Sunday, January 30, 2011

Mediated Text Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzEWqy3fBaQ - A Sky News report of a train crash January 30th 2011

The video concentrates mostly on the damage that has been caused in the train crash panning along the devastation, images of strewn debris, twisted metal and items that belong to the passengers of the trains.

Use of certain words like sickening impact, chaos, dark and cold enforce the images used. There is a lack of imagery showing any of the survivors being rescued or helped away from the wreckage. This is a method frequently employed by many news reports to enforce the negative side of any tragedy or disaster.

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