Front pages of Gawker & The New York Times Wednesday July 18, 2012
The first thing noticeable about the Gawker’s front page are the headlines, which are hilarious. Full of sarcasm and foul language. Exp. “If You Don’t Want Your Daughter To Be A Little Asshole, Don’t Send Her to Rushbiddies.” The article is full of attitude and more foul language. It's the new age of media, trying to get readers attention by being over the top. When I began reading the article I realized that there is a lot of aggregation going on here. The story comes straight out of a New York Times article “Pledge Prep.”
What is aggregation? Definition: a group, body or mass of many distinct parts or individuals. I myself was confused with what this means when applied to journalism. The Gawker article is taken form NYT article and the writer puts his personal opinion into the story giving credit to the original article. Its half ass journalism to me but I like and you still come out with a great story.
Gawker reels you in by shock value. Their approach to journalism is sarcastic, witty and providing you with tons of personal opinion. They represent the light side of the news by taking an article form the NYT that seem to be to snooty and turn them into stories that we can laugh about and poke fun at.
Readers come to Gawker to be entertained, to catch up on the latest gossip. To sum it up, they come here to get what they are not getting from The New York Times.
Trying to compare and contrast Gawker and the NYT is like comparing and contrasting a street walking hooker and a high paid escort. They both do the same job, but one does it with class and the other with sass. This is my spin on trying be Gawker-ish. A little much but it was fun.
What is aggregation? Definition: a group, body or mass of many distinct parts or individuals. I myself was confused with what this means when applied to journalism. The Gawker article is taken form NYT article and the writer puts his personal opinion into the story giving credit to the original article. Its half ass journalism to me but I like and you still come out with a great story.
Gawker reels you in by shock value. Their approach to journalism is sarcastic, witty and providing you with tons of personal opinion. They represent the light side of the news by taking an article form the NYT that seem to be to snooty and turn them into stories that we can laugh about and poke fun at.
Readers come to Gawker to be entertained, to catch up on the latest gossip. To sum it up, they come here to get what they are not getting from The New York Times.
Trying to compare and contrast Gawker and the NYT is like comparing and contrasting a street walking hooker and a high paid escort. They both do the same job, but one does it with class and the other with sass. This is my spin on trying be Gawker-ish. A little much but it was fun.
The New York Times front page is classic. It's a newspaper on the internet. Its filled with national and international breaking news, it's basically eveything you need to know. It's traditional journalism at its best, giving you the most important news constantly. They approach the news with a very serious tone, you'll find no funny business here.
In my opinion, the NYT will probably stay the same for another century. They do have a blog section where writers can be more opinionated and the articles contain aggregation. But you'll never find that on the front page.
Both entities provide the same thing, news. They are extreme opposites working for the same goal.
I myself like to indulge in both whores, (What have you done to me Gawker?).
In my opinion, the NYT will probably stay the same for another century. They do have a blog section where writers can be more opinionated and the articles contain aggregation. But you'll never find that on the front page.
Both entities provide the same thing, news. They are extreme opposites working for the same goal.
I myself like to indulge in both whores, (What have you done to me Gawker?).
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