Newspapers - DM Single Flashcards
Daily Mirror political standing
Left, Labour
“Daily Mirror” symbolism
Mirror = reflection (of society)
“Grey report fallout”
Nuclear fallout, disaster
Imagery
Boris Johnson, scruffy, smirking, uncaring (visual codes)
irresponsible
Boris Johnson
Primary Image
Elite persons, personalisation (Johnson vs Stamer)
Headline
Highlighted yellow numbers - Warning colours
Emphasise severity of scandal and severity of him not taking responsibility
Narrativization
“Zero shame”
Demoralising and emotive language - invites reader to find out more
Negative representation of the event
“I’m not going”
Written code - Lack of care for his country, not patriotic
Anchorage
“…and still”
Ellipsis - emphasises lack of shame
“and still” - suggests the overwhelming amount of evidence should be enough for him to be taking responsibility but he chooses not to
Copy + Secondary imagery
Stamer as active in parliament (mid speech), professionally dressed - anchorage as hero
Direct mode of address + colloquial language
Date
Tuesday first February 2022
David Gauntlett
Identity theory - media provides us with tools to construct our identity
Roland Barthes
” Naturalised status of myth” assuming reader is anti tory
