1. Follow ONE story from the THREE you have chosen. Read how the newspaper covers it for the coming days. (Minimum 4 days).
China-Japan Fishing Boat Dispute
2. 5Ws +1H + SO?
Who: China and Japan
What: Fishing Boats from China and Japan crashed.
When: 7th September 2010
Where: Diayu Islands in East China Sea also known as Senkaku Isles in Japan
Why: Due to the conflict of claiming the Island, the Chinese Fishing incidentally crashed into japanese patrol boats.
How: It was an accident as the Chinese fishing boat crashed into the Japanese petrol boats.
So what: This caused a political dispute over the two nations which draws attentions towards the world as they might start having conflict between the two which can affect other nations
3. Coverage - (a) What sections of the newspaper do they appear in? (b) How is it being covered online, on TV or on the radio
a)
In the newspaper articles from the four days covered on the straits times, a trend was noticed as first it was in the front page of the newspaper, after in the second day it was on the second page, on the third day it was located in the mid section and also on the fourth.
b)Online it was the main headlines for BBC(website) for a day but as other latest news got on it started slowly disapearing as it was a main article and moved towards a sub article and later not in the main page.4. What has been minimized? What has been exaggerated? What symbols were used? What texts were used (visual/written/symbolic)?
What has been minimized would be the
-Pictures of the crash
-Island Conflict (Newspaper)
What has been Exaggerated would be the
- Island Conflict (Online)
- The two countries standing tall
- Threats from the two countries
