Media Coursework comparison of two media texts

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Media Coursework comparison of two media texts

I am going to compare two articles about medical testing on animals. One is a newspaper article written by Polly Toynbee and is called 'Sorry, but I think dying people are more important than dumb animals,' this was published in the Guardian. The other is a leaflet with the title 'It's a crying shame' which is design for animal aid. The Guardian news article is for medical testing on animals. The Animal Aid is against medical testing on animals. Both texts are aimed at the general public who are old enough to have an educated opinion.

The newspaper article taken from the Guardian is very basic and is set out like a typical newspaper article would be. The image used does not have an effect to the argument because it has no relevance to the topic, it is just a picture of the author Polly Toynbee. However if pictures of animal testing were used in this article I could make readers see how terrible it really is. That is why pictures are not included in this article. On the Animal Rights article the title clearly reads in bold black writing in