Component 1 - Daily Mirror Front Page and Article

What is significant about the date of this edition of The Daily Mirror?

• The day after the Brexit vote

• The day after Trump was elected

• The day after Independence Day

• The day after the British General Election

What is the part of the newspaper that features the paper's name called? (Terminology)

• Masthead

• Standfirst

• Jumpline

• Column

The front page uses American iconography. How does it use the Statue of Liberty to subvert American values/ideology?

• The Statue is supportive of what Trump stands for

• The Statue suggests New York is in conflict with the rest of the US

• The Statue is appalled by what Trump stands for

• The Statue is turning a blind eye to Trump's election

Identify three (3) visual codes within the mise-en-scene that reveal the paper's attitude to the main news story?

• Storm clouds

• Desaturated colour palette

• The shaft of light peeping through the clouds

• Covered face of Liberty

Two ways in which the front page and article demonstrate 'versions' of reality

• The use of voting figures

• The selection of aggressive Trump supporters as a main image

• The manipulated image of the Statue of Liberty

• The strapline: "It's President Trump"

Binary Oppositions - Choose 3

• America's Brexit headline

• Trump & Clinton

• "They" and "you and the rest of the world"

• "Whitelash" and a black writer

What audience profiling do the figures use to demonstrate who voted for Trump?

• Demographic

• Psychographic

What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

• Denotation: what is literally there - Connotation: interpreting what is there using semiotics

• Connotation: what is literally there - Denotation: interpreting what is there using semiotics

Identify 3 ways in which Trump's supporters are represented in the article.

• Aggressive

• White

• Patriotic

• All of the above

Why is Jeremy Corbyn given a column in the Mirror double page?

• He knows the editor

• His ideological viewpoint are in line with the paper's?

• He wants to use his column to promote himself

• He had nothing better to do that day