Newspapers

  • What choices have the editors of these papers made about how to represent this event? In the Daily Mirror they have decided to portray the event as worrying and scary. In The Guardian they have decided to portray the event as stressful and unnerving.
  • What process of selection and combinations are evident in these front pages? In the Daily Mirror they have focused in on Samantha Cameron looking worried at her husband, they have a big rhetorical question in the middle of the newspaper, at the top of the newspaper they have news stories relating to Brexit. In The Guardian the have a photo of a group where they all are looking stressed, above the photo they have a title with references to survival and fighting, to the side of the photo they have statistics relating to Brexit.
  • How has the central image been used to communicate messages to the audience? In the Daily Mirror the photo focuses on Samantha Cameron looking worried at her her husband David Cameron, it communicates a message of fear and unease to the audience, similarly in The Guardian the central image is three adults all looking stressed or disappointed it connotes fear and unease about the unknown effect this will have on the UK.
  • How does the representation of the event convey the values, attitudes and beliefs of the newspaper? The Daily Mirror portrays Brexit as scary and worrisome, this reflects the belief of the newspaper as they believe that Brexit will be catastrophic for the UK, similarly The guardian also believe that Brexit will put the UK in a weaker position than before.
  • How is language used to construct the representation of these linked events, the Brexit result and resignation of David Cameron? The Daily Mirror uses dramatic imagery to portray the resignation of David Cameron and Brexit as a catastrophic snowball, for instance the quote "Day one of Brexit Britain" infers that the situation is apocalyptic and terrifying. Similarly The Guardian also uses dramatic imagery within the semantic field of survival and disaster for example "Cameron faces fight for survival as Britain sets course for Brexit".
  • How may audiences interpret and respond to the representations in these newspapers? With the negative portrayal of Brexit and David Cameron's resignation, I believe that the audience would feel marooned on an island of uncertainty and fear and would seek out newspapers and news stories to try and regain control and understand what is going on.

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