Comparing different news media The purpose of this assignment is to compare three (3) different kinds of news media and while doing this practice different language skills and extending vocabulary. Look for a news story on a cultural, social or political question covered by newspapers, Internet, television and radio. Choose a topic that you find particularly interesting and/or of general interest. Examine the different news media critically and give an oral account (about 10 minutes) in which you present your main ideas of your news media analyses. Give me a copy of the outline of your presentation and a list of your sources. Examples of questions to consider: • Is the presentation similar or dissimilar? • Can you explain why they are dissimilar, if they are? • Where is the analysis most detailed? • Which of the news sources seems most accurate? • Which is most informative/educational, interesting, entertaining? • Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the different media. • Which of the media has most readers, viewers or listeners do you think? • Who controls the media?
Newspapers and Radio The Daily Telegraph Audio On Demand Channel Africa Dispatch Online abc online Guardian Unlimited BBC World service Chicago Tribune Internet edition CNN.com The Statesman Prasar Bharati All India Radio nrp.com (national radio program — USA) Pod casts (radio and tv clips on major news sites) Television BBC online Headline News
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