CDA-Meeting 3
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Guest Speaker:Davd Tobing, ex journalist of Media indonesia
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Guest Speaker:
Lecturer, an ex-journalist of Media Indonesia
Read:
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3042655/western-media-reports-hong-kong-protests-tell-just-one-many-stories
1. What is it about?
2.What is the purpose of the article? Support your answer accordingly.
• To entertain
• To inform
• To persuade
• To examine/explore an issue
• To describe/rep
3.Summarize the main points of the article in your own words.
4.Think about the ideas, opinions or issues involved in the article you have read. Write a short personal response to the article – what is your opinion or reaction to the topic/issue?
5.
a. Create a group of 2-3
Find 2 articles from 2 newspaper which has an opposite pint of view.
1. Trump impeachment
2. Soeharto dies
3. Megan-Harry's decision to move to Canada
4. Hongkong Protest
b) Write a brief summary (4-6 sentences) of the incident/topic both articles are
reporting on.
c) Write a short analysis of the difference in the two headlines. How are they
different? What choices have been made in selecting the headlines?
d) Comment on the differences between the two articles under the following
headings. Support your answer with quotations.
1. CONTENT & DETAIL: What extra details does one article offer over the other? What
details have been missed out?
2. VOCABULARY / COMPLEXITY OF LANGUAGE- How complex is the language of
each article? What words in particular are usual or interesting? Is there any technical
jargon?
3. TONE- What is the tone of each article? If they are different, consider why.
4. ATTITUDE / STANCE / BIAS OF THE WRITER- Does the writer of either article
have an agenda or preference? How can you tell? Can you identify the newspaper's
bias in the article (Guardian = left-wing; Daily Mail = right-wing)?
5. ACCOMPANYING PHOTO(S), ILLUSTRATIONS, GRAPHICS, GRAPHS - What
graphics are included with each article? How does the choice of accompanying
images reflect the articles' differences? Does the choice of photo/illustration influence
the way the story is being presented?
e) Explain which article you prefer and why. You may make your decision based
on any criteria you choose (e.g. how entertaining/clear/informative/stylish the
article was) as long as you make it clear what criteria you have judged the
articles on. Support any statement you make with quotations.
Lecturer, an ex-journalist of Media Indonesia
Read:
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3042655/western-media-reports-hong-kong-protests-tell-just-one-many-stories
1. What is it about?
2.What is the purpose of the article? Support your answer accordingly.
• To entertain
• To inform
• To persuade
• To examine/explore an issue
• To describe/rep
3.Summarize the main points of the article in your own words.
4.Think about the ideas, opinions or issues involved in the article you have read. Write a short personal response to the article – what is your opinion or reaction to the topic/issue?
5.
a. Create a group of 2-3
Find 2 articles from 2 newspaper which has an opposite pint of view.
1. Trump impeachment
2. Soeharto dies
3. Megan-Harry's decision to move to Canada
4. Hongkong Protest
b) Write a brief summary (4-6 sentences) of the incident/topic both articles are
reporting on.
c) Write a short analysis of the difference in the two headlines. How are they
different? What choices have been made in selecting the headlines?
d) Comment on the differences between the two articles under the following
headings. Support your answer with quotations.
1. CONTENT & DETAIL: What extra details does one article offer over the other? What
details have been missed out?
2. VOCABULARY / COMPLEXITY OF LANGUAGE- How complex is the language of
each article? What words in particular are usual or interesting? Is there any technical
jargon?
3. TONE- What is the tone of each article? If they are different, consider why.
4. ATTITUDE / STANCE / BIAS OF THE WRITER- Does the writer of either article
have an agenda or preference? How can you tell? Can you identify the newspaper's
bias in the article (Guardian = left-wing; Daily Mail = right-wing)?
5. ACCOMPANYING PHOTO(S), ILLUSTRATIONS, GRAPHICS, GRAPHS - What
graphics are included with each article? How does the choice of accompanying
images reflect the articles' differences? Does the choice of photo/illustration influence
the way the story is being presented?
e) Explain which article you prefer and why. You may make your decision based
on any criteria you choose (e.g. how entertaining/clear/informative/stylish the
article was) as long as you make it clear what criteria you have judged the
articles on. Support any statement you make with quotations.
TO BE DISCUSSED:
1. After reading the instruction, what things that you should do? (GI-GO)
2. EXAMPLE TO BE DISCUSSED:
nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-osteen-shuts-church-amid-flooding-crisis/
What do you think about this headline:
"Here is the Complete Story Behind the Attacks on Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church"?
How are they different?
What about this?
snopes.com/fact-check ?
1. After reading the instruction, what things that you should do? (GI-GO)
2. EXAMPLE TO BE DISCUSSED:
nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-osteen-shuts-church-amid-flooding-crisis/
What do you think about this headline:
"Here is the Complete Story Behind the Attacks on Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church"?
How are they different?
What about this?
snopes.com/fact-check ?