One thing
that has been getting a lot of attention in the news is the recent red carpet
event known as the Oscars. This award show is to highlight our nation's
greatest films, costumes, producers, actors, actresses, designers, etc. Every
year many social media companies/youtube interviewers/magazines talk about the
event in hopes of getting more attention brought to their channel, website, or
article. While many people view these pieces, they never really compare one
article to another. However, being interested in how different
magazines/websites write about the huge event, I decided to compare and
contrast the strategies used by different writers. For the first website, I
took a look at yahoo news, which many people are familiar with when looking for
celebrity gossip. The main attention-seeking strategy Yahoo uses is by
categorizing the celebrities into best dressed and worst dressed. This helps to
create a connection between all viewers as people start mentioning if they
agree or not in the comments section. Also, everybody loves good celebrity
drama and participating in the lives of those richer than us. Another article,
people magazine, uses different techniques to draw readers’ attention. They
focus on talking about who won; this is a good strategy as it draws in the
people who didn’t have time to watch the show. It makes them feel like they
didn’t miss anything. Also, for people who did watch the show, the strategy
acts like a short recap for them in case they missed anything. While the second
website was more informative than the first, I feel it better defines what the
Oscars is about. While we do get caught up in who is wearing what, it really
should be a time to celebrate all the hard work put into so many great,
cherished films.
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