The Front Page: the impact of words in the printed press.

8 Outubro 2020, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

The impact of words in the printed press: 

1. Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 1); 

2. Preparing the discussion of three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images: (a) "Are newspapers correct to use such shocking images on their front pages?" (TEXT 2); (b) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 3); (c) "Facebook back tracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 4) - an email will be ent to all students with instructions for this assignment.