A Comparison of Two Newspapers

On the 3rd of February 1998, a U.S. military jet sliced the wire of a

Now I realise it seems a bit hypocritical of me to attack the media’s representation of a news event when I myself am a part of the hype-generating circus we call mass media. However, the voice of my wise, high-school English teacher echoes in my subconscious that we should always be critical of the texts we consume and conscious of the

In a general sense society derives much of their beliefs and indifferences from stories that are covered in the media. If the stories are being reported biased, how can we, as a society, see the whole picture? The author's purpose is to inform readers about the different biases that news and media sway by and to provide evidence that proves instances when these biases have weakened the validity of the reporter's story. "Journalist are like dogs-whenever anything moves, they begin to bark." (Gladstone, 2011/2013, P.25)

Comparing two newspaper articles, one from a tabloid and one from a broadsheet will convey the different techniques that tabloids and broadsheets use to present stories. Media in general, aim to inform and interest the audience which consist of many different types. Diverse emotions and ideas are created by the media; foremost tabloids. Tabloids are papers like ‘The Sun’, ‘The Mirror’, ‘The Daily Mail’, ‘The Express’ and ‘The Star’. In contrast to these are broadsheets like ‘The Times’, ‘The Guardian’ and ‘The Daily Telegraph’. Broadsheets are often known as the ‘quality press’ being more informing and formal in the manner they convey information and news stories.

Newspapers and other forms of news are very vital communication methods in the world today. The goal of news is to sell us their ideas by being biased and talking about how their idea is best. News can give us biased information although, the viewer could do further research on the

Media is everywhere nowadays and is an outlet for everyone and anyone in the world to share their opinions. Opinions are nowhere near being the facts, opinions could very easily be twisted facts. That's why people have to be careful with what they see and hear on media. Although you wouldn't think that a newspaper article would be opinion based, it really is. In any public statement there is a bias and a bias is stemmed from one's opinions. At first glance you may think that the media source is solely facts but when you look back on it and dig deeper you get the sense of bias that an author has with their diction and their use of rhetorical devices. Therefore, reading one article on a topic won’t do anything to help you, you have to read multiple

As a free democratic society we are a country with the freedom to post our opinions. Media is the fastest and most comma way of keeping people updated on information in the current world. It allows us to form our own opinions or be persuaded by what other people believe. Both of these articles used their voice on media to share their opinion to persuade others to their side. The problem with media is that many Americans don't consider it reliable. Most news networks tend to be biased toward one side of an issue and only provide their opinion. For example the first article is more conservative so they are more likely to believe Colin was wrong for what he did. On the other hand the second article is more liberal so they see Coling as sending a helpful message. Media has such a strong influence persuading people. If we were to only get our information from the government our opinions would all be very different, since there would be no one to push us toward a certain belief. Since media is controlled by large corporations there is a lack of diverse opinions, they are more focussed on advertisers than their viewers. Media's main focus is to get out information that will get attention from viewers, they ignore other issues knowing that it won't get as much of a response from viewers. In this current world media is more focused on persuading people and getting views than they are to inform people and give us all the facts that concern our

In “Making the Grade” by Kurt Wiesenfeld and “In Praise of the F Word” by Mary Sherry, both authors establish an issue with the grading system in schools. Somewhere along the line, love for knowledge died and a generation of indolent students were born. They both however, point the finger of blame in different directions. Wiesenfeld claims society has molded the student to believe he/she can simply charm their way to good grades, whereas Sherry holds complete liability in the pampering of high school teachers.

The scientific advertising pioneered by Rubicam and Gallup revealed many obvious traits about the readers of newspapers. Readers would pay more attention to the comic section of the newspaper showing the simplicity of the consumer (Sivulka, 2012). Polls conducted by Gallup showed that men preferred to read the sports

In economics, costs can be defined as the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything. (Dictionary.reference.com, retrieved 4/6/09). Cost can be the amount paid or required in payment

Everything has a different purpose, even if they are talking about the same thing. Just like with the two articles, "Energy Story" and "Conducting Solutions." Same with the one video clip, "Hands-on Science with Squishy Circuits." These three sources all talk about the same thing, which is electricity. However, just because these three sources talk about the same thing doesn't mean they have the same purpose.

A Comparison of Two Newspaper Articles In this essay I will be comparing two articles taken from local

According to Mark Weisbrot’s article, Denis MacShane, a British former Labour Party politician, attacked the British left in 2009 for defending Hugo Chavez and his new potential media policies. Denis Macshane quotes that the new media policies would, “impose prison sentences of up to four years for journalists whose writings might divulge information against “the stability of the institutions of the state(The Guardian).” The author agrees with the fact that the new policy is detrimental to Venezuela, however, he clearly states that this is nothing new, as there are already a number of bad laws on the books in the country. Weisbrot also goes on to say that Macshane's comments are deceptive because it does not truly represent the nature and state of press freedom in Venezuela(The Guardian). The author states there is both more diversified range of debate in media and oppositional media in Venezuela than the U.S(The Guardian). According to the article, the everyday commentary and reporting in media broadcasts would not be allowed under FCC rules in the

In a contemporary society, the role of journalism is a varied one that covers many different aspects of people’s lives. As more and more outlets spring up around the world, many more stories are able to be covered by different outlets, and this means that journalism takes on a more and more important role in a contemporary society. Much of our lives centre on political and social happenings, and journalistic outlets are the public’s way of finding all the information on these event. Journalism also provides us with a way of finding out which of these stories are important and deserve our attention, and which stories can be ignored. The important role of journalism can be well observed in the recent coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in both New Zealand and around the world. This is a ground breaking economic deal, and holds a great deal of importance for the 800 million citizens of the countries involved, as well as the rest of the world. With worldwide coverage of this deal, it is inevitable that different types of reporting occurs, and that different outlets will provide different accounts. With so many different journalism outlets around the world and locally, many have to have a way of standing out from the crowd. This means that some extremely different coverage of very similar stories can occur. However it can also simply be down to different ownership, differing political views, and different socio-economic environments. Two outlets with

What was astonishing was not the rapidity of the news- that is, after all, the beauty of modern broadcasting technology- but the effect that the news had on the public. In the following weeks and months, story after story demonstrated the