CNN Student News The news segment that I chose to watch and write my rhetorical analysis paper is CNN Student News. This is a daily ten minute that is given by Carl Azuz, a news reporter for CNN, these daily news reports are designed for students in middle and high school. I believe that CNN and Carl Azuz use high energy tactics to keep viewers interested, they give news headlines teaching lessons, and a source of entertainment and are also very selective on the news that they provide. I believe that the strategies that Carl uses high energy tactics to keep students attention and keep them watching. Throughout the news broadcast Carl uses a very energetic tone to keep kids awake and interested. Each segment is also very limited in length
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First, I believe that the purpose of any news segment is to give the daily news and happenings of not only local and national events but worldwide happenings too. In the broadcast CNN Student News Carl Azuz provides very current and relevant happenings that are going on in the United States and around the world. The next thing that this news broadcast provides in various teaching lessons with major events. Throughout the week and usually whenever something major happens CNN will provide an expert in that area. This expert will provide additional information about that current event that has happened. They will also cover various topics such as prevention or preparation for an upcoming disaster or epidemic. Finally, I believe that the final purpose of CNN Student News is a source of entertainment. At the end of the broadcast Carl gave a story about a tornado on the sun and gave information about what was happening with it. After he gave the information he tells lighthearted puns that are relevant to the story to get students and teacher to laugh. This provides a source of entertainment instead of your average news broadcast of reading off of a teleprompter. CNN Student News is provided for the purpose of giving news headlines, teaching lessons and a source of entertainment but, they are also limited on the information that they can provide to their
First, I believe that the purpose of any news segment is to give the daily news and happenings of not only local and national events but worldwide happenings too. In the broadcast CNN Student News Carl Azuz provides very current and relevant happenings that are going on in the United States and around the world. The next thing that this news broadcast provides in various teaching lessons with major events. Throughout the week and usually whenever something major happens CNN will provide an expert in that area. This expert will provide additional information about that current event that has happened. They will also cover various topics such as prevention or preparation for an upcoming disaster or epidemic. Finally, I believe that the final purpose of CNN Student News is a source of entertainment. At the end of the broadcast Carl gave a story about a tornado on the sun and gave information about what was happening with it. After he gave the information he tells lighthearted puns that are relevant to the story to get students and teacher to laugh. This provides a source of entertainment instead of your average news broadcast of reading off of a teleprompter. CNN Student News is provided for the purpose of giving news headlines, teaching lessons and a source of entertainment but, they are also limited on the information that they can provide to their