WJEC A-Level Media Studies full summary posters for the newspaper set text 'The Daily Mirror'. This poster contains a full analysis of the front cover and double-page spread 'A Faller At 2nd'. It also contains a full analysis of the Daily Mirror masthead as well as a list of intertextual references...
The puff about Eastenders relates to the audience, who will watch
This is an extremely biased newspaper. It shows the
The layout is clear &
Eastenders and read tabloid newspapers. ‘Hayley’ is the name of the newspaper to be left wing & anti-conservative
easy to read – not
much lexis, making
character meaning the audience must have knowledge of programme to
understand article – the audience are positioned as people who watch
DAILY MIRROR
the newspaper a
Eastenders. ‘thug’ is a slang word. The people who watch Eastenders are
tabloid
middle aged women, who therefore are targeted by the newspaper
‘A faller at 2nd’ is a horse racing Sub-heading – ‘Theresa May
The headline is a The Daily Mirror narrativizes
The readership of the Daily Mirror is joke. This assumes the target loses another vote as MPs look
pun – ‘Mayhem’ the situation & turns Brexit
50/50 men and women. There is an audience knows about horse racing to take control’. This
which appeals to into a story & suggests that
article about soaps for women and sport – which shows an older & working newspaper is left wing &
the working class the target audience of
for men -class target audience as these tabloid. Images of Boris
working-class people don’t
Mise-en-scene of May’s people tend to bet on horses Johnson & Jeremy Corbyn
understand. They have turned
Stereotypically women are represented hands help up are a show that they are waiting to
Brexit into a race & using odds
Intertextuality as a spectacle for heterosexual men. proairetic code that she is take control
to show this
used to help the However, there is no sexualised female about to surrender
readers representation, subverting Van Zoonen’s
understand what theory that women are sexually Satire is used to criticise something,
is happening objectified for a male audience. Women The Daily Mirror takes a especially politically. The
are instead represented as powerless. polysemic mode of address. governments lawyer is referred to
Front cover The copy largely takes a as ‘Gandalf’ which is a pop culture
Representation is a construction of
‘Brexit’ is the first word reality formal tone despite being a reference – this is also an
noticeable on the front tabloid. This makes the intertextual reference. This is
cover, it is bold & stands newspaper successful as it derogatory language that is used to
out making it a hard news targets a larger audience attract a type of audience who are
‘Fighting For You’ – the Daily Mirror is fighting for the Double page
story, it is used hyperbolic not interested in politics but are
audience. It is an aggressive strapline. It is revolutionary
& goes over the top ‘Dashing to Brussels’ – shows interested in Lord of the Rings
of the overthrowing the government
she isn’t doing a good job
A binary opposition Corbyn is pointing at her showing he is ‘Kamikaze’ is used in
is being formed attacking her. He is looking down at her the newspaper, which
Use of her hands up can
between the men showing he is more important & significant is Japanese suicide
also show she is trying to
and Theresa May. as the newspaper is left-wing pilots to show May is
calm people down & show
Intertextual references in the Daily Mirror Corbyn & Johnson
are together which
people that she is important
unsuccessful &
suicidal
-Intertextual reference to Eastenders, typically a programme suggests they are ‘Brexit shambles’ – shambles
means slaughter house which
watched by lower/working class which is also the Daily Mirror’s attacking her ‘Tottering Theresa’ is
shows she is being slaughtered &
derogatory language which
audience makes her sound like a toddler attacked
-The word ‘thug’ makes intertextual references to the crime genre – and some-how she is in-charge.
Her hands up also makes her
enjoyed by working class look like a toddler to show she
-‘Brexit Delay Mayhem’ makes it sound like an acton film is wanting something – maybe Analysis of Daily Mirror masthead
she wants the country to agree
-‘May Surrenders’ has intertextual references to a war film, this with her
demonstrates the producers ideology is that May is a bad prime -bold, bright & stands out
minister and has references to World War Three. Will she start this? -sans serif font suggests an informal
The word ‘surrender’ shows she is weak. This is reinforced by the newspaper – suggests a lower/working
high angle as the audience look down on her, showing she is weak class audience
and small and she is lost. -tabloid newspaper further suggests
the audience
-colours are red which is patriotic
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