Blog Tasks: The Times - Language and Representations

 Language

1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers?

It is the Post office scandal which appeals to the reader as it gives a sense of relation to the people who experienced the issue regarding the fujitsu company or were affected by the issue leading to the downfall of many people economically.

2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it? 

They present this as a serious and life changing scandal whilst the daily mirror portray the issue using basic language to just get the readers slight attention whilst also bringing in other stories to grab the attention of the C - D class within society.

3) How is the Times front page designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper conventions?

The Times is a formal masthead and it follows broadsheet  newspaper conventions of structural columns.

4) How can you tell the inside pages of the Times are a broadsheet newspaper? 

They are text heavy which means they contain a lot of information regarding max 2 different topics they would like to cover.

5) What does a close analysis of the news stories in the Times CSP edition suggest about the Times's political beliefs?

To always take responsibility of your actions.

Representations

1) How does the Times represent the Post Office workers and Fujitsu in the CSP pages?

2) What representation of the Conservative Party can be found in the CSP pages of the Times?

3) Consider the subheading about Vennells "Vennells faces call..." - How does this newspaper present her involvement in this story? 

4) What representation of Fujitsu can be found in the CSP pages of the Times? What does The Times journalist think of Fujitsu and Horizon's role in this scandal? 

5) What opinion would Times readers be likely to have about Vennells, the Post Office workers and Fujitsu from reading these pages?