Maddie Haywood's A Level Media

The Daily Mail -  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6832797/JACK-DOYLE-guide-earth-happens-Prime-Ministers-biggest-gamble.html The Guardian -  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/21/apocalypse-next-week-theresa-may-meaningful-vote The Mail Online presents this story in a much simpler form in comparison to the Guardian, which is shown through how the text is split into paragraphs each answering questions such as 'WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?'. Even though the Guardian's article is presented in a more high-brown manner, they still use humorous and include almost witty comments such as 'I realise you don't care about spoilers at this stage, so let me confirm: that bid ends up failing anyway.' The Guardian's article, I feel, is much more open to their political stance against May's conservative party though the article still does give all the necessary information.  I would have expected the Mail Online's article to be much more ...

In the drama, the use of realism (80's America) could be questioned as the series is more of a tribute/homage to cinema.  The Spielberg cinematic universe may appeal to two distinctive audiences - nostalgic & contemporary. Modern representational subversions are introduced to help counter the realism of 80's America - e.g. Joyce Byers is a single mother who is holding her family together through working, and also has a strong influence on Hopper - e.g. Nancy subverts cultural & social codes and conventions (reflecting the feminism which is embraced in modern society)anti-stereotypically excels at science while still fitting stereotypes of a teenage girl. The idea of gender fluidity, which will be recognisable to a modern audience, can be shown through characters such as Eleven. In episode one, representations are shaped based on nostalgic exploration of 80's America - nuclear family  - picket fences - green lawns  Cult...

Demographic profiling  Audiences can be identified or classified by their: age  gender demographic hobbies  ethnicity  employment  Psychographic profiling  According to psychographics there are seven different types of people: Mainstreamers  t his is the largest group, who tend to be domestic, conform, are conventional and sentimental they seek security favour value-for-money family brands Aspirers this group is typically formed of younger people they seek status, are materialistic, concerned with image and appearance Succeeders this group is typically higher management and professional people, who are confident and seek control they are goal-minded, organised and hard working Resigned this group comprises mainly older people, who are interested in the past and the traditional they seek to survive and have rigid and authoritarian values Explorers this group consists of a y...