Daily Mirror case study

 Representation

1) What political party does the Daily Mirror support?

the Daily Mirror supports the Labour party.

2) How does the Daily Mirror usually represent rich and powerful people?

they represent them as  "(like Conservative politicians or 'greedy bankers')."

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.

they represent their local celebrity  as they are much more soft news so they rely on people  like celebrity and gossip 

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'?

they are represented as normal people because they don't use lady or prince  and their first names 

5) Why do you think the Daily Mirror represents the royal family as a 'normal' family? Why might this appeal to Daily Mirror readers?
the front page of the two brother fighting shows us that they are a normal family as brother do fight and that they are not always posh 

Industries

1) What company owns the Daily Mirror?

The Daily Mirror is owned by Reach, which used to be called Trinity Mirror.

2) What is the Daily Mirror's circulation in 2020? How many papers did the Daily Mirror used to sell back in the 1990s?
in 2020 they sold   441,934

in the 1990s they sold 3 million a day
3) Why has the newspaper industry struggled in the last 20 years?

technology has made a huge impact on the news 

4) How has the Daily Mirror reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?
they made a website as then it started to incline

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.

• Immediacy:
• Familiarity:
• Amplitude: 
• Frequency: 
• Unambiguity:  
• Predictability: