Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Journal #2 Differences Between Media

On Extra, Mark McGrath reported on Jennifer Aniston’s possible new man. The television show said only a few sentences about the situation, telling that she was seen leaving Courtney Cox’s house with the “mystery man” after an event.

An article in People Magazine goes a little deeper into Aniston’s personal life. The story begins with a little background of Aniston’s love life by mentioning her latest break up with Vince Vaughn. Then the story moves on to talk about her new “mystery man,” however, the article goes more in-depth than the TV reporters had. It describes what the man looked like and a number of places they had been spotted together. It also describes how “he gently rubbed her back” on one occasion. The article end by concluding that even though Aniston is dating, she doesn’t need a man to make her happy. I’m guessing they added that part to lash back at all the articles that claim Aniston is still crying over Brad Pitt.

Over all the differences between the two media is that the television gives a short update and gets right to the point. It is concise and to the point. Magazines are more in-depth and give more background and information about the story.

1 comment:

camccune said...

I have two problems with this. First, you were supposed to compare coverage of the same news story in three different mediums, not two. Second, it's supposed to be a news story; celebrity gossip doesn't count.

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