Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Representation and Industry

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Representation

1) What political party does the Daily Mirror support?
-labour

2) How does the Daily Mirror usually represent rich and powerful people?
-showing a lot of representation and doig things like putting them on the front cover

3) How are celebrities usually presented in tabloid newspapers like the Daily Mirror? Look at the 'New Bond stars are revealed' story on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
-As heroes and respectable people

4) How are the royal family presented in the double-page spread 'Kate told Harry to make peace... then they all met up for tea'? 
- kate is being represented as a hero and positively

5) Why do you think the Daily Mirror represents the royal family as a 'normal' family? Why might this appeal to Daily Mirror readers?
-Because tabloid newspapers are much more casual and relate to their target audience


Industries

1) What company owns the Daily Mirror?
-PLC

2) What is the Daily Mirror's circulation in 2021? How many papers did the Daily Mirror used to sell back in the 1990s?
-1990 - 3,000,000
2021 - 350,000

3) Why has the newspaper industry struggled in the last 20 years?
- more people are using online media and less people read newspapers, this is mainly seen in younger audiences

4) How has the Daily Mirror reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?
- they made social media accounts like. instagram, twitter

5) List five of Galtung & Ruge's News Values and explain how they link to the stories in our CSP edition of the Daily Mirror.
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  • Immediacy: has it happened recently?
  • Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain?
  • Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?
  • Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?
  • Unambiguity: is it clear and definite? 

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