Sunday, 21 October 2007 @08:40
NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS wk2 Your voice needs to be heard...17 oct o7', Wed.
Topic: Beauty is only on the outer surface! Perfecting your weight (ideal figure) will transformed your life.1. You deserve to be perfect and the world cares about outward beauty.
2. There is no such thing as changing only the inner beauty, without a drastic change in outward appearance.
3. Diamonds are not only women best friend but men too, since it can secure a person.
News reports:
-Beauty products could be deadly.
Lead-free? An american report says that lipsticks from brands like Christian Dior and L'Oreal have been found to contain lead.Should consumers be worried.
-Sex can still be good in the golden years.
- Getting fit is not losing weight or slimming but adding calcium to your diet.
18 oct 07', Thurs.
Topic: More on beauty tips and enhancements.1.We must refrain from ageing but restoring our assets.
" Slimming shrunk your bust? We'll restore it naturally."
News reports:
- China is the main focus for locals to survive. Showcase our art and culture in China, its the lastest art scene.
" If you don't live up to their standards, you will be brushed aside, because there's so much art here."
- Nudity scenes started to be immune to people and even become a higher level of appreciation for acting.
" Sex scenes a 'breakthrough'."
19 oct 07', Fri.
News reports:
- Night-life have been increasingly popular for lucrative business.
" More drinks, more buzz after 3am", " Some nightspots are opening till dawn to woo a different crowd-people who work late shifts.", " Today, if you leave at 2am, you are an early bird."
- Being a victim of racial discrimination makes a person stronger.
"At school, she never got invited to parties.But R&B sensation Amerie, who performs her tonight, is having the last laugh".
20 oct 07', Sat.
Topics:
1. Shopping for 'Unique' in Singapore?
-Courts offers you something different.Not just great deals, products and exclusive services.
-But it's Courts' extensive range of services and concepts ranging from warranty to I.T Solutions that really sets it apart.
2. Master Your Way To Success
-University of La Rochelle, Distinguised and Internationally Recognised. Double Major degree. Very Affordable. Easy Payment Plan.
-DIPLOMA + WORK EXPERIENCE = DEGREE + POSTGRAD CERTIFICATE
-Fast forward your career with this unique Double Major Degree.
News Reports:
- Homosexuals are born this way?!
"Anti-repeal camp enters'gay sex law'fray", "Fallacy to talk of 'gay' discrimination", "Not the right time to review section 377A"
Discriminalising homosexual acts is a first step to further petitions for gay marriages and parenthood.
It is rare that singaporeans remember laws by their actual chapter and verse, but section 377A looks set to change that. The section that is part of the Penal Code which deems sex between men a crime.
- Challenge For Junta
ARMY IN DISARRAY "Today is an army of conscripts and structurally disarray. Rations are not sufficient. The crackdown n monks would have shaken the psyche of many junior officers"
LONG TIME MYANMAR WATCHER, LARRY JAGAN
20 oct 07', Sun.
News report:
-HK's planned 'mega links' with mainland
10 mega projects announced will bring territory's economy closer to china.
-Challenge For Opposition
Funding problems, Activist fatigue and economic realities make the going tough for exiled pressure groups.
KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE "The whole issue can very easily fal off the map again. We need to keep the international pressure on the military"
MR SOE AUNG of the National Council at the Union of Burma, an umbrella body for 35 pro-democracy groups.
PART 2
There is quite a vast differnece seen from the weekdays paper compared to weekends both on topic wise and layout with priority. One factor seen is the increase amount of space given to the advertising sector in the weekends' papers, advertisements are given much more layout space in the LIFE and CLASSIFIED sections, others such as the forum, sports and entertainment have also had gradual increase. The reason behind this strategy is probably to cater to the amount of audience that have more time during the weekends to relax and read about news.
Usually more advertisers will pounce on this opportunity to increase and expand their budget for the advertising layout space, probably bigger companies that tend to place advertising as their top priority. One such company would be 'Courts', as seen by this weekends' advertising campaign 'the uniquely courts sale' that took up almost 5 and a 1/2 pages long unlike the freguent 2 pages on weekdays. This is a huge difference as compared to the weekdays' with more news reports than advertisements. Also, there is an extra charge of 10cents for weekends' paper though this may not really affect those who order for paper delivery. The extra charge is countered with the increase in more pages of some sections like CLASSIFIED and other special reports.
PART 1
Your voice needs to be heard...
go thru the newspapers..and analyse for wed-fri, and weekends.
List down the different spins you think you identified.
definition of spin- what the news industry may be trying to put (implant) into your mind, may not be the truth.
PART 2
Next,
is there a difference in how the newspaper handle weekdays' papers versus weekends' papers?
Descibe how they are different.
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