Fatima and Byanne
News Article Analysis;
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/08/us/new-york-papa-johns-receipt/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
1) Did your article follow the prescribed list of types of informational bias?
It was mostly biased in dramatization and personalization.
Personalization: They specifically chose to broadcast this story because it was very people centered. New Networks knew that people would care about racist events and stories, so despite the fact that the story isn’t ‘breaking news’ it was still published.
Dramatization: The story found in the article was not really important “news” yet CNN still found a way to dramatize the story. Papa John's apologizes for receipt's racial slur
2) How did “informational bias” affect the way you perceived the news story?
The informational bias of this story was mainly aimed to make its audience interested and read it. When we looked at the news story title we were interested in the sense we were curious. We asked ourselves “who called the customer ‘little chinky eyes’?” “What happened to the person that did call her that?” Although we thought it was an unimportant world news story we still wil curious enough to open and read it for the sake of the entertainment.
3) How did these parameters affect which stories make it into print and which don’t?
Parameters such as the one in the article have a great affect on which stories get through and which don’t. Stories have to be interesting, eye catchy, and appealing to the audience. Therefore if the story has an adequate interest appeal to the audience, which the informational bias has a big role in forming, the story should make the print.
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