CNN International VS Al Jazeera
May 7, 2008I chose a story about spreading virus in China. China will have Olympic game in August. Everybody worry that Olympic game can be held safety or not. China has a problem about disease and to make matter worse, China had a problem about air pollution.
The image was that a Chinese nurse injects a child infected by Enterovirus in Fuyang City. The child was crying. The mother was looking her with a concerned look. CNN’s picture made us understand how the scene was.
On the other hand, Al Jazeera’s picture was that the doctor was checking his throat. Somebody hold his head hard, and his face rigid face with fear suggested that he was afraid of the doctor. When the sentence was put on the picture, the sentense should relate to the picture. For example, CNN’s picture had “A Chinese nurse injected a child infected by Enterovirus 71 in Fuyang City”. The sentense expressed what happened at the image. At the Al Jazeera picture, it had “The Olympic Games are unlikely to be affected by the virus. ” I think the picture did not fit the sentence. The article said that the virus will stop spreading in June or July. The article and the picture was incoherency. If the writer wanted to say the virus should be no problem, he or she should used the picture which had a bright atmosphere.An Al Jazeera writer’s way to use tha picture was not good. The newspaper should be accurate and objective. Moreover, Al Jazeera’s article did not have a source of information. In the article, the writer used “officials said”, so a reader cannot understand who the official were. Because of it, Al Jazeera is not reliable media. The number of Al Jazeera was doubtful. At the CNN, the number of the authoties reports was 15,799 on Monday. At the Al Jazeera, the number of it was 1,482. The difference between Monday and Tuesday was too large, so the number of Al Jazeera was so doutful. If the number was increased, the virus problem must be so serious. It is difficult to have Olympic Games safely. In fact, CNN had a same picture of Al Jazeera, but the way to use it appropriate. In visual communication, of course, a composition, colors, lighting, and subject matter are important, and how to use a image is also very important.
