Com310 Wk4 Tv News Program Analysis Paper

Graded COM310 WK4 TV News Program Analysis Paper.

Television News Program Analysis

University of Phoenix Online

January 28, 2012

The following paper evaluates and analyzes a news story broadcast by three different networks on January 28, 2012. How the story was covered, presented, and ultimately how the programs affected my personal values will be discussed. The three news networks chosen for this paper are BBC, CBS, and CNN. A Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized near Giglio, Italy on January 13, 2012. Today, January 28th, divers continue to seek out missing passengers, charges are being filed against the ship’s captain, and lawsuits on behalf of passengers and crew are mounting.

BBC News Network

(January 28, 2012 – Giglio, Italy) According to a BBC (2012) reporter, the body of a woman has been found in the capsized ship, Costa Concordia, bringing the known death count to 12. The woman was wearing a life jacket and located on the fourth deck. Out of 4,200 people, including passengers and crew, twenty people have not been accounted for. Captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino (or Capt. Coward, as he has been dubbed by the media), is being investigated for manslaughter on the legal level and for abandoning ship on moral and ethical issues.

The female body found today was located in an area near the rear of the ship designated as an evacuation meeting point. DNA will be used to identify the woman after a full week in the water. A rescue official stated they would not terminate the rescue mission until every area of the ship had been thoroughly searched. The Italian government worries there may be a fuel leak, but collection of the fuel cannot be activated until rescue workers have completed their search. An Italian naval ship is standing by in the event of an oil leak.

On Friday, the BBC reported Costa Concordia is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States. Two United States law firms and Italy’s consumer association...