... their audience; problem pages and real-life stories all provide an insight into the life of a 'conventional' workingwoman. This is a method I decided to adopt in order for my audience to relate to my character by exploring the commonality of experiences, which provides the audience with a comical reassurance of their everyday lifestyle. An example of this can be seen in my article; 'I rushed through the ever-growing crowd of people, who incidentally all seemed to be heading in the totally opposite direction to me, in a bid to catch my bus.' Theories indicate that audiences' posses the need for reinforcement of self-understanding and indulgence, thus they find comfort in the media and compare their own lives to those portrayed in pieces such as this. I felt my article 'Fireworks and a number twenty-two' had to stretch the boundaries of conventional real-life stories and place a great deal of trust ...

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