Thursday, 6 February 2020

The Times

Language

1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition (5 May 2018) and why does it appeal to Times readers?Theresa May planning Brexit.This is appealing to other people because it is very intresting.

2) What are the main stories on the inside pages of the Times CSP edition (5 May 2018)? List the headlines here.Results show that voters want hard brexit,ministers tell may.

3) What is the balance on the Times front page between images, headlines and text? How does this contrast with The Mirror?The diffrence is that the times is a broadsheet and the daily mirror is a tabloid.

4) Which of Galtung and Ruge's News Values apply to the Times's front page stories? Write about both the politics main story and the Sir Paul McCartney picture story.

5) What does a close analysis of the news stories in the Times CSP edition suggest about the Times's political beliefs?That the times is way more formal.


Audience

1) What is the main readership demographic for The Times newspaper?The times tend to attract an audience that is older and more traditional.

2) Why do the Times front page stories/features appeal to the Times audience?Its more wordy

3) Why might the election coverage be enjoyable to Times readers?Because old people like news about elections and court related things.

4) Why might a reader enjoy the Times? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer.They have readers who are subscribed and loyal towards the reader.

5) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected in the CSP edition?Older people don't want to go out to buy a newspaper so if they are subscribed they get the paper delivered to there door. 


Representation

1) What representation of the Labour Party can be found on the front page of the Times?The representation of Jermy Corybn is represented.

2) What representation of the Conservative Party can be found in The Times newspaper. Give examples from the CSP.You can find a main image picture of Theresa May agreeing to the Brexit vote.

3) What representations of gender can be found in The Times CSP pages? You have the genders you can male and females in this newspaper.
 
4) How does the Times reinforce British social and cultural values in their front page? Look at the kicker, pug and sidebar stories to give you a clue here.

5) How are the pages constructed to encourage the audience to take a negative view of the Labour Party?They are giving negative thoughts by saying that labour lossed and and they are not representing them as weak and concervative as domanant.


Industries

1) Who owns the Times?Its owned by news corp.

2) What was the The Times's circulation in 2019? How many papers did the Times used to sell back in the 1990s?They used to sell 800,000

3) How has the Times reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?It has moved toward a multi-platforms.Times hit 500,000 subscribers as digital outnumbered print.

4) What does IPSO stand for and what is IPSO's job?Independant press standards organisation.hold newspapers and magazines to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press.

5) Why do some people want stronger regulation of British newspapers?Because they want much stronger information for what they are paying.

The Times

Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition (5 May 2018) and why does it appeal to Times readers?Theresa ...