The Daily Mirror - Prince Philip - C1 Flashcards

1
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What date was the set edition published?

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18th January 2019

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2
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How much does the issue cost?

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75p

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3
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What TV show is advertised on the front cover?

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Call the Midwife

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4
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What is the Daily Mirror’s slogan?

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Fighting for you

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5
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What is the headline?

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Phillip, 97, cheats death in crash

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What images are used on the front cover to represent the royal family?

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  • Close up shot of Prince Phillip which stereotypes him as a weak and old - suggests the ideology that he shouldn’t be driving through the image but implies it - open to audience interpretation
  • Image of Queen as she is even more of an icon - star theory
  • these are both repeated on page 2,3,4+5 which keep the reader emotionally enaged
  • image of overturned car is dramatic and looks worrying
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7
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How is sensationalised language used on the front cover?

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  • “smash horror”
  • “royal wreck”
  • “frightening”
  • “panic”
  • “cheats death”
  • “shock”
  • “shaken”
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8
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How many pages are there on the crash?

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5 including the front cover

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9
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When was the Daily Mirror founded?

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1903

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10
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Who owns the Daily Mirror?

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It is owned by parent company Reach plc. Reach PLC is the largest national and regional multimedia content publisher in the UK. The group publish more than 150 newspaper titles across the UK and Ireland

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11
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What is the Daily Mirror’s political stance?

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Left wing as demonstrated in the slightly negative representation of the royal family

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Who is the Daily Mirror’s target audience?

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  • predominantly working-class readership
  • left-wing
  • male
  • 35-70
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13
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What type of newspaper is The Daily Mirror?

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tabloid

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14
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What was the print circulation of The Daily Mirror in 2019?

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Owned by the Reach PLC group, the Daily Mirror was once the most popular tabloid in the UK. However, it has had the largest year on year fall in sales of any national print newspaper in recent years. It had a circulation of 508,705 a month in 2019.

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15
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Who regulates the Daily Mirror?

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The Daily Mirror is part of Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) - an independent body which is not backed by the Government and is fully funded by the industry itself. This is a regulatory body that maintains press standards but is anti-Leveson in its approach.

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16
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What was the Daily Mirror first published as?

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The Daily Mirror was first published in 1903 as a newspaper for women ‘to act as a mirror on feminine life’. However, the newspaper was quickly redesigned to appeal to a broader audience.

17
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How do the producers of the Daily Mail use online media?

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Online media has largely been responsible for the downturn in print sales and the Daily Mirror has responded to this by launching ‘Mirror Online’ and having a presence on social media sites. The website offers interactive opportunities for its readers with competitions, polls and ‘Got a story?’ a feature which invites readers to submit their own stories.

18
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What is sensationalised language?

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to present events as more vivid and shocking than they really are to evoke a response in the audience

19
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What is the headline across the double page on page 2?

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Shocked and very shaken

20
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What is the strapline?

A

Prince in Smash Horror

21
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What article runs alongside the piece on page 3 that may influence the consumer’s reading?

A

Road campaigners say millions of older drivers should be tested

22
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What other member of the royal family is on page 5?

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Sad memories of Diana Crash

23
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What is the first advert to appear in the newspaper?

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A McDonald’s advert

24
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What is the first political headline in the paper and where does it appear?

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“Brexit Shambles: 20 Tory MPs to Quit if PM Doesn’t Drop No Deal”, page 6

  • Demonstrates left wing ideologies suggesting that the tories are falling apart
  • Shows public concern at the time
25
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What supermarket gets a whole page advert?

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Tesco use mod 60s media language for nostalgia

26
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What TV show Headline on page 17?

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“Don’t let the plonkers flatten our home for some poxy posh flats” - Only Fools and Horses

27
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What page is the diary and what is it?

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Page 19
it gives celebrity and entertainment news
Mariah Carey features

28
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What bad news story is on page 21?

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Child murderers stabbed 140 times by ‘vigilantes’

29
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Who is the agony aunt and what page is she on?

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Page 40 Dear Coleen

30
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Where is the finance section and what is the main story?

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Page 52 - Primark story

31
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How many sports pages are there?

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Over 11