The Sun Flashcards
What type of newspaper is the sun
Tabloid
What is the sun’s political bias
Right wing
Who owns the sun
Rupert murdoch
when did the sun begin to release issues on sunday too
2012
what is its daily print circulation
1.3 million
what is it’s online readership
2.3 million
The sun’s target audience
35-64 year old males
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what is tabloid journalism
journalism that often relies on
sensationalism, celebrities, and gossip. Tabloids
are also renowned for simplifying complex
political issues.
Jab’s army headline analysis
- imperative to call readers to action
- “army” personifies COVID as a tangible enemy that readers can defeat
- Intertextual reference to the TV show - Dad’s army, recalling to The sun’s typical older audiences
- “our” connotes the sun’s proactivity and dynamicness that helps the countyr too
- puff is in the shape of a heart with GB flag, making it appear like a badge the volunteers might rec ieve
- flag impies patriotism
Main image (syrnge on big ben) analysis
-iconic symbol of british culture + recognizable by most of teh audience, especially afterhearing it toll the new year the night before
- Clock syringe/hand pointing at 12 signifies is an indication of the new year arriving + also importance of vaccination and how we do not have alot of time left
- anchored by main text “help get millions vaccinated rapidly “
when was the issue released
January 1 2021
twoc elebrites sed
kate garraway
gary leineker
Importance of “As 2021 dawns…” text
- All caps, direct adress “YOU” is an intertextual referece to WWI propaganda + Employs a jingostic (Patriotic) tone
- Lexical field of war - “Force” “sign up” “YOU”
Boris Johnson : Britain Brexpects analysis
- Connotes positivity, signifying the sun’s suppoirt of brexit
- ## intertextual link to Churchill
when was the covid pandemic declared
march 2020
