World news, and how the major news giants differ from each other.

World news, and how the major news giants differ from each other.

In this task, I studied what similarities and differences the biggest news agencies in the world share. I found this topic very interesting, as the research I did provided a nice view of how the different agencies operates. Some focused a lot on ads and propaganda, while someone focused specificaly on solid information. Here is my thoughts;

1. cnn.com

-The most important news placed at the top row with quick access to cases

-Breaking news and related articles placed on the left hand side

-Ads, stocks, weather and facebook/twitter links on the top, right hand side

-Autoplays earlier TV broadcasts on news cases

2. BBC.com

-Only one news header which shows important news at the top

-Filled with regular, not-so-useful newspaper fillings (such as information about toilet seats and birds)

-More widespread news margins; Not only world news, but sports / business / science further down

3. Foxnews.com

-Only one news article at the top, more tabloid material further down

-A lot of viral videos with content such as police beating people, and peoples reaction to other viral cases

-Higher amount of tabloid articles with misleading titles (the kind that has pictures of boobs and other irrelevant material)

4. Al Jazeera

-Much more serious interface with no unnecessarities, such as commercials, stocks, weather and such

- Clearly marked articles with serious themes

Comparison of the news articles (about the IS bombings)

1. CNN.com:

• Lots of information about what got hit, why they got bombed, and the effects of it.
• Summarizes earlier cases about the same theme

2. BBC.com

• Provides different tabs in the article with different points of information (such as UK role, analysis, and an overview map)
• Very clean and readable layout of their page
• Integrated video player, with their latest reports on the situation (kind of irritating, but useful for some, I guess.)

3. Fox News

• Clear, well explained information about the happenings
• Maybe too much bent over to the pro U.S side of the case (several links to pro-US videos, with celebrities singing about it for example).

4. Al Jazeera

• The article contains heaps of information about present and earlier relevant articles, which gives insight

• Provides a lot of information. Maybe too much.
• Stands very neutral to the situation, with none or some infliction from the US.

I think peoples opinion about these can be highly different. For the average american who would like a side dish of gossip and interesting non-related stories, Fox News may be the best option. This site provides a wide selection of techonolgy news, celebrity articles, and “local” news.

On the other hand, the average person would prefer sites as BBC.com. Here, you get a sleek layout with plain news, and a handful of interesting articles which sustains a more serious structure.

At last, people which want a wider aspect without picking sides should check out Al Jazeera. This news site provides an entirely different view on the news story. Even though there is a lot (no really, a lot) information which may seem bloated, but there is still a lot of interesting read. After reading one of their articles, you will be left behind with a more open image of the situation where you can self reasonate what you think.

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