Spencer – two ways to look at CNN; Content based and the way they deliver the news
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Spencer In an effort to stop the leak, Authorities have approved a plan to use submersible remote-operated vehicles in an effort to activate a "blowout preventer" on the sea floor CNN reports define terms pertinent to the news story that the average reader may not understand in order to paint the clearest picture of the problem to their audience
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Spencer CNN's Sanjay Gupta, with the U.S. Marines, describes the rush to bunkers and gas masks during an alarm in the desert. (March 20)
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Brittany Doesn’t archive by date Better for up to the minute news reports Topic pages – confusing, multiple pages Ex. Presidential Inauguration CNN.com made it possible to watch the inauguration online By connecting the website to Facebook, the viewer's friends activities relating to the event were included in the sidebar CNN was able to report 600,000 status updates and record breaking 21.3 million video stream views globally on that day
Lauren 30 Twitter accounts Constantly re-tweeting at each other Twitter is good because it allows constant updates of situations however they have too many pages, making it confusing to know which cite to go to ex. Chilean miners Social media is used to decide where and when they get the news, when CNN excessively tweets an individual feels bombarded and are no longer in control of their news consumption
On October 12-13th alone posted 96 tweets regarding the Chilean Miners. within a matter of minutes