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BLOG TASKS: THE TIMES - LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION

  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 on the front cover of the Times CSP edition is about how the BBC talks about Lineker badly and the idea that he was kicked out of the BBC due to him being biased about his post. The front cover appeals to the Times reader as it also involves politics and business about the BBC workers and their British heritage and tradition. Also, because of the target audience of the Times where there's more old generation they're more used to broadsheet newspapers. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it? Their language is more complex and have informations about politics and business, focusing on the right-wing. While the Daily Mirror focus more on the idea of gossip and have more images, they're leaning on the left-wing. 3) How is the Times front page designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper convent...

THE TIMES - INTRODUCTION: BLOG TASK

  Read   the About Us page of the Times website   and answer the following questions: 1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name? The Times was founded 1785. It started using the name Times in 1788. 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? The content John Walter suggested the paper would offer in the first edition was politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials advertisements, and amusements. 3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  The Times' page say about the political views are contending issues with respectful "fair argument". The Times has supported both New Labour and the conservatives in recent times and supported Remain in the 2016 EU referendrum. 4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? Rupert Murdoch owns The Times and the editorial integrity is protected by providing ...

DAILY MIRROR - AUDIENCE AND INDUSTRIES

Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. The Daily Mirror's audience are: Older with almost half the audience aged 65+ Most are in C1, C2, DE social classes They are likely to be in the struggler, resigned, or mainstream psychoragphic groups 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? The Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience because they can relate to the stories. 3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. A reader might enjoy the Daily Mirror as they have the same interests as the stories in the Daily Mirror. They might care for the person in the newspaper as they feel like they can relate to them. They also gain knowledge about the person in the story as well as being able to understand what is happening as the Daily Mirror's target audience are not as educated as the target audie...