The Times - Language and Representations

 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?

It is the Gary Lineker story, which appeals to the conservative supporting audiences as it goes against Gary Lineker's controversial comments about the Bosses.

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

This presents a view of support for the conservatives, against Lineker but the Mirror shows support for the Labour party, for Gary Lineker and against the bosses.

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

It shows many broadsheet conventions such as a higher prices of £2.50, as well as the extremely long texts and paragraphs in the article, which involves more complex details and many quotes of the conservative political supporters.

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

They involve extreme amounts of detailed texts, including words like "exodus" to elaborate to a more educated audience as well as showing support for the bosses and not for ordinary people very clearly.

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

They are politically supporters of the conservative party and they include a kicker story revolving around sports to further persuade the audience to buy the newspaper.

Representations

1) How does the Times represent Gary Lineker and BBC Chairman Richard Sharp in the CSP pages?

They give a negative representation of Lineker portraying his main image as him looking smug, cocky, unattractive and overly pleased with himself and his actions in order to try and persuade the readers to support the conservative party, which juxtaposes the intentions of the daily mirror, who portray Richard Sharp as a ruthless millionaire who is selfish, greedy and only works for money. Both the newspapers showcase each other's parties in a bad representation to gain more support for their own party.

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

The conservatives are seen as the bosses, who people should look up to as if they were authoritative figures. They say "give bosses some time to figure it out", showing that they use an imperative verb "give" to command the audience to give them time as they have more power.

3) How are the super rich represented in the Times?

The rich are "big names" and they are people who have a higher social status than the other members in British society so they are presented as powerful and authoritative due to their high income wealth.

4) What representation of the BBC can be found in the CSP pages of the Times?

They show them as inferior by saying that they "cry" because they want to illustrate their weaknesses and showcase themselves as superior to the BBC.

5) What opinion would Times readers be likely to have about Gary Lineker and the BBC from reading these pages?

They would most likely not like or support Gary Lineker due to their negative reputation shown of him as overly pleased with himself, smug and cocky.

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