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Essay There Is Nothing 'Natural' About The Audience

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There is nothing ‘natural’ about the audience – Discuss some of the main ways in which audiences are constructed and targeted by the media.
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The audience can be generally described as ‘the assembled spectators or listeners at an event’ in addition to ‘the readership of a book, magazine or newspaper’ as defined by the Oxford Dictionary. However audience can mean different things and media producers target different intended audiences differently, and the way in how they do this will be further explored in this essay.
During the following piece of text, I will attempt to break down how a media producer could potentially target an audience using three methods. This essay will also mention different theories as to how and why the audiences …show more content…

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Research conducted by Pew Research Centre in 2018 has shown that 81% of 18-24 year olds have an active Facebook account, and 40% have a Twitter account; compared to 65% of 50-64 years old having a Facebook account and only 19% having a Twitter account. With regards to these findings and there being a definitive age divide, the audience for a new type of social media app has already been defined, as an …show more content…

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