Newspapers: The Times - Representation and Industries

 Representation

1) What representation of private schools can be found on the main front page story of the Times?
The private school is seemed to be some sort of hero that they have saved millions of money for people paying for the school

2) What representation of the Conservative Party can be found in the story at the top of the front page 'Calls for criminal enquiry as top ministers deny security leak'?

It makes them seem like a bad person as the word "criminal" is associated with things that are illegal or bad

3) How are the Royal Family represented in the Times? (See front page 'Fitting tribute' - Duchess of Cambridge picture and the inside page 'Royal Anzac Day on both sides of the world'). 
They are represented as being important but not being the main event by not entirely covering up the paper so that other headlines or stories can actually be seen.

4) How does the coverage of the Royal Family in the Times contrast with the reporting of the same events in the Daily Mirror?

The Times has a more formal tone and representation to it while the daily mirror has a more colloquial tone to it by addressing its audience by saying different things and giving the royal family nicknames 

5) How are British people and Muslims represented in the article and sidebar 'Sri Lanka tourists warned of more terror'?

They make the British people the victims of the situation and the Muslim as a suspect and then makes them seem even worse by just addressing it as "muslims" which is a very offensive towards them

 


Industries

1) Who owns the Times? Write the name of the company AND the billionaire who owns the company.
The owner of the times is Rupert Murdoch
2) What was the The Times's circulation in 2019? How many papers did the Times used to sell back in the 1990s?
They have 417,298 in 2019 and they sold
3) How has the Times reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?

4) What does IPSO stand for and what is IPSO's job?
IPSO stands for The Independent Press Standards Organisation and their job is to uphold high standards of of jornalism and maintain freedom of the press expression
5) Why do some people want stronger regulation of British newspapers? 
Instead of just having things like the royal family things being focused they want more on the main events, things like recent events or "proper news" like murder or new rules on the covid situation.

Grade 8/9 extension tasks

Key question: How does the coverage of the Royal Family in the Times reinforce British social and cultural values? 

Because Britain is known for their royalty and royal family, this put them in a more cultural area of the news section as it is part of the country itself

Read this Guardian column on IPSO, the press regulator. Why does Polly Toynbee suggest IPSO has been a "total failure"?

The reason why they were a failure was because they didn't succeed too much on focusing on smaller journalists so they ended up being redacted or not being allowed to spread their news around to the public, meaning that different views on the situation wouldn't be able to be there

Read this short Press Gazette feature on the Times's paywall. Why does the Times head of digital describe the paywall as a success? 

This is because they made a "good move" by moving their platform to digital and paper so that people can use it on their phones, at the same time they can still allow their elder or older audience be able to read their newspaper when ever they can if they can't use their device properly.