The Mirror Partygate

Question 1

context

Answer 1

Partygate was a political scandal in the UK about parties of government and Conservative Party staff held during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when public health restrictions prohibited most gatherings.

Question 2

slogan

Answer 2

Slogan - ‘The Heart of Britain’ suggests that the paper stands up for the ordinary person and is a key part of social/cultural life in the UK.

Question 3

masthead

Answer 3

Masthead - bold and recognisable as a red top, tabloid newspaper. Typography is strong san-serif font. Name of paper conveys a message that the paper may ‘hold a mirror’ up to society.

Question 4

strapline ‘sue grey fallout’

Answer 4

Language: ‘Fallout’ has strong connotations linked to nuclear disasters

Question 5

sub headling ‘12 parties now probed by cops…3….1….100’

Answer 5

yelloe typogrpahy for numbers emphaases number of cowardly folish mistakes made by boris

takes up a large portion of the paper, his mistakes are nationwide

colloquial labguage of cops, targets working class readership, paper is acessible and not discrimiatory

Question 6

headline ‘zero shame’

Answer 6

Headline - brief and dramatic, typical of Mirror’s style. Uses emotive lang. yelllow typography for ‘zero’ emphases his cowardly nature. reminder of johnsons remorlessness, serif bold typogrphy, harhitting, like the effects of covid

Question 7

caption ‘im not going’

Answer 7

anchorage highlights johnonsons incompiatnce, the british public deserve better anf he should know this, capitals, emphaises his incompetance and tyrnatish leadership, making the british public suffer

Question 8

splash

Answer 8

Image led story, meeting the convention of a tabloid. Johnson’s expression is unconcerned, showing his lack of dignity, we can see his blue formal suit but this justaposes with his unserious face, he feels like an imposter and out of place

Question 9

plug

Answer 9

Plug - cultural context, advertising a feature on the Platinum Jubilee and reinforcing the cultural heritage of the UK.

Question 10

DPS headline ‘a man with no shame’

Answer 10

The headline is large and emotive echoing the front-page headline with the repetition of the word ‘shame’ conveying the values and beliefs of the newspaper and its opinion of what happened.

Question 11

DPS main image

Answer 11

The central images are emotive and dramatic, juxtaposing the scene from the hospital ward with one of the prime minister smirking, looking furtive and holding a glass of wine. Proxemics are used to create this contrast. The selection of these particular images further reinforces the point that members of the government broke the rules while people were suffering.

Question 12

johnson has disgraced countires highest office DPS

Answer 12

images of real people and reall stories of pain caused by pandemic, ‘i feel disgusted’, ‘a mockery’