Audience Needs and Lifestyles

Task 1

60 seconds to make a list of as many newspapers as you can:

• The Sun.
• Daily Mail.
• The Daily Star.
• Evening Standard.
• The Independent.
• Daily Express.
• Metro.
• I.
• The Sunday Times.
• The Times.
• The Daily Mirror.
• News of the World.

Task 2

Hard news is something that is erious such as war and politics.
Soft news is the art,lifestyle,celebrities, usually found at the back of the papers (Sport).

Task 3

N'Dubz have a no.1 single = Music = Soft news.
David Cameron makes a speech about europe = Politics = Hard news.
9/11 = Crime, Terrorism and Politics = Hard news.
Ryan Giggs cheats on his wife = Decit and Celebrity.
Paddy Doherty wins Big Brother = Celebrity and Television = Soft news.
Costa Con Cordea crashes = Politics, Tragedy and Crime.

Task 4

The articles are in depth: Broadsheets.
Easy to understand language, short words: Tabloids.
In-depth. Go deeper with stories: Broadsheets.
Cover stories briefly: Tabloids.
Often physically larger: Broadsheets.
Long articles: Broadsheets.
Smaller size, easier to carry: Tabloids.
Lots of pictures: Tabloids.
Long words and sentences: Broadsheets.

Task 5

The Sun = Soft news = Tabloid.
The Daily Star = Softy news = Tabloid.
The Independent = Hard news = Broadsheet.
Evening Standard = Hard news = Broadsheet.
Metro = Soft news = Tabloid.
News of the World = Soft news = Tabloid.

Task 6

The Metro Newspaper.

London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Train Station.
Working class population.

20-40
Both genders.
Big cities.
Working class, family.
White english, mixed races.

On the train.
On the bus.
At the park.

Mainly soft news, minor hard news.
Tabloid, because it contains mainly soft news.
Thousands.
Because it is run by the goverment.
It increases the amount of people because it doesn't cost money.

Task 7

Both articles give facts and statistics on Facebook's profits and losses, this outlines there finacial position to the reader. It also mentions Mark Zukerberg.

Article 1 includes more facts and statistics.
Article 2 includes more informal language.

Article 2 because it is less formal and is more simple.

Article 1 - Upper class, because its more formal.
Article 2 - Working/middle class, because its more informal.

Task 8

1. There is a lovely pair of Londerners that live in Sutton. The man of the house is called Dave, 21, he lives with his girlfriend, Suzy, 20.

2. A couple live in a small suburban town in south-east London. Dave and Suzy, 21 and 20, live in a one bedroom flat in Sutton. They have lived in Sutton all their lifes.