| THE DAILY MAIL | THE I |
| – national daily tabloid newspaper – launched in 1896 – middle-market newspaper published in London – horizontally integrated with metro newspaper and the i – regulated by IPSO – right-wing newspaper – embraces the opportunities of digital technology – 218 million visitors per month – website is the most visited news website in the world – one of the first British papers to popularize its coverage to appeal to a mass readership – print circulation has fallen below 900,000 for the first time in more than 100 years – Yellow Journalism – sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth | – national daily ‘quality tabloid’ – launched in 2010 as a sister paper to The Independent – regulated by IPSO – left-wing newspaper – paper and its website bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) in 2019, for £49.6 million developed a strong national reputation over time – average daily circulation of 145,411 – chose not to declare for either ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ during brexit, unlike other papers |
| KEY WORD/THEME | DEFINITION | DAILY MAIL | THE I |
| Commodification | Within a capitalist economic system, commodification is the transformation of things such as goods, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals into objects of trade or commodities. | PG22: ‘passed around on Whatsapp … file saying Boris is ‘no longer an electoral asset” – commodifying personal info to make money | sold do Daily Mail and General Trust in 2019 |
| left | a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views, focusing on humanity | PGfrontcover – Front cover ‘Johnson future turning toxic for Tories’ | |
| right | a group or party favouring conservative or reactionary views, focusing on business and economy | PG18: ‘the truth is that Boris Johnson is by a country mile the best person to lead the tory government and the country at this time’ PG28 – ‘transport secretary’ tells airports ‘its YOUR job to sort out queues chaos’ | |
| libertarianism | promoting ideas of freedom | PG18-22 – ‘the Opinions Matrix’ portrays views of many people ‘Tony Fitzjohn… Ian Birrel… John Burn-Murdoch…etc’ | |
| authoritarianism | promoting the idea of strict centralised control | uses the editorial to promote voice of editor and voice of editor only | |
| regulation | a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority | regulated by IPSO | regulated by IPSO |
| counter-terrorism/military | measures designed to combat or prevent terrorism | PG18 – ‘Justified use of military against Russia’ PG25 – ‘UK sends in war crime experts’ | PG17-‘ britian send long-range arms for the first time’ |
| one party state | type of sovereign state in which only one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution | PG2: ‘no alternative candidate’ | |
| authority | the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience/a person or organization having political or administrative power and control | PG18: ‘labour’s chances of winning an overall majority are vanishingly small’ | |
| democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representative | ||
| racial superiority | belief that a certain race is superior to all others | PG18 – “Boris is right and macron wrong. Saving Putins face is a mugs game | |
| equality | the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities | PG 23 – ‘proof that the poorest people get his worse by soaring inflation’ – makes people aware of less fortunate people | |
| nationalism/patriotism | the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country | Pg6 – “Final parade was so very British” Header above many pages “Our platinum queen” – use of our shows a support for the queen and shows patriotism | PG24 – ‘Dad-rock cosplay… but its a triumph 26’ *image of Liam Gallagher* – embracign british culture |
| Information fused with entertainment | mixing news and entertainment in order to distract people | PG36-37 – ‘MASTERQUIZ’…’TRAIN TRACKS’…’KILLER SUDOKU’ |