In this task we had to research audiences. All media texts have an audience that they are directing at, and once you find the audience of a piece of text you will realise why some of the features are in a certain way.
There are six groups that audiences are sorted into for media texts.
A : Are the professionals and high material staff who often earn high salaries
B : Are middle management and white collar workers
C1 : Are skilled office workers
C2 : Are skilled manual workers
D : Are unskilled workers usually with lower salaries
E : Are unemployed or unskilled, students also are in this category
Depending on the groups of audience the magazine is made to target them. The use of slang and informal language is more likely used in the groups C2, D and E, where as more formal and informational magazines would be aimed at groups A, B and C1.
I will use all of this knowledge to choose which audience I will target when making my magazine.
