Presenstation on how the english media covered the bomb explosion in Boston.

3. • Objective perspective
• Just mentions the facts
• No commenting
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740857.ece

4. 1. Sentimental tone
“Martin’s mother, Denise, and
six-year-old sister, Jane, are in
hospital with “grievous injuries”.”
2. Pictures of the boy and his family
3. Description in detail of the exact
way it happened
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740425.ece

5. 1. Intense mentioning
2. Representational tone
3. Sentimental way of
presenting – moving title
“We’ve had an attack,” says another dazed,
horrified voice on another piece of video
footage. ”Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.”

6. • Main article on the
front page
• Video of the exlosion
• Functions as a gate
for the live blog

7. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-
marathon-explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates

8. • Constant enrichment of one article
• Addition of new information (every 2 minutes approximately)
• Extremely sentimental tone
“I yelled, that's my wife, can I please go with her? And I got in the ambulance. She was
cool as a cucumber. In my mind I'm trying to be calm for her but I'm freaking out.”
Testimony of Nicholas Yanni, a patient and eyewitness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-
explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates

9. Posts about young victims – in a very realistic way –
sentimental tone

10. Promotions the motivating movement of Boston.com about
donations

11. • One whole category about Boston
• Mentions Obama’s statements and cites the
president’s transcript – objective perspective

12. Maria Loufardaki
Paraskevi Georgiou
Athina Karakosta
Linda Mata
Eirini Martaki
Mania Ksenou
Betty Tsakarestou