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News Lesson Question 3 will be a question on how contexts impact production/distribution/circulation and consumption in the newspaper industry using examples from the two case studies. Contexts Macro - The ownership of UK newspapers is considered to be an oligopoly, due to the fact that three companies (DMGT, Reach PLC, News Corporation) own 80% of the UK newspaper market. The job of the press is to be the fourth estate, meaning that it must hold powerful institutions including politicians to account; they must reflect what is going on behind closed doors. The Leveson inquiry occurred as a result of the phone hacking scandal and investigated the practices of the British press. Economic - The newspaper industry is in decline, and faces increase competition from online news and how to monetise it in a digital age. Print revenues are falling and internet platforms monopolise the profits from online advertising. They have had to invest and adapt to compete with changing expectations of aud...

LFTVD Trial Exam Preparation – Q3 Audiences 1. Teens, people who grew up in the 80s to allow ST to provide a sense of nostalgia. Use of hybrid-genre, relating to Neale's theory of repetition. Targets younger generation. 2. Lupin has an audience of French adults through its nature of the crime/mystery genre, which is popular with this age group. It was released during the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home due to lockdown, meaning that the show had a wider audience than anticipated. The show will be more appealing to those who are young and more socially conscious. It appeals more to French nationals due to the fact that Omar Sy was casted to plan the main role, Assane Diop, who is from Senegal which used to be a colony of France. The audience of the show is international due to the fact that dubs and subtitles are offered to fit the language of the region it is being played in. 3. Stranger Things offers intertextual references to Suburbian/Spielbergian America and 80s classic...