ok change that...
Instead of clearly just ignoring CNN i'm going to do a little research on them. Its something i've wanted to do for awhile now in my obession of propaganda engerineering. As you know, I love things like Obey Giant, an artist paying homage to the art of propganda merely for fun but it creates an interesting view thru the looking glass of how propganda works and comes in many many art forms and flavors.
My experiement will be a front cover analysis of CNN vs BBC world news networks, the web look. For 30 days I will review the presence, the push, the wording, the style, the very essence of the front page, yes just the front page of both CNN and BBC world news pages. In particular I will be noting in various experimental ways, color coding both positive and negative words, ad placement if any, overall layout of page and how it breaks down or compells a user to look inside. The first page is everything its the front cover of a book you desperately want people to read, or is it just your book and you could care less. We'll see. If anyone else wants to particpate with me on this research idea let me know.
This is actually something I've wanted to do for awhile. I think the press has a big impact on people, positivie or negative projection via the media in particular is powerul in my opinion, provided yer in tune with it. The morning paper, how much of it selling you a concept, how much of it is causing you to fear, or projecting fear, how much of it is truly sending you the message that life is any good. Is the paper really a source of knowledge i want influcing my life? My feeling is what the press thru its first page appearance to a user has is faced with a morality issue of pushing either the negative side of the current press reality and world news etc or the positivie side. I need two comparable organizations initally to do this test, CNN and BBC are world opposites and much easier to compare than say FOX and CNN two US networks.
Not all news is positivite thats clearly evident yet can it be worded and presented in such a way that it doesnt fuel the negative vibe construct? Deep! I think so, but does that sell papers? Clearly if I do the research on my own it will be my analysis, id like to get other involved as well since we are all different in our intake of what is viewed as good or bad.
What I hope to do is get a 30 day view of front pages and come back with an analysis that says CNN used the word "killed" 34 times more than the BBC etc... and i really want visual views of the page. If you could only see in vibes, negative or positivie and neutral what would this page look like. Thats exciting to me. The captures have begun! Lets see how it pans out for the 30 days.