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The GfK MRI Psychographic Sourcebook

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Survey of the American Consumer: Part 2<br />

I. Advertising & Media<br />

C. Newspaper Readers Segmentation<br />

This segmentation looks at the different ways American consumers continue to use newspapers in their daily lives.<br />

• Cover to Cover<br />

Members of this segment read newspapers from cover-to-cover, section-by-section. <strong>The</strong>se readers tend to be older (age 55+),<br />

environmentally concerned and are often wary of new technology.<br />

• Facts & Entertainment<br />

<strong>The</strong>se readers have an appetite for both “hard” news (national, international, local, business, opinion) and “soft” news<br />

(entertainment, lifestyle, technology, sports, travel). <strong>The</strong>y tend to be males age 45+, well-educated and with high household incomes.<br />

• News Hounds<br />

Demographically and behaviorally similar to Facts & Entertainment readers, this segment is nearly two times more likely than the<br />

average consumer to have a HHI $75,000+. <strong>The</strong>y read newspapers for hard, not soft news.<br />

• Living Well<br />

Nearly 90% of the consumers in this segment are women. <strong>The</strong>y are mostly college educated, age 45+ and look for information in<br />

newspapers to enhance their lifestyles. <strong>The</strong> most read newspaper sections among these consumers are Entertainment, Fashion, Food,<br />

Health, Home and Travel.<br />

• Lifestyle & Ads<br />

<strong>The</strong>se readers like newspaper Fashion, Food and Health sections, but are also particularly interested in newspaper ads and inserts.<br />

Mostly women with household incomes below $40,000, they are unfamiliar with or uninterested in new technology and buy green only<br />

when it doesn’t conflict with their budgets.<br />

• Entertainment<br />

Almost evenly divided between men and women, the readers in this segment are most interested in entertainment stories.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir favorite parts of the newspaper are the Entertainment, Lifestyle, Movies and TV Listings sections.<br />

• Comics<br />

Two-thirds of the Comics segment readers are women and with limited income: 1 in 3 have a HHI ><br />

46

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