The aim of this week’s task is to compare the news regarding the elections in newspapers and magazines from three different countries. We are supposed to look for 3 online newspapers, news magazines, news radios or news websites from 3 different countries (1 source per country). We have to follow the news about the two elections for a few days and observe differences and similarities in the way the news is presented, the words used, the images used, the amount of coverage, the location of the news.
I have decided to follow the news on "Die Zeit" for Germany, which is an online newspaper and magazine, on "Affari Italiani" for Italy, which is an online news website, and on "BBC" for UK, which is the most visited site of TV news in England.
All the three websites is well organized: you may find the news you want with great facility. The most important news are on the homepage and the secondary ones are related to the homepage by links.
On "Die Zeit" the news are divided in some categories, which are: national and international news, economy, news on social life and on culture. There are also less important categories like literature, money, health, music, travel, community, jobs, shopping, autos.
The newspaper is well-organized and you can find whatever you want, from news to books, from videos and music to flats.
For what concerns the American-Italian elections, in these days the newspaper doesn't say much about them, because it comes first the important anti-Chinese protest in Tibet.
The German elections are in the front page, but I think they are not so stressed, because I think it is more important the news from Tibet. However the news about the German elections are related to what happens in Germany in these days, that is to the debates and discussions the right and left parties had. There is also an article of 3/4 pages about left wings which says that Germany is coming back to the left wing. However through the searchbar you can find Italian and US election, but for me it was hard to find them, probably because my PC was a bit slow!!!
The news on "Affari Italiani" are well organized too. The news are divided in categories: the most important are on the homepage and the secondary ones are related to them by links. If you click on "Politica" it appears the news about the Italian elections, what the candidates say in their dibates to try to win the next elections. The news are shown in a very clear way, the titles that present them are very explanatory of what they are about to say. There are also news about international elections, for example today it comes first the new shock of Sarkozy in the French elections. The site has also links related to sport, shopping, economy, gossip, newsletter and so on. Dipending on the importance of the news, it may sometimes happen that a gossip news comes in the front page as it has happened today, that in the front page of the site of "Affari Italiani" there is a news saying that the popstar, ex-call girl Ashley, who now is at the top of the hits, has made lost to Spitzer his role of governor of the state of New York.
In these days "Affari Italiani" doesn't say much about the American elections, probably becuase there aren't relevant news. It speak moreover about the French elections and the situation in Tibet and in the Middle East.
The site of the BBC is very clear and easy to understand. As for the other two websites, today on BBC homepage the news about Tibet come first. Then it speaks about a New Parliament that opens in Pakistan and a bleak picture of Iraq condition. If you search for US or Italian elections you may find whatever kind of information you want on the elections. From this point of view, this is the site I like most. It's very coloured and catch your attention at the first sight. You have also the possibility to watch and listen to the news. You can also see sport, cultural, weather news. The news are presented in 33 languages. You can also listen to the BBC radio and there is also a site on which you can learn english through online vocabulary, courses and grammar: I think this is a fantastic opportunity to hear english native speaker pronunciation and to learn english in a funny a constructive way.
This is my favourite site of the three I have spoken about, first of all because English is the language I like most and then because it is the most clear and organized site.
On the three sites there are some images that represent what the articles speak about. In my opinion "Die Zeit" is a bit "cold", but clear and well-organized: it reflects the German culture at all. The most "friendly" and "cosy" site is that of the "BBC". I think the way the three sites are presented reflects the culture and also the politics of their nation.
That's all!
Bye!
Letizia
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