The Times : Language and Representation

 

 Language

1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers?
             The main story is in French translate to 'God and my right' in English and it attract mainly the older audience.

2) List the other news stories and kickers on the front page of the Times CSP edition. Why do you think the Times selected these for the front page?
      second story: Despite between UK and France over fishing laws.

      kickers : story about super rich ; contrast to kicker in Daily Mirror.

To let audience know another events happened instead focusing the climate change for whole time

3) What is the main story on the inside page of the Times CSP edition and how is it constructed to appeal to Times readers? 
  It mainly focus on the front page slogan and going more details on inside page

4) How are the Times front and inside pages designed to reflect broadsheet newspaper conventions?
         The Times tend to have a lot formal language and is more serious, less photos

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

Representations

1) What representation of the Conservative Party can be found in the main story on the front page?

        there is Johnson present as alterative world leader and show the positive of hard news

2) What representations of Britain can be found on the front of the Times?
        rich female and her servant.

3) How are the super rich represented on the Times front page?

        'Jeeves' were stereotypical for Britain butler

4) How is climate change represented as an issue in the Times? Are there similarities or differences with how it is represented in the Daily Mirror?

       the climate change in Times is seem to be more serious that the Daily mirror. the differences is the in Daily mirror there is half soft news and  half hard news.

5) What representations can you find in the inside pages of the Times CSP? Focus on headlines, articles and images.

      the headline is talking to young people and it a image of airport with a lot of people crowed round, the article is long and detail on the delay of plane 

December mock exam: Learner Response blog tasks

 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.

WW:Pritika-a good job response for Q2 the Tv 20-mark Q- which demonstrates you know the Tv csps well 

EBI:Far too many carless mistakes by not reading or understanding the questions. You need to make revision flashcards to help you perorating for upcoming exams 

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). 

all sounds generated within the world of the drama

any example of other sounds that are created by or heard by the characters, such as

the sound of Will putting the plate on the table.

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.

• Good analysis of the extract that is clear and generally engages

with the nuanced aspects of what is communicated by the

camerawork.

• Generally appropriate use of the theoretical framework but there

are occasional inaccuracies/omissions.

4) Now look at Q1.4 in the mark scheme - pick out two points from the mark scheme that you could have included in your answer.

• Excellent analysis of the extract that is detailed and critically

engages with the nuanced aspects of the question.

• Excellent, astute judgements and conclusions that are

consistently well supported by relevant examples.

5) Focus on Q2 - the 20-mark essay on representations of age and social and cultural contexts. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.

• Good knowledge and understanding of contexts of media and

their influence on media products and processes, demonstrated

by frequent effective discussion of age representations, in

relation to the two close study products.

• Good judgements and conclusions that are frequently supported

by relevant examples.

• Frequent appropriate and effective use of subject specific

terminology.

6) Turning your attention to Section B, write a definition and example of user-generated content - use the mark scheme to check it.

"a website I made about my favourite band"

• material contributed to media or posted on websites by non-professionals

7) Look at Q4 - the 20-mark essay on the power of influencers. Pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer. 

Satisfactory analysis of the product(s) that engages with the generally

obvious or straightforward aspects of celebrity and power.

• Satisfactory judgements and conclusions that are sometimes

supported by relevant examples.

8) Now look at Q5 - the 20-mark essay on regulation and the internet. Again, pick out three points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your own answer.

9) On a scale of 1-10 (1 = low, 10 = high), how much revision and preparation did you do for your Media mock exam? Be honest here - it's a good chance to think about how to approach the next set of mock exams.

10) List three key things you want to revise before the next mock exams in February (e.g. particular CSPs, terminology, exam technique etc.)