1. News articles that
interest me
Questions for each articles
1. Who wrote them? Is it a freelance journalist or from a news production – e.g. BBC news.
2. Who is the target audience ? Why do you have it? How did you find it? Or how did it end up on your online feed (social media).
3. Are there any particular audience characteristics for this particular platform? E.g. Age, gender, suitability, etc.
4. Analyse the news conventions for each platform. What do they have in common? Style, layout, content.
5. The news it self – how is this presented? What kind of article is it and what is the purpose – inform, educate, entertain. How does
this suit its audience?
2. Anthony Joshua expects Tyson Fury comeback because
boxing is 'all we know'
Social media (Facebook)https://www.facebook.com/skysportsboxing/?hc_ref=ARQhOZRBztgWmNpXv2Z--
STfeo_7ZpLKiZPnoW7EQt4OGYkmEYwRNcEhnGbjKNIhD6g&fref=nf
Synopsis: This article is about Anthony Joshua talking to a journalist about possible return of infamous boxer Tyson Fury as
he feels that he will make a dramatic return to the sport of boxing although Tyson fury hasn’t boxed for almost 2 years. 1) 2
Journalists for sky sports James Dielhenn & Ed Robinson wrote this article who are from a news production team at sky
sports 2) From looking through the comments that were on the social media that this article were posted on the target
audience appears to be a primarily male audience around the age of 18-23 and also looking at the type of audience that would
enjoy a boxer like Anthony Joshua the audience seems appropriate 3) Generally speaking the audience the audience seen on
the Facebook platform are generally equal amount's of young male and females 4) This article looks fairly simple with one big
headline and a by-line with some various images and videos and a large body of text 5) I feel that this article is an Informal
piece and this suits the audience as boxing fans are always looking for the latest information on their favourite stars.
3. Online (Buzzfeed)https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/north-korea-has-reportedly-
fired-a-missile-over-japan?utm_term=.aeVKoVX3k#.agPvNVWo3
North Korea Has Fired A Missile Over Japan Into The Pacific Ocean
Synopsis: This article is about A missile that North Korea fired over Japan that caused mass concern and worry
from Japanese people, this is because of all the security alerts that went off shortly after the missile was fired 1)
This was written by Jim Dalrymple II who is a writer specifically for Buzzfeed 2) I found this article while looking
through the Buzzfeed webpage and the audience generally for Buzzfeed content is a young audience from around
14- 16 3) On new social media such as Buzzfeed the audience is normally very young due to their style of content
being very simplistic and libertarian 4) This article is a fairly simple online article with a basic layout such as the
bold headline and the by-line below it, it has a very typical continuous flat layout 5) This is a informal and
informative article, this is the style of article that Buzzfeed normally go towards as they appeal to their audience.
4. Facebook used anti-Semitic ad categories, report says
TV (FOX) http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/09/14/facebook-used-anti-semitic-ad-categories-
report-says.html
Synopsis: This article entails the story about Facebook allowing 3 anti-semetic adverts onto their website within a
15 minute window and then suddenly removed them when they were informed about the adverts. 1) Once again
this was written by the company who published it so therefore it was a news production team and does not have a
specific publisher 2) The intended audience for this is Facebook users which are generally a young adult audience.
3) This audience would be around18-23 and mainly male based on the comments from the audience 4) This layout
is fairly basic with just a white background, a headline and a large body of text with the ad or 2. 5) This article is
very informal as it tells you about a incident that has happed recently
