Newspaper semiotic analysis

The Masthead involves the tag line 'fighting for you', which is suggesting that the newspaper firmly believes that what they do and what they report is in the best interest of the people and the whole of Britain. The red background is used to grab the readers attention and of course signify that it is a tabloid newspaper. The name Daily Mirror could imply that the papers job is to reflect society and current issues back to people as it happens. A reflection is a perfect copy of an image, so the paper is saying that what it reports is exactly what happened without any false reports. The use of bold text is used to grab the attention of the reader, and the word Daily is capitalized with the D being the tittle of the i in mirror tells us that the paper wants us to know that it is daily and that they will get a perfect reflection of society daily.

The headline is referring to the turmoil involve then prime minister Theresa May and her EU vote being overruled by a substantial margin, resulting in the launch of a no confidence vote. This story dominates the front page and is clearly supposed to grab all of the readers attention. The use of repetition is there to both allure the reader along with simplify what has happened with Theresa May

The main image involves a distraught Theresa may with the caption crushed. The use of the caption gives us the reason why she looks so distraught in the first place.

The language used seems to be both aggressive yet more accessible, with the use of the word 'topple' instead of a word such as replace.

the story values both continuity involving Brexit and the currency in the parliament vote that occurred. The value of proximity is also prevalent as it is our parliament.

The paper seems to be left leaning as it uses adjectives for the Tory leader such as 'humiliated' which has negative connotations. It also endorses the left leader and promotes his bid of a no confidence vote.