Analizing Newspaper Articles
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How to Analyze Newspaper Articles
After reading the articles you have selected, complete the following:
TITLE: include the full title of the article (also called the headline)
AUTHOR: give the author's full name; if there is no author given, indicate if the article is an editorial or from a foreign news source
NEWSPAPER: the full name of the newspaper from which the article istaken
DATE: the day the article appeared in the newspaper
SUBJECT: the overall topic that the article is describing, for example, "Toronto's Bid for the Olympic Games" or "Recycling".
THESIS: identify what the article is proving or arguing about the issue. Is it trying to convince readers to take a side? If so what opinion is it encouraging?
PURPOSE: persuade, entertain or informEVIDENCE: list examples in the article that help to convince the reader or inform them of the issue
SIGNIFICANCE: explain why this issue is important and whom it may affect
Be sure to complete each of these components in your newspaper article summaries!!!
How To Analyze a Newspaper Article
Although newspaper readership has declined over the pastseveral decades due to the emergence of television and the internet as dominant news formats, the news article is still prominent in today's society. Whether read in print or online, the news article hasn't changed its format of using text and photographs to create a story for hundreds of years.
The newspaper article, also sometimes called a newspaper story, takes the facts of a particularevent or situation, and is molded by writers/editors to create a cohesive story that has a beginning and end. Just like other forms of media, newspaper articles are crafted with people who want to send a specific message into the world about a certain topic.
Although we would hope that the people bringing us the news would have no bias when doing so, this is simply not possible. Everyone has abias about something, even if they don't realize it. The best we can expect is to realize the bias exists and determine for ourselves whether we'll accept or reject the story being told to us.
Below are some ways to analyze newspaper articles or stories.
1. Who wrote the article? Is the author connected in some way to the issue being discussed? Is the newspaper or news organization affiliatedwith people who want to project a particular point of view (like a company or a political party)? Does the author's political affiliations conflict with the integrity of the story (surely it does). The author will take sides and project the values he/she believes in.
2. Why did the writer write the article? Is the purpose to inform the public? Is the purpose to ridicule someone or something?Maybe the purpose is to create fear? Or maybe the author wants to create controversy and sell more papers?
3. How might other people view the article? Are there stereotypes in the article about people of a different gender, race, social class, or religion? Would anyone be offended by what the author wrote about?
These are just a few things to think about. There are always more questions to askabout every topic. Below are links to some news organizations that might have current articles worth analyzing.
CNN (the original cable news network)
Fox News (a recognized conservative cable news outlet)
Yahoo! News (collects news from various sources and presents them together)
The Los Angeles Times (a local mass-market newspaper)
Analysis of a Newspaper Article:
Analyzinga newspaper or magazine article requires specific skills which few students acquire without being deliberately taught and practiced. The example/project suggested below may be adapted for any history or social studies curriculum (law, sociology, civics, political science, economics).
Objective:
1. To teach students to identify the main idea of article, the reason for it being...
After reading the articles you have selected, complete the following:
TITLE: include the full title of the article (also called the headline)
AUTHOR: give the author's full name; if there is no author given, indicate if the article is an editorial or from a foreign news source
NEWSPAPER: the full name of the newspaper from which the article istaken
DATE: the day the article appeared in the newspaper
SUBJECT: the overall topic that the article is describing, for example, "Toronto's Bid for the Olympic Games" or "Recycling".
THESIS: identify what the article is proving or arguing about the issue. Is it trying to convince readers to take a side? If so what opinion is it encouraging?
PURPOSE: persuade, entertain or informEVIDENCE: list examples in the article that help to convince the reader or inform them of the issue
SIGNIFICANCE: explain why this issue is important and whom it may affect
Be sure to complete each of these components in your newspaper article summaries!!!
How To Analyze a Newspaper Article
Although newspaper readership has declined over the pastseveral decades due to the emergence of television and the internet as dominant news formats, the news article is still prominent in today's society. Whether read in print or online, the news article hasn't changed its format of using text and photographs to create a story for hundreds of years.
The newspaper article, also sometimes called a newspaper story, takes the facts of a particularevent or situation, and is molded by writers/editors to create a cohesive story that has a beginning and end. Just like other forms of media, newspaper articles are crafted with people who want to send a specific message into the world about a certain topic.
Although we would hope that the people bringing us the news would have no bias when doing so, this is simply not possible. Everyone has abias about something, even if they don't realize it. The best we can expect is to realize the bias exists and determine for ourselves whether we'll accept or reject the story being told to us.
Below are some ways to analyze newspaper articles or stories.
1. Who wrote the article? Is the author connected in some way to the issue being discussed? Is the newspaper or news organization affiliatedwith people who want to project a particular point of view (like a company or a political party)? Does the author's political affiliations conflict with the integrity of the story (surely it does). The author will take sides and project the values he/she believes in.
2. Why did the writer write the article? Is the purpose to inform the public? Is the purpose to ridicule someone or something?Maybe the purpose is to create fear? Or maybe the author wants to create controversy and sell more papers?
3. How might other people view the article? Are there stereotypes in the article about people of a different gender, race, social class, or religion? Would anyone be offended by what the author wrote about?
These are just a few things to think about. There are always more questions to askabout every topic. Below are links to some news organizations that might have current articles worth analyzing.
CNN (the original cable news network)
Fox News (a recognized conservative cable news outlet)
Yahoo! News (collects news from various sources and presents them together)
The Los Angeles Times (a local mass-market newspaper)
Analysis of a Newspaper Article:
Analyzinga newspaper or magazine article requires specific skills which few students acquire without being deliberately taught and practiced. The example/project suggested below may be adapted for any history or social studies curriculum (law, sociology, civics, political science, economics).
Objective:
1. To teach students to identify the main idea of article, the reason for it being...
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