Media Audience

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The story I chose is about a woman who died during an American Airline flight.

The first place that I heard the news was on ABC7. The story was about 1 minute long and included quote from the woman's relatives. The woman's name was Carine Desir and the interviewed relative was her cousin Antonio Oliver. Desir's cousin quoted his deceased cousin three times during the interview. After that, the interviewer quoted Oliver and Desir twice. In total, there were two sources being quoted, Desir and Oliver. On the T.V. one is able to see how both Oliver and Desir looks like. Unlike a newspaper story, the audience is able to see the actual interview with Carine Desir's cousin.

The second source was found on the web in Yahoo News. The story is about 600 words long and it quotes from five sources. The article is more like a newspaper print than broadcasting format. Unlike the broadcast, the web provided more information from the American Airline representatives. The web provided quotes and more details than the broadcast.

The third source was from the New York Times. It is about 400 words long. The article delved into more details about the actual event. There are no visuals accompanying the article. The only source of the story was Carine's cousin Oliver. Representatives from American Airlines had declined to comment. Compared to the other two mediums, this was more informative than the news story but not as detailed as the web summary. Unlike the broadcast, the article gave a timeline of the events in full detail, taking all quotes from Desir's cousin. I find this source to be the second most informative after the web source.