shymia GCSE media blog

  Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition? The main story is Gary Lineaker and if he should come back as a football coach. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it?  The Times is hard news and is not in favour  of gary lineaker  3)  How is the Times front page designed to reflect  broadsheet  newspaper conventions? Masthead,Pug,slogan 4) How can you tell the inside pages of the Times are a broadsheet newspaper?  Hard news,colour scheme  Representations 1)  How does the Times represent Gary Lineker and the BBC bosses in the CSP pages? other Bbc bosses are in favour of Gary lineaker and support him for his beliefs and views. 3) What does the word 'scab' refer to and how does this create a representation of striking workers?  'scab' - insult to gary lineaker  4) What representation of the BBC can be found in the CSP pages of the Times? What does T...

 1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name? January 1, 1788 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? Like the other newspapers,it included parliamentary reports, foreign news and advertisements. John Walter made it clear in the first edition of the newspaper that he was primarily concerned with advertising revenue: "The Register, in its politics, will be of no party. 3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  Th e political position of The Times is considered to be centre-right. 4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? Rupert Murdoch 5) What did  The Times  introduce in 2010 and why? The Times and The Sunday Times were first held under common ownership by Lord Thomson in 1966 as Times Media Limited and were bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1981. Times Media is now part of News UK. Both papers introdu...

  Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. Readership 832,000  Daily Print Circulation 451,000 Average per Issue 2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? It is entertaining to the audience,It also speaks on football which appeals to an audience and engages them more. 3) Why might a reader  enjoy  the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. personal idenity-Gary Lineker has a dog in his papparazi shot which gives a sense of personal idenitiy to the audience personal relationship-Gary Lineakers point is seen as biased which could relate to an audience which has delt with an experience like this. 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? Print is read by older people because of technology today.Most young people and adults use their phone to consume media instead of going out and buying a print newspaper.Older peo...

Language   1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages (you may want to add an example for each from our Daily Mirror CSP): Masthead:titleblock of newspaper Pug:something to catch readers eye Splash Head:the lead story Slogan:sums up ethos of newspaper  Dateline:date newspaper was published  Byline:gives name of journlist/writer  Standfirst:introductory paragraph usally in bold  2) What is the main story on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)? Make sure you learn the headline and what the story is about. The main story is on Gary lineker and how he posted a biased comment on his views of immigration. 3) What is the 'pug' or smaller celebrity story on the front cover? Why might it appeal to Daily Mirror readers? The pug is of Gary Lineker and the title of it is 'get in 'get out'.It appeals to readers because it brings out questions to people  5) What is the  balance  on the Daily Mirror  front pa...