Thursday, 11 February 2010

double page spread lanuage

I read an interview from a double spread of Q to get an idea of the language they use. However their target audience is slightly older than mine, they look to target people in their 30's and 40's. This will be suitable for the older end of my target audience. The language that they use contain swearing which reminds us that they are targeting older people, whereas I have used "*" to hide any swearing my article so that it will be also be suitable for the younger end of my age range. The questions that they ask are not always simple for example " you were much more politicised as a young man, weren't you?" the questions that i have used a a lot more simple and require and easy answer so that readers will be able to follow easily and not feel they have to think to much about what the meaning behind the question or answer might be. It is clear to me that the magazine is appealing more to an older age range because it refers age a lot, for example "what are you planning for your 50Th birthday later this month?". I have not refereed to any specific age reference on my interview so that readers feel it is appealing to all ages (specifically those in my age range). An other point that I could gather from their interview was that it did appeal a lot more to males due to the swearing and talk of male role models. I have tried to keep my interview mixed gender but I found it hard because the people I was interviewing were female. This is also true of Q magazine they were interviewing a male however they make actual references to males whereas I made no mention of gender.

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