News Analysis

4) Maxime Bernier arrested 4a: [login to view URL] 4b: [login to view URL] 5) Holly Robinson Peete’s sons prevented from flying 5a: [login to view URL] 5b: [login to view URL] For each of the stories you have chosen, answer the following questions. Please work on your answers in a separate document, for example in MS Word or Google Docs, and then upload your completed answers in MS Word or PDF form before the deadline. What are the sources for the story? What does the choice of those sources tell us about how the story was put together? What is the narrative of the story? A narrative often has a beginning, middle, and end; a central conflict; heroes and villains; a moral lesson. What are some of the ways that language is used to express an evaluation of the different points of view in the story? For example, a news story might refer to someone who has committed a violent act as a “terrorist,” or a “freedom fighter.” The first term is a negative, evaluative term – “terrorist” is bad, by definition. The second term is a more positive, evaluative term – “freedom” is usually seen as a great thing to “fight” for. What are some of the ways that visual images are used to tell the story, either photos in a print piece or moving images in a video piece? How are the images framed? Whose point of view do they represent? What are the similarities and differences between the stories from the two different news outlets? What might explain those similarities and differences? STRUCTURE OF YOUR ANSWER Your answer should be structured something like this: Story 5: Holly Robinson Peete’s sons prevented from flying 5a: The sources for this story are…. The narrative of the story is… An example of how language is used is…. The main visual image in the story is… 5b: The sources for this story are… (etc.) [And then at the end of this section]: The similarities between the stories are…. The differences between the stories are… Then do the same thing for the other pair of stories you have chosen.