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 is about the Post office scandal and mentions how the chief might give up her CBE. This appeals to the times readers as they don't talk about the victim but talk about the political aspects of the scandal, this allows the broadsheet to cover hard news. This appeals to the readers of The Times. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it? The mirror paints her as the villain and the Times paint her as someone who has been told to apologise. In the Times, she isn't viewed as bad or good she is somewhat a neutral 'character'. 3) How is the Times front page designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper conventions? - One image - Heavy text - mathshead - byline - price 4) How can you tell the inside pages of the Times are a broadsheet newspaper? Only a total of 3 imag...