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THE NEWSPAPER TRAINNews article about communication development 1875
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Genre, Audience and Purpose
Genre- Newspaper ( The Times )
Audience- Upper class interested in publication
Purpose- To inform and entertain
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News papers of the time• The TimesRepresented the view of the wealthy and upper-class.
• The Daily telegraphAlso owned by The Sunday Times but informed about new inventions and latest business models and fashions. Gave a vision of the future
• The Standard
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Class• “No longer a luxury monopolised by Londoners”
- suggests there's been a shift in class.
• “..leading midland towns”- suggests London is no longer the only established place in Britain.
• “inhabitants of the Hardware Metropolis”
- referring to People living and working in industrial city's and towns
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Linguistic Features• Polysyllabic lexis- “unprecedentedly, simultaneously”• Multiple proper nouns- “Bedford, London, St pancreas”• Official titles- “News guard, Messrs, foreman”• Long complex sentences• No synthetic personalisation• Highlighted other business and Newspapers
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Old fashioned lexis• Few words that are no longer used• Phrases that we no longer use including residing in the
vicinity etc…