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anegative or a positive headline,which may change the way inwhich the same image is viewed by the reader.  \nThe way in which products attract and interest an audience  \ne.g.through the use of stars,familiar genre conventions etc.  \nIn terms of a media text one that encourages the audience towant more money,up market consumer items and a highersocial position.  \nHow media producers appeal to audiences to encourage themto consume the product.  \nHow media producers group audiences(e.g.by age,gender,ethnicity)to target their products.  \nThe way in which audiences engage with media products (e.g.viewing a TV programme,playing a video game,reading ablog or magazine).Methods of consumption have changedsignificantly due to the development of digital technologies.  \nThe way in which audiences 'read'the meanings in,and makesense of,media products.  \nHow audiences react to media products e.g.by accepting theintended meanings(preferred reading).  \nThe association the audience make with the brand,forexample Chanel or Nike,built up over time and reinforced bythe advertising campaigns and their placement.  \nA larger newspaper that publishes more serious news,forexample The Daily Telegraph has maintained its broadsheetformat.  \nWords that accompany an image that explain its meaning.  \n# CHANNEL IDENTITY\n\n## CIRCULATION\n\nCOLLOQUIAL  \nLANGUAGE  \n# COMMERCIAL\n\n## CHANNELS\n\nCONNOTATION  \nCONVENTIONS  \nCONVERGENCE  \nCOVER LINES  \n# CROSS-PLATFORMMARKETING\n\n## DEMOGRAPHIC\n\nCATEGORY  \nDENOTATION  \nDIEGETIC SOUND  \nDISRUPTION  \nDISTRIBUTION  \nThe aspects which make the channel recognisable toaudiences and different from any other channel.Presenters,stars,programme genres and specific programmes allcontribute to a channel's identity.  \nThe dissemination of media products -the method will dependon the media form,e.g.circulation of print magazines,broadcast of television programmes etc.  \nThis is conversational language where the words used aredifferent 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