Wednesday 29 November 2017

Analysis of newspaper front cover

The sun is bright and starts the day.
Mainly C, D, and E.
The representations suggested by this post give the impression that the main image is of a teenager/ youth who has caused trouble in a riot, this immediately makes the reader think negatively of people who look like this and stereotype them to be a certain person and act a certain way. Along with the figure of the man, other key influences which change the way the audience think is the link between the fire behind the man and the key words 'Riots spread across London' the word link could be referring to multiple think; one being the spread of the fire, also the spread of 'thugs' within the riot.
When looking in more detail into the article we find out that the man wasn't a youth at all and was in fact a 35 year old man, also the photo is in fact photos shopped as 2 separate images mixed together to therefore build up more representations and stereotypes.
The target audience is represented by the ads based around the main story which suggest a lower class family.


The sun is bright and starts the day.
Mainly C, D, and E.
For this front cover the sun has used a play on words by linking the image to the word 'heel', initially when seeing this I didn't understand how this imaged tied to the story but when you look in more detail 'heel' is something you would command to a horse, so by saying 'heel, boys' it suggests that Theresa has power over them. Giving the representation that Theresa is finally making a stand (can also link to image of her standing) and talking power and authority over the Tories to 'reunite' them and she has the aim to 'deliver Brexit'.
However this could be viewed in a completely different way, such as the shoes representing that women only care about their appearance and how they come across in the public eye. The image emphasises the importance of her appearance.
Similarly the graphology of this cover of her standing on top of the Tory MPs who are beneath her could again be showing her importance and dominance. 
Red tops tend to have more modern fonts this for example is using Sans Serif.  
Overall the representation of gender in this tabloid cover is very stereotypical in the sense that the appearance of a woman is constantly judged rather than her political achievements. It would be extremely rare that you would see a male leader represented in this way on a front cover of a paper with an image of an item of their clothing with a small, minor image of them in the bottom. Even though sexual dominance is suggested this may not be recognised by all readers as it is under and hard to understand at a quick glance.



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