Textual analysis: homework

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1) What type of text is it?
- front page of a newspaper 

2) How do you know? What are the key conventions that allowed you to identify the text?
- headline
- sub heading 
- images
- mini article

3) In your opinion, who is the target audience for this media text?
- capitalists
- politicians
- businesses(e.g. farmers) 

4) How would this audience access the text? E.g. where/when would they consume it? Using what device?
- the daily mail news paper from shops
- the daily mail app
- the daily mail website

5) What values, ideologies and beliefs in society are reinforced or challenged in this media text?
- they believe that leaving the EU was the best option for Britain economy in the near future

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