The Uses & Grats applied to News


Personal Identity - Customisable – you can follow whichever sections of the Guardian appeal to you most on twitter. 

Personal relationships – ‘comment is free’ section, facebook  profile for Guardian Opinion & use of speech bubble on website

Information – news, fact-based. Mixture of hard and soft news to appeal to a wide audience.


Entertainment – there is ‘entertainment’ news, lifestyle, people may read to ‘pass the time’

USE FOR HOMEWORK ^^^




















Appeals to all people with the use of 'we' in the second picture and the first shows equality even beyond our country 

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