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The Times - Language and Representations

  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...

The Times - Introduction

 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...

Daily Mirror - Audience and Industries

  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...

Daily mirror - language and representation

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...

Introduction to newspapers

1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? gossip,entertainment 2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? political news 3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? Left wing believe in labour party,They would want to read The times newspaper5 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party in the UK are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read? They are conservatives and would read the daily mirror 5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 25 years? There has been a decline because of TV being introduced and online newspapers which is more convenient for people 6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?   Allows people to have the freedom to post whatever media they like.

december mock exam

  1) Type up any feedback on your paper  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/EBI yourself based on your scores. www-good use of notes/planning page to be able to do 1.3 and 1.4.Lots of understanding of csp and osp. ebi-not enough for 20 mark essays and i need to work on exam techniques 2) Use  the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock to read the answers AQA were looking for . First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2).  digetic-audience and characters can hear it non-digetic-audience can hear but characters cant 3) Next, identify  three  points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA. • The opening shot in the extract focuses on the omelette in Will’s hand – almost a close-up – with handheld camera mov...

updated statement of intent

The health drink my advert will contain is Volvic . My original slogan I will be using is "Make hard-work easier, Drink Volvic" My aim is to advertise my drink as something which can help you stay healthy.  I plan to meet my brief of two 40-60 second advert by having young characters who are 15 and 16 so that they can appeal towards my target audience of 15-30 year olds . In my first advert the narrative is a person running with low energy and drinking Volvic gives her the energy she needs. In my second advert its a girl exercising    with low energy and Volvic gives her the energy she needs . With the use of Toderolv's theory of equillibrium I will establish the fact that everything is normal in my advert until I  become very tired and fatigue. The disruption will then be me having no motivation and then the equillibrium would be restored when I take my volvic and feel energised again .I will also use pack shots, close up , medium close up shots to show of...