The Costa Concordia
Online Newspaper: LA Times
"PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy—
Survivors from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground
and tipped over, leaving at least three dead and 69 people still
unaccounted for, described Saturday a chaotic evacuation, as plates and
glasses crashed and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach
safety.
Three bodies were recovered from the sea after the Costa Concordia ran
aground off the tiny island of Giglio near the coast of Tuscany late
Friday, tearing a 160-foot gash in its hull and sending in a rush of
water.
The ANSA news agency quoting the
prefect's office in the province of Grosseto as saying that authorities
have accounted for 4,165 of the 4,234 people who had boarded the liner."
(L.A. Times online newspaper article published January 14)
(L.A. Times online newspaper article published January 14)
- The story gives some numbers on the incident and portrays how it might have been to be on board through quotes of survivors. Updates are daily and as it continues to be reported on, the story is going from the urgency to save the trapped people, to a rush to get the oil out to save the environment.
Television Newscast: Sky News
Reported by Sky News on January 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8EFPmSZUs
- News on the Costa Concordia's condition has been updated every time there has been an increase in the number of deceased, more findings in the captains blatant negligence, the status of the ships current condition at sea, and the efforts of retrieving the left over oil. Updates are frequent and through out the day. The presentation is informative.
"An enormous cruise ship is lying on its side in the Mediterranean today.
The Italian ship, Costa Concordia, ran aground off Italy's Tuscan
coast, killing at least three people. Passengers described scenes
reminiscent of the Titanic."
- The blog is an interview by Scott Simon. He asks questions and has quotes from people who experienced the incident.
Social Network Tool: Facebook- The Facebook page has over 10,000 likes and over 7,700 people are talking about it. There is a description of the ship and what it had to offer guests aboard.
Analysis
- Social media is used to inform or try to relate the experience to the audience in each of the examples. All media now uses face book, twitter along with other social media tools to try to get information out to the people faster. Using these channels the audience can interact with each other and share information with people they know this creates a sense of community.
- The online news channel is effective as it allows for feedback, sharing, and continuous updates. TV broadcast is just updated whenever something major is discovered and is very effective as there are millions of people around the world watching the news throughout the day. The blog is not so effective because the audience is so narrow anyone outside of the authors circle is unlikely to read it. Face book is a great tool as it allows for constant updates and sharing of news. Facts do vary from sources as some are updated and others are not but the numbers are all consistent. Online news is just readers, the broadcast is for TV watchers, the blog is for a narrow audience, and face book has the power of the network.
- Sky News a TV station also has as an online website. The broadcast is very brief but updated constantly, the online version is much more informative, is updated constantly and the viewer can peruse it as his/her own leisure.
- Citizen journalism is a great thing, today anyone can be a journalist by just using the camera on their phone. Citizen journalism does raise issues of ethics as they are not tied to corporation standards, they can take videos out of context and make something seem a certain way without showing the whole story. The audience questions the submitters credibility and do not know whether they can trust what they are seeing.
No comments:
Post a Comment