Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Language and Representations

 


1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages (you may want to add an example for each from our Daily Mirror CSP):

Masthead: The title of the paper
Pug: something
Splash Head: The main lead story on the page
Slogan:  The ethos of the paper
Dateline: The date it was published
Byline: The name of the journalist
Standfirst: The leading paragraph

2) What is the main story on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the story is about.

The fujitsu post office scandal when people where arrested and lost jobs because an issue with the horizon software

3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers?

The pug is a mini line to catch the readers eye and make them want to pick up the paper

4) Why is the choice of news stories, content and page design on the Mirror CSP front page typical of a tabloid newspaper?

Because its an ongoing story even years after it first emerged

5) What is the balance on the Daily Mirror front page between images, headlines and text?
The majority is taken up by the fujitsu story but a bit is taken up by other headlines or substories within the whole main story

Representations

1) What political party does the Daily Mirror support? Is there any evidence to support this in the CSP pages we have studied? Supports the labour party as they consistantly critisize the conservative party for poor control over the UK and the government

2) How does the Daily Mirror represent the Post Office in the CSP pages? Why do you think they present them in this way?  They represent them as the victims and they do it because they are the victims.

3) How is Fujitsu represented in the Daily Mirror CSP pages? Look particularly at the use of images on the front cover and the section on Fujitsu on the inside page. Give detailed answers with evidence from the CSP pages.

Fujitsu are presented as the villains because ot was their comuter systems to blame for the incident

4) How are the Conservative Party represented in the Daily Mirror? Again, provide evidence from the CSP pages to support your answers.

They are represented as lackluster officials who didnt help the post office officials

5) Read the main articles on the inside pages. How are different people, groups and organisations represented in the Daily Mirror? Does this reinforce or subvert the stereotypes we usually see in the media?

It reinforces and subverts at the same time as there is criticism of the conservative party which you see in labour biased papers but not in conservative biased papers

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