The Times - Language and Representations

 

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?

The main story was about the Post Office scandal and how the Post Office Chief to give up her CBE over the scandal.

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

The Time provides more information on the scandal whilst the Daily Mirror has more images and focuses on multiple different stories.

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

Highlights the longvity of this case still being discussed/resolved 4 years later. Apologies from the CEO hints at their right wing political views.

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

Appealing to their preffered higher class and higher educated audience and shifting blame away from the conservative party moving it onto the IT workers.

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

This suggests that the Times supports the right wing conservative party and the newspaper acts as a voice for the establishment and will not support anything that threatens major changes to the status quo.This can be found in the front cover of the Times we need to study as the newspaper is not supporting the individuals that lost millions as a result of the scandal.

Representations

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

The Post Office workers are in need of help from the government to overturn court cases in order to gain money back.Whereas Fujistu is barely mentioned as they are trying to shift the blame away from them and on the IT workers.

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

The Times are a presenting the conservative party as heroic.

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

The subheading "Vennells faces call..." illustrates the Times taking an objective stance.

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? 

The Times try to take the blame away from the Fujistu company and puts the blame on the IT workers.

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

Vennells would be represented as a sympathetic victim of public backlash and the Post Office workers would be seen as helpless and in need of conservatives help and Fujistu would be painted as almost not involved at all.