Journal #2 Media Audiences

I have decided to write about the news coverage of Obama being ahead when it comes to the first presidential debate. When it comes to the newspaper all the articles seem to have 10-15 short paragraphs. There were actually no sources quoted in this article. Instead as their source they used the polls that they had distributed for people to vote on whether McCain or Obama won the debate. The story is accompanied by photos of the presidential candidates in the debate and of the poll databases. There are three articles related to this article.

In television news the story is actually five minutes and eleven seconds. In a television news story there were about 4 sources quotes, most of them were actual interviews. The detail on newspapers doesn't even compare to the detail on television. In newspapers you can use words for details but the best way to show details is through pictures. In television they have pictures and actual footage. You can actually see peoples face remarks which makes a huge difference in your perception of what they say. On television I was able to actually see the candidates debate and see people reacting to it then just reading about it and creating my own visual. Television seems more accurate to me.

On the radio the story is only about 40 seconds long. I did not even hear a source quoted, it was just very fast and right to the point. Radio and television is similar because you can hear the tone of their voices. They are also very descriptive. I noticed that on the radio they use of lot of descriptive words to get their point across easier since they don't have any visuals to show. Radio and television are different because television is longer and has more sources. Radio stories use background sound and interviews to change the scene in the listener's mind by using more attention grabbing words and making everything more direct.