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Monday, 3 February 2014

How Do Media Texts Appeal/ target Audiences?


How do media texts target/ appeal to audiences?

Technical and audio codes – The text may employ these to target an audience. For example, dramatic music and fast paced editing attracts audiences.

Language and mode of address – This may target a specific audience and alienate another. For example, CD covers may use lexis and a tone specific to a particular audience. Another example, Is the deep foreboding voice used in a horror movie trailer – which attracts fans of that particular genre.

Construction – The construction of a text and the audience within the text. The way in which a film trailer is edited, will suit a particular audience. E.g. stars, voices, and narratives.

Context – This is very important, the placing of an advertisement needs to be seen by that specific audience, for example, a makeup advert between the breaks of a soap opera.


Positioning of the audience – Through camera shots, and angles, music, language and mode of address.

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