Audience Classification

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 1) Post the details from your in-class psycho-graphics presentation to your blog with all details of the couple you created and their media consumption (it needs to be on your blog individually but can be a duplicate of your partner's post).

Psycho-graphic group: Resigned

Couple: Richard + Gregory

Study/Work: Pensioners

Spare time: Complain about younger generation, golf, reading books, social gatherings

Media Consumption: Film 4, The Times, Forbes 100, Sky news, BBC radio

Technology use: Phone, Tablet, TV - websites like Facebook



2) Reflect on what you have learned about psycho-graphics. Which psycho-graphic group do you feel best fits YOUR lifestyle and personality? Explain how and why you made your decision and provide evidence justifying this.

I would like to think that I am a part of the 'Explorers' group as I do indulge in many different genres and movies, not sticking to one franchise and view many different types of film and media that come from various time periods and that have vastly contrasting narratives and themes.

Although to counter this I will say that I am quite fond of the subgenre of zombies and so will ultimately place them higher in terms of priority for viewing than something that i have never watched which could be categorised as being a part of the 'mainstreamers' or even 'succeeders'.

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