Observer Q homework

1.  The major use of newspapers is to offer a sense of knowing
what is going on in the world. The Observer knows that its readers are serious and interested in international affairs. This is evident in hard news articles about Politics (mainly brexit) issues in the world and crimes.
2. The Observer meets its audience's need for a range of cultural, sporting and artistic news. It provides these with different sections of the paper dedicated to each topic.
3. The Observer does not shy away from 'difficult' issues that could make uncomfortable reading, such as murders, kidnappings and immigration.
4.  The Observer has sections which are designed to appeal to
different types of readers. The Observer reflects the diversity of its readership in articles on politics, sports, current affairs and cultural topics.
5.  Newspaper readership can still be used as a symbol of one’s

social identity. The term ‘Guardian reader’ connotes a certain

type of social attitude and The Observer similarly reinforces

a set of social and political attitudes, and thus identity, in its

representations. For example, Observer readers like to think

of themselves as open-minded and this is reflected in the

Observer’s practice of allowing both sides of an argument

equally to be put when the newspaper is clearly on one side

of this argument. There is an example of this in topics on politics

6.  The entertainment function of newspapers may take the

 form of humour.  It may take the form of diversion into

a celebrity world of ‘glamour’. It may take the form of human

interest stories in which readers are invited to sympathise with

the subjects of the article. Newspapers further offer games,

puzzles, crosswords and the like. At the higher end, sections

such as the New Review in the Observer may offer the pleasure

of extremely well-written think pieces and literature reviews. An example of this is