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  1) What type of news can you typically find in a   tabloid  newspaper?        They include more photographs and shorter articles. They include showbiz gossip, entertainment and sports.                                 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper? The type of news you can typically find in a broadsheet newspaper are hard news like politics, international, culture and sport news. 3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? If someone is left-wing, the political party they are likely to support are the Labour party so the newspaper they would likely read is the Daily Mirror. 4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? If someone is right-wing, the political party they are likely to support are the Conservatives so the newspaper they would likely read is The Times. 5) Why has there been a

Audience 1) What were the viewing figures for Class and why do you think it did so badly? The viewing figures for Class started from over a million but then the last episode only had 0.28 million. I think it did so badly because most people didn't like the spin-off of Doctor Who since it was targeted towards much maturer audiences and wasn't as interesting as the original Doctor Who. 2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Class? The audience psychographic groups that might particularly enjoy Class are Strugglers and perhaps Aspirers. 3) What audience pleasures are offered by  Class -  Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity:  April (Student) playing a musical instrument. Concerned parents of April and Ram (protective over children) as well as parents' evening Personal Relationships:  Want to

Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an NCIS analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology Co-owner of a Lonely Heart Narrative: A girl called April is fighting for her heart back the villain called Corakinus and as they share the same heart the anger within the Shadow kin is shown through the perspective of April.  Character: Charlie - alien, gay, shown aspects of hero stereotypes Ms Quill - alien, helper, sinister, evil, despise people, want to have freedom and is willing to do anything to achieve her goal. However, the group of teenagers always find another resolution to the problem as they think Quill's way of resolving the problem is unnecessary.  Ram - heroic, reinforces the stereotypes of bravery. Shown as April's Boyfriend. Risks his own life in order to safe other people. April - aspects of  heroism, princess (Propp's theory), brave: specifically in episo