Why might a reader  enjoy  the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. - Because Daily Mirror uses humour to make the audience find the paper more laughable and enjoyable 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? - Because younger audience usually read news by tv or on their phones as some may say it is "out-dated" and feel this is the evolution of technology 5) How are the CSP pages constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? Think about text and the selection of images. - With images, They make it bigger for the audien...

OSP: Rashford & Kardashian - Audience and Industry

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  OSP: Rashford & Kardashian - Audience and Industry : Audience 1) Who are the potential target audiences for Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian's online content? Try and cover both  demographics and psychographics . - Marcus Rashford is mainly aimed at young teenagers and adults of boys. He is a role model to them and inspires them to achieve great success in life. They are also inspired by their campaigns on his website -Kim Kardashian is mainly aimed at younger teenage girls and young adults who are inspired by her makeup and clothes and many endorsements to all of her 56 brands. They are also inspired of how she has created a success full lifestyle for herself and her family 2) Marcus Rashford’s online presence is partly driven by his excellent use of social media. How does he use social media to engage with his fans and make them feel part of his brand? - He uses social media such as instagram or twitter etc to promote his mainstream brands such as his books or shoes ...

Videogames: Introduction

  Videogames: Introduction 1) At the time of the article, how many Fortnite players were there worldwide? (Bonus question - how many are there now? Try Googling it.) 650 millions players  2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game? It is popular because it is an action game. Fortnite is a online game that is filled with shooting and building that encourages young kids and adults to play this game. IT makes it exciting because every 6 months there would be a new season meaning a new map. This encourages gamers to play every year because they would want to see what has changed. One way is by creating new skins. Skins are characters that fortnite creates that will have diffrebnt people that can be used to play the game. 3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite? They may not approve fortnite because it seems violent for a 12+ game that is apparently a game meant for kids. It is mostly kids who crititse the game bacsue they would normally see shooting o...

Newspapers: The Times - Introduction

  Newspapers: The Times - Introduction : 1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name? - 1 January 1785 and it started using the name on 1 January 1788 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? - He said that he would offer foreign news and adverts but also there would be pollitics involved  3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  - They said that they would do their best to provide us with information about politics as fast as they can  4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? - John Walter, And editorial integrity is protected by keeping high standards for media and  promote essential ethical principles, such as truth, accuracy, independence, fairness, impartiality and accountability 5) What did  The Times  introduce in 2010 and why? - in 2010, they introduced a paywall. This me...