Write An Article For Magazine Such As 'Practical Parenting' In Which You Inform Parents Of The Content Of Teenage Magazines And Explore The Issue Of Whether Their Daughters Should Be Encouraged To Read Them
TEEN MEDIA MANIPULATION Do You Know What Your Teenager Is Reading? I am reporting as both a child psychologist and a concerned parent, on the matter of the content of teenage magazines. My own daughter made me aware of this issue when I decided to look through one of her 'Bliss' magazines; I discovered what kinds of stories were printed in them and others teenage magazines such as 'sugar'. I was both shocked and concerned by the material printed in the 'teen mags' and decided that I should write this article to inform other parents of the content of them. The magazines I researched were; 'Bliss' which is aimed at 14-17 year olds and 'Sugar' which is aimed at 13-19 year olds, considering the graphic and persuasive nature of the content of these magazines, this seems, to me, to be an inappropriate age range. Advertisement Archive The magazines are over-spilling with desirable products, which is yet another attraction for teenage girls. On average the magazines contain 17.5% of advertisements of up-to-date fashion items such as clothes, shoes and fragrances. Some of the products are far too expensive for a teen budget; endless pages of shoes and make-up are sending the wrong signals to impressionable young girls. It tells them that expensive frocks and loads of make-up is what they should have to be 'in'. How many of you have heard the line '... but mum I need it... all my
An Analysis of the techniques of the techniques used by journalists to influence the readers' opinions and thoughts
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How is the writing persuasive? Work through the article commenting on how the choice of words, the style of the writing and the way the information is presented work together to create this persuasive effect.
3. How is the writing persuasive? Work through the article commenting on how the choice of words, the style of the writing and the way the information is presented work together to create this persuasive effect. Several techniques are used in the writing to persuade us, to her side of the argument. The first one we meet is the large, bold title of "ZOOOOOOH!" this is attention grabbing and the linguistic cleverness combines the subject of the article, zoo and the idiotic reactions of the visitors, i.e. "Ooooooh." The title has a subtle meaning; it has in it the mindless, moronic reactions of the visitors on seeing the animals, and the graphic design cleverly manipulates our thoughts on the critical comments on zoos. Also there are a line of animal pictures on the bottom of the page, this is to create a sense of realism through illustrations. The sub-heading is in bold as well though it is not as large as the title, this play on words is reflected by the way that she combines her anecdote with an inverted situation, "Tess Lemmon watches people watching animals." The effect of that being that it is a play on words with an element of graphic design and it makes us want to read the article and it subtly introduce the idea that she is analysing the reactions of the people, as if in a scientific way. The quotes in bold below the sub-heading are for entertainment, she deliberately
"Do magazines aimed at teenagers present a stereotypical view of young women? If so, how is this achieved?"
"Do magazines aimed at teenagers present a stereotypical view of young women? If so, how is this achieved?" I personally don't buy teenage magazines, but I do buy a special interest music magazine every month in place of them. I stopped buying teenage magazines about 3 or 4 years ago, when I ceased being interested in the topics covered, and when I realised that I usually didn't agree with the opinions I was told I should agree with. I first used to buy "Smash Hits", "Top Of The Pops" and/or "Shout" when I was about 10. I bought the first two because I liked reading about the music I was listening to at the time, and I bought the last one mainly for the shallow reason of it usually had free gifts. I then started buying "Mizz" and "Sugar" after I thought I'd 'grown out' of the previous 3. For this essay, I will be focusing on "Cosmo Girl" and "Sugar". They are both monthly magazines, and cost £1.49 and £2.00. I hope to use these magazines to prove that teenage magazines do indeed present a stereotypical view of young women. In both magazines, there are several pages dedicated to feedback about the magazine from the readers. I noticed that although they all have different names attributed to them, they're all written in the same tone, style and structure, each one praising a different section about the "mag". This could mean one of two things. The magazine is praising
Journalist Stuart Wavell wrote an article for the Sunday Times about a pre-battle speech made by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins.
In March 2003, journalist Stuart Wavell wrote an article for the Sunday Times about a pre-battle speech made by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins. The headline was: 'Words that Make Troops Walk Above the Ground' with a subtitle of: 'The Power of Oratory'. The purpose of this article was to entertain and inform readers, and to convince them that Collins is a good orator. Wavell uses various techniques to do this. When looking at this or any newspaper article, the first things you will notice are the presentational devices. These include the headline, any pictures and their captions. The main picture is of Collins telling his men to: "fight bravely, and show compassion in victory". You can see several of Collins' men standing around Collins, presumably in a circle formation, in this picture. This suggests that Collins is a good orator in the sense that his is not afraid to speak in front of large crowds. The fact that many of Collins' men are in this picture suggests that they all take interest in what Collins has to say. The caption corresponding to this picture is: 'Voice of a Leader: Collins tells his men to fight bravely and show compassion in victory'. The 'fight bravely' part of this caption is a direct quote from Collins' speech. Wavell used this quote because this may well have been what Collins was saying at the time, if not it looks like Collins is saying similar. 'Voice
How different variables affect the rate of a reaction.
Media Coursework Newspapers don't just give us the facts about events that happened. Most of them especially tabloids exaggerate most of the facts. This shapes our thoughts and makes the story more dramatic. The headline is telling us a quick reference about what happened on the day and who and what was involved. This article is from the Daily Mail; the Daily Mail is a tabloid because it has bolder layout, more 'human interest' stories and a higher proportion of shorter articles covered in less depth. The picture of Steven Parr is with his injuries but they could have just put a picture of Steven Parr without his injuries. from my point of view I think it was right to put a picture of him after the accident showing his injuries so that we have a good idea and we can build up a picture of the scene and see how bad the incident was, how badly he was hurt. The first few paragraphs of the article are just briefing us about what happened, how and who was involved. The article tells us a bit about Steven Parr; it tells us his age (51), his wife's name and age (Jennifer, 50), it tells us how many children he has (father of two, daughter Suzanne, 26 and son Matthew, 17). So we learn a bit about what kind of man he is and we see that he is an ordinary person just like us. Steven Parr saw a youth smashing a phone box. But when Steven Parr intervened, the youth responded
Compare and contrast the front covers of The Sun and The Guardian newspapers from Thursday 10th April 2003.
Lauren Wood 16th June 2003 Compare and contrast the front covers of The Sun and The Guardian newspapers from Thursday 10th April 2003. I am going to look at the front pages of The Sun and the Guardian. The Guardian and The Sun are two totally different newspapers, as one is a tabloid paper, and the other is a broadsheet paper. Their approach to reporting is totally different, as The Guardian tends to be more formal than The Sun. In The Sun newspaper, on the front cover, is a clear portrait of what is happening in Iraq. The picture has been zoomed in, so the statue looks very big, and this creates the effect of more power, and the fact that it is being toppled means that the victory for England and America is more of a big deal. The headline is a pun. Liberty means freedom, and the statue of liberty in this picture is being pulled down. So I think this is intended to mean that because it is being pulled down, it means that the Iraqi people can have their freedom, or liberty, now. As the picture takes up most of the front page, there is only a little bit of writing along the bottom of the paper. The writing reads: The toppling of Saddam: SUN special on a day of history. This is greatly exaggerated in my opinion. It uses imagery, as 'toppling' is a more exaggerated word than 'fall' for example. In this case it creates a sense of victory for readers, as they think that
Comparison of Tabloid / Broadsheet Newspaper
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'Disaster in the Alps' - comparing and analysing how the Times, Mirror and American magazine Newsweek reported a catastrophe that took place five years ago.
Comparing news reports- 'Disaster in the Alps' In this essay I will be comparing and analysing how the Times, Mirror and American magazine Newsweek reported a catastrophe that took place five years ago; the following is a brief delineation. On February 3rd 1998 in Calvalese Northern Italy, an EA-6B Prowler American training aircraft from an airbase in Aviano severed the cable holding a cable car going up Mount Cermis. The twenty occupants fell three hundred feet to their deaths at 3.25 pm. The wing of the aircraft sliced through the cable, however the pilots failed to realise and the reason they were at that altitude has since been shrouded in some controversy. The articles differ somewhat in how they convey and view the incident. The tabloid takes a predominantly pro-British view, at times slightly denigrating the Americans portraying a bias view. Whilst politics is pushed aside, human interests stories are paramount and efficacious in use. This contrasts with the broadsheet and Newsweek, as they take a more balanced and impartial view of the situation, with both sides being weighted equally from American and Italian perspectives. There is also a lot more political feedback given in those two papers, however Newsweek invokes the idea that maybe the Europeans were using this as an anti American backlash, pertained to with the derogatory comments toward America, creating
Textual Analysis - Crisis In Iraq (Peter Beaumont, The Observer).
Textual Analysis: Crisis In Iraq (Peter Beaumont, The Observer) The journalist behind the writing of this highly-opinioned text, Peter Beaumont, is certainly anti-American. This is the thought that initially comes across to me after reading the articles headline as follows: "Farah tried to plead with the US troops but she was killed anyway" There are already a number of things you could pull from that headline that could back up my initial point, and what's more, Beaumont carries this distain for the American forces on throughout the piece. The headline sets up an antithesis; pitting America and Iraq against one another. He straight away makes Iraq and this Iraqi family out to be the victims of the affair, whilst the US are handed the 'bad guys' image. His choice of centering the headline on the attack being from 'US troops' rather than coalition which is probably more likely to be the case, emphasizes his personal displeasure for the US and its military. Beaumont's foregrounding of 'Farah' gives a more personalized feel to the text and immediately gives the reader a more intimate relationship with the people involved. He adds to this with the passive use of the word 'anyway' which makes it seem that the American's had practically held a gun to her head and shot her whilst ignoring her screams for mercy, which is a FAR cry from the actual circumstances in which the