Comparative Essay: Mumsnet and Mirror Money

Comparative Essay: Mumsnet and Mirror Money

Both Mumsnet and Mirror Money share the same target audience of middle aged parents whose children are approaching prom season. However, both are separated by their genre, as Mumsnet is an advice forum while Mirror Money is an opinionated article. This leads to a difference in the result of both texts. for example what the purpose is and how is impacts the audience. Text A, Mumsnet, has the purpose of giving advice to parents with teenagers, with users responding to each other using computer-mediated-communication, for example 'Yes, Kayano' which clearly shows a form of communication between the users of this forum. Text B, Mirror Money, has the intention of informing its audience as an article, using statistics such as 'spending 24% more on their outfits than a year ago'.

Language is used as a shock factor on money being spent at prom. For example, in Text A, woolyideas says 'the very idea of them having a Prom Fair has left me frothy!' conveying