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?

The main story of the front cover involves the post office scandal and it appeals to the audience because the readers are educated and from a upper class. The Times supports the right wing which is the conservatives so it is was for people that are not interested in entertainment and gossip news like Daily Mirror.  

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

The Times are seen as for educated people as Times is a broadsheet and doesn't have that many images and is mostly focused on big chunks of texts on specific topic whereas the Mirror focuses on multiple things as its a tabloid that is mostly for entertainment and celebrity gossip

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

The Times is a broadsheet and it is shown through the big chunks of writing and barely has any other images other than the main image of the CBE. The writing is mostly at intermediate level assuming that the Times is for educated and upper-class people.

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

The inside of the pages are organised in big chunks of small writing that is more in depth and it barely has any images compared to a tabloid like Mirror who has a lot of images than writing. We can assume that since the Times broadsheet has more writing than images, the Times is for upper-class and educated people since its writing is at intermediate level and the writing is small to suggest its serious atmosphere it creates for the upper-class.

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

The Times clearly supports the right wing which are the conservatives since the Times is a broadsheet that is not focused on entertainment and gossip but a tone of seriousness and a piece of news that is for the educated and upper class people which are the conservatives. The Times consider themselves prestigious which reinforces that the Times support the conservatives who are educated and upper class people. 


Representations


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

The Times is directing the blame to them instead of the former CEO of the post office since she is a conservative MP and the workers are working class so they are seen as people that are used for blame. This is because the Times supports the educated and upper class people aka the conservatives 

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

The Times is a broadsheet that has large pieces of small writing and barely any images. This suggests that the Times is for prestigious, educated and upper-class people which are the conservatives. The main image of the CEO is also a conservative MP, this suggests that the Times support the conservatives since they not directing the blame at the CEO but the workers of the post office who are working-class people.  

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

The Times is trying to show that the CEO is part of the solution that will help with the scandal but not the blame since the Times is directing the blame to the IT workers who are not seen as upper-class and prestigious compared to the CEO. The Times is trying to put the conservatives in good light and that the conservatives MPs will help them with the scandal but this also preventing the blame to the CEO as she is also a conservative MP. The newspaper has a crest to show how prestigious it is and how prestigious the conservatives are. The lack of information about the fujistu shows that they do not want to attract attention to the upper-class and instead direct all the blame to the working class hence the two images of the IT workers.

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? 

In the pages of Times, no visible information of fujitsu or horizon are mentioned in the newspaper. This informs us that the times chose not to mention the companies since they support the conservative party, meaning some members had some sort of influence on the scandal. The newspaper does this to appeal to their upper class audience so they won't lose readers in the future.

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

In my opinion, the times readers are more likely to support the CEO of the company rather than the workers. This idea is clearly shown using the times' language towards specific types of people involved in the story. For example the times talk nicely about the CEO and the conservative party trying to influence their audience into thinking that they di nothing wrong and the blame should be shifted onto the working class members of society that are meant to be the victims of the story.

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