Journal Entry 3
1. Open and read the “How to write a critique” document in the resources menu. Describe what is a critique. A critique is a way you can identify critical things to express in an article by holding back to describe rater than analyse. You can say it is a way of constructively criticising the wrongs of something. According to the handout ‘How to write a critique’ it is identifying critical things to say about an article and resisting the temptation to describe rather than analyse. Let’s look at the difference 2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique. A critique normally involves FOUR main stages, but if their is a conclusion which is optional there will be 5. But the Four main stages to a critique are: - An Introduction, which names the issue discussed, it also states why is it considered important and it also Signals your approach and your evaluation of the article. - There is also a Summary, this is simply a summary of the article, this is written in your own words and gives the reader a clear idea of the most important information of the article. - There should also be an Analysis, this would identify the strengths and weaknesses of the publication, you could also talk about the importance of the article, expert opinions and things like the consistency of the publication. - The last stage to a critique is an Evaluation, this normally weighs the positive and negative aspects to decide the value you put on the article. - There is also a conclusion, but the conclusion is an optional stage in the writing of a critique. 3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss. I think that a critique could be positive because when I read the “How to write a critique” document, it said that under Stage 4 of the critique which is the evaluation, it clearly states that it is a weigh up of the positive and negative aspects to decide the value you put on the article. By saying this, it is clearly states that a critique could be either positive or negative by pulling up on the ways that it is portrayed. 4. Critique the accuracy of the following articles: The first one is titled “The Beijing Games Are they are Trap”. This article was created by “In the News” from the Orion News Network. This article was about a contribution of 10 billion dollars which has gone in to the project to make the perfect venue for the 2008 Beijing Games, and this article takes about the Chinese digging holes in the ground for the Americans to fall into, thus a trap. This video is about a total of 10 billion dollars has been put in to make a venue for the 2008 Beijing Games and how the Chinese are digging holes and putting branches into the ground for the Americans to fall straight into. It was not so smart to put out a report on this topic and even further more stupid to make this report without any evidence possible. It is not true and people who are watching this broadcast can turn over to another one and see that the information that they are presenting is not true. On the other hand, it could persuade people who are watching the broadcasts and they might actually believe that this report may be true. This story was a good one to watch and good one to critique as it was funny and entertaining, but seriously the information was not true, but is was funny to watch.
The Second story is titled “2 Year Old Donkey Called Up to Pro Donkey Basketball League” This article is titled “2 Year Old Donkey Called Up to Pro Donkey Basketball League”. This article was created by “Orion News Network”. The issue is pretty much about Donkey Basketball, but more specifically, it is about a 2 year old Donkey who has been called up to play Pro Donkey Basketball League. This video is about A 2 year old Donkey named Scraps who playing Donkey Basketball but playing up a grade. This donkey looks to be very talented which is why he is chosen for the Pro Donkey League after only about 5 fundraiser matches. This is a very interesting video in my opinion. This would be a true video as they have used comprehensive video footage of Donkey Basketball and they have used statistics about Scraps. The reporter has done a good job of making people interested by using techniques which attract the viewers. It was good that the reporter continues to back up what he says by using things like videos and stats and has co reporters following up the information given by the 1st reporter. Although, the reporter was not fully true in what he said by telling some lies and therefore it might have lost the trust of the viewer. Because of the stats and video footage used by the reporter, I would dare say that this story is true and even though the reporter may have lied about some issues, there was enough proof to prove this story is true and not false.
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