Blog Tasks: Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries
Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. Their audience are typically aged 65 plus and are C1 C2 DE social class. They are likely to be the struggler as they seek escape through diversion. 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? Because it offers diversion as the images often portray the news in an informal way and they offer surveillance due to the news. This appeals to the audience as it is cheaper and up to date and allow it to be classified as a tabloid. 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. Images offer diversion Text and image offer surveillance images of victim offer personal identity and relationship 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? As they want to stick to their older traditions and they may have built a routine to purchase the da...