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What type of paper is The Times
Broadsheet - Quality
When was The Times first published
1785
Who owns The Times
NewsCorp → NewsUK → The Times company
The Times political stance
Neutral, right wing leaning with some right winged alliances
How does the times view itself
“a faithful recorder of the times for more than 200 years. It is authorative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage”
When was the set text for the times published
Feb 2nd 2022
Background of the times set text
focuses on the report into investugation into parties held at downing street while the country was under lockdown restrictions.
Political context of 2022 times paper
Deals with the partygate scandal held by conservative party members
Conservatives had enforced strict lockdown restrictions, prohibiting these restrictions
Timeline of reporting the lockdown parties
Parties occoured throughout 2020
First reported nov 2021
Inquiry results published in 2022
Social and cultural context of the times
Targets ABC1 audience
Interested in news, detailed analysis
Represented via news values of carefully selected stories and representations of social groups
Accurate, unbias representations
Newspaper ‘plug’ reflects cultural contect with lifestyle focus, broadening appeal
layout of front page of set text times cover
Split between political stories + plug (times2 promo)
Times2 about midlife workout and a biting puppy
conventional broadsheet layout
Image (standalone), main story, right colomn 2nd story, plug
In the news section with jumplines
the times masthead
Bold, recognisable, reflects the papers ideology
Strong & commanding typeography, split by crest
Crest includes lion and unicorn (england and scotland’s national animal)
Dieu et mon droit → my god and my rights (dates to richard 2st)
renforces longevity and traditional values
the times set text headline
Police investigate PM’s four lockdown parties = informatice as opposed to dramatic
Subheading: critices leadership and drinking culture
Subtle criticism via selection of language (includes number 4, commenting on drinking culture)
times set text pull quote
direct quote from sue gray report, denoted by large quotation marks to emphasise importance. positioned white text on black background for prominence.
Anchors image of PM
central image of the times
close-up photograph of boris johnson
expression of tripidation
suggests he has questions to answer, but not explicitly critiquing him.