• Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin
Laden
• Founder of al-Qaeda.
• Directly responsible for the 911 attack
on the United States.
• Was involved in numerous other masscasualty
attacks against civilian and military
targets.
• 3 Reviews.
• One from biography.com
• One from a Pakistani
Journalist.
• One from wikipedia.com
• 3 People.
• One powerpoint.
• A once-in-a-lifetime
presentation.
Features/Forms.
• Interview quotes from the man himself.
• Only raw materials. None of which was
processed from a bias viewpoint.
• From a first person viewpoint,
making the article more believable.
• Chronological order. Although not very obvious.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slideshow-1-osama-killed-bin-laden-afghanistanpakistan/20110502.htm
Function.
• To give people the views from the
most direct source.
• Might be bias. Since it’s from Osama himself.
• As a news report.
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slideshow-1-osama-killed-bin-laden-afghanistanpakistan/20110502.htm
Features/Forms.
• Provides facts.
• From a thirds person’s viewpoint.
• Harsh words. “extremist jihad”
• More updated.
• Chronological order.
• Presented with a more “official” viewpoint.
• Bias towards Osama being evil.
http://www.biography.com/articles/Osamabin-Laden-37172?part=1
Function.
• To persuade people that Osama is a evil man.
• To condemn Osama of his actions.
• To analyse Osama’s upbringing etc. which lead
to him being who he was.
• A shorter version of wikipedia’s article.
http://www.biography.com/articles/Osamabin-Laden-37172?part=1
Features/Forms
• Various sources. Put together.
• As a source of info.
• Chronological order.
• Factual.
• Emotionless. Raw materials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Lade
n
Function
• To provide people with information.
• To condemn Osama of his wrongdoings.
• Leaning towards America.
• Persuading people to condemn terrorism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Lade
n
Author
Pakistani Journalist
Biography.com
Wikipedia.com
Function
As a news report.
More or less a biased
report since there are no
inference, only Osama
was providing the
information.
As an biography.
Pretty much a
condensation of
Osama’s life and his
wrong doings,
condemning them
and persuading
people to hate him.
As an article.
A very wordy
overview of
Osama’s life.
Providing detailed
information.
Leaning towards
America,
condemning
terrorism.
Feature
Quotes.
No language features.
Praising himself to be
the first journalist to
interview Osama after 911.
Giving details.
From upbringing to
life experiences.
Words like “killed”
“executed” to
influence people to
take his wrong
deeds seriously.
Very detailed.
Various sources no
matter credible or
not.
Influence people to
believe in
eradicating
terrorism.
Form
Chronological order.
Chronological
Chronological order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYmK19d0U
Barack Obama's speech on Osama bin Laden's
death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLmG9mO
xLn4 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdSOuRGq
ZGU&feature=related Part 2 Osama bin Laden
biography