Newspapers Flashcards
What is the Suns demographic?
Lower,middle social class
54%men
aged between 35-64
What are some typical things in the sun?
Sensational headlines
Puns
Big images
Gossip stories
Celebrities,royal family and politicians
What are some features of broadsheets?
Serious,educational information
Few images
Headline isn’t linked to large picture
Formal vocabulary
What political beliefs does the Sun have?
Conservative right leaning
What political belief does the guardian have?
Left leaning
What does join „our jabs army“ connote?
Intersexual reference to Dads army series
Informal language and use of puns
Patriotic
Save your country
Who are the Guardians demographic?
89% ABC1
Middle upper class
Educated
Circulation
How many copies are sold
Advertising Revenue
Money made from advertising space
Subscription
an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a product
E.G The Sun digital newspaper for £6.99 a month
Readership
How People who read newspapers
Editor
Makes descisons about what goes in the newspaper
Conglomerate
A group of companies that are owned by the same company
E.G The Sun is owned by News UK which is owned by News Corp
Convergence
Multiple Media forms being available in one space because of technology
What is the uses and Gratification theory?
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
ENTERTAINMENT /ESCAPISM
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Why do people still boy physical copies of newspapers?
Personal identity - phones are associated with addiction and people want to be seen as intellectual. Newspapers are a signifier of intelligence
Escapism - Escape from phones and social media
What is the Guardian’s demographic?
89% ABC 1
Upper middle class, well educated, affluent
Design and layout
