If It Bleeds It Leads Analysis

Yesterday in class we discussed alternate means of displaying the information we have gathered. I attempted to film a "vlog" on this topic and have decided, at least for now, this is not for me. The book that I have been reading If It Bleeds It Leads has continued to entertain me in its explaining of why television news does what it does. Each minute of a broadcast is examined and the tactics news anchors use to play with the viewers emotions are explained. Sad stories are broadcasted soon before or after uplifting ones, in order to keep the audience entertained. Witness testimonials are specifically kept short and striking to make the simplest stories seem exciting. Clips from movies and videos/pictures depicting exciting bank robberies and shoot outs can be used to make boring incidents more similar to the happpenings in action movies. Weather reports, which often gather large amounts of views, are kept confusing and use words that are much more difficult to understand than the language used in other news stories.  I have not infact read the entire book, so expect to see at least one more post analysing this book

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