Current_Affairs

Current Affairs Current affairs and news programs position the viewer to react in a certain way through the use techniques such as selection of detail, Audio, technical and symbolic codes. A ten news program about the falling of the twin towers on sep 11 uses these techniques to position the viewer to respond in a sympathetic manner and to accept the values and attitudes being presented. Selection of detail a technique of bias is used in the news presentation to manipulate the viewer to fell one sided towards an event or person. Selection of detail in this presentation is how the news segment only shows the September 11th and no event before or leading after. These events may change a persons attitude or challenge there value towards the event which isn't the way the news presentation wants the viewer to respond to the program. So inturn is this information is left out. Audio codes used in this special presentation are placed to make the viewer feel different toward the segment. The music introduced to the viewer in the news segment of bag pipes and violins is very slow and depressing which places the viewer in a simular mood. (tape) This music manipulates the way viewer, news, way, feel, respond, program, codes, towards, techniques, segment, presentation, one, make, event, twin, towers, sympathetic, symbolic, selection, detail, viewers, value, technical, tape, react, people, music, manipulate, fell, certain, background, audio, attitude, america, allies