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Zach Thomas

9/11 Headline Analysis

1. Consider the information you have learned regarding the terrorist attacks on September

11, 2001. Address the following questions:

a. In what ways did you learn this information? (sources)

a. The majority of information I’ve learned about the terrorist attacks on

September 11, 2001 come from past classes in high school, especially

literature/English classes.

b. What sources would you consider reliable if you were researching this topic? Why?

a. Along with textbooks, documented photographs, and articles from the time, I

would consider most established news sources to be reliable if I were

researching this topic, mostly for two reasons: An event as traumatic as 9/11

is rarely portrayed any differently than what it is, and biased news stories

were a lot less relevant back then.

c. Compare and contrast the information you learned from textbooks, articles, news, etc. to

the information you learned from personal stories or experiences.

a. The information I’ve learned from textbooks, articles, and news sources are

all, for the most part, told from an outside perspective. They review the

overall event that occurred from an objective perspective, including the days

and moments leading up to the attacks, the horror that occurred during the

attacks, and the effects the attacks had on our country afterwards. With that

being said, the information I’ve learned from personal stories and
 experiences generally reveal what really went on inside the buildings, things

that the outside perspectives would’ve never seen. Additionally, many of

these stories and experiences are much more emotional. From what I

remember, a good portion of them are also rather heroic. Overall, when

learning information through personal stories and experiences, you’re given

the chance to learn more information as these stories are told from an

individual perspective, rather than the countries perspective that is usually

told in news sources, articles, and textbooks.

2. Review various front pages from September 12, 2001 newspapers here

(https://www.businessinsider.com/september-11-911-newspaper-headlines-2018-9)

Choose 3 of these newspapers and answer the following questions:

b. How do the 3 newspapers that you chose compare to one another? (Local,

regional, global, etc.) All three newspapers display emotion, particularly the

fear that took place on the previous day. They all achieve this with headlines

highlighting the fact that thousands of people died, as they all use specific

words like “War”, “Outrage”, and “Terror”. Additionally, they all depict

images of the attacked Twin Towers to further portray this fear. While they

all may not be national level newspapers, each one focuses on the impact the

event had on the U.S. as a whole.

c. Analyze the newspaper pages using the TAP model found on AsULearn.
i.

1. Text: This a Newspaper; Its genre of text is emotionally

informative; Symbolic (images) and Written (emotional diction)

codes and conventions are used; The ideology of uniting and

patriotism is evident; The text is balanced as it doesn’t attempt to

tell a different story, however from an opposing perspective it may

seem as if it’s biased because of the emotional language that is

used; The text can easily be connected to the time it was created

simply because of what it’s talking about and the images it uses;

The people of America that the article refers to are all in disbelief

and anguish.
2. Audience: The target audience for this text are the people of

America; I can provide evidence such as the publisher “The New

York Times” who produces articles addressing America as a

whole, and the diction used within the article such as “U.S.” and

“Nation”; People not addressed by this article are people who have

nothing to do with or don’t care about the attacks such as non-

Americans; The text appeals to its target audience by displaying

the horrific events that occurred on 9/11 through images and

words, and this appeals to them because these events happened to

their country.

3. Production: The New York Times and its writers published and

created this; Production techniques such as bold and emotional

headlines, attention grasping pictures, and quote inclusion were

used; The text is printed, marketed via news source advertising,

and distributed among the country; Basic copyright and plagiarism

laws govern the production and consumption of this text.

ii.

1. Text: This a Newspaper; Its genre of text is emotionally

informative; Symbolic (images) and Written (emotional diction)

codes and conventions are used; The ideology of uniting and

patriotism is evident; The text is balanced as it doesn’t attempt to

tell a different story, however from an opposing perspective it may

seem as if it’s biased because of the emotional language that is

used; The text can easily be connected to the time it was created

simply because of what it’s talking about and the images it uses;

The people of America that the article refers to are all in disbelief

and anguish.
2. Audience: The target audience for this text are the people of

America; I can provide evidence such as the publisher “Daily

News” who produces articles addressing America as a whole and

New York, and the diction used within the article such as "World

Trade Center”; People not addressed by this article are people who

have nothing to do with or don’t care about the attacks such as

non-Americans; The text appeals to its target audience by

displaying the horrific events that occurred on 9/11 through images

and words, and this appeals to them because these events happened

to their country.

3. Production: Daily News and its writers published and created this;

Production techniques such as bold and emotional headlines,

attention grasping pictures, and quote inclusion were used; The

text is printed, marketed via news source advertising, and

distributed among the country; Basic copyright and plagiarism

laws govern the production and consumption of this text.

iii.

1. Text: This a Newspaper; Its genre of text is emotionally

informative; Symbolic (images) and Written (emotional diction)

codes and conventions are used; The ideology of uniting and

patriotism is evident; The text is balanced as it doesn’t attempt to

tell a different story, however from an opposing perspective it may

seem as if it’s biased because of the emotional language that is

used; The text can easily be connected to the time it was created

simply because of what it’s talking about and the images it uses;

The people of America that the article refers to are all in disbelief

and anguish.
 2. Audience: The target audience for this text are the people of

America/ the city of Atlanta and state of Georgia; I can provide

evidence such as the publisher “The Atlanta Constitution” who

produces articles addressing America as a whole and the city of

Atlanta or state of Georgia, and the diction used within the article

such as "New York” and “Washington”; People not addressed by

this article are people who have nothing to do with or don’t care

about the attacks such as non-Americans; The text appeals to its

target audience by displaying the horrific events that occurred on

9/11 through images and words, and this appeals to them because

these events happened to their country.

3. Production: The Atlanta Constitution and its writers published

and created this; Production techniques such as bold and emotional

headlines, attention grasping pictures, and quote inclusion were

used; The text is printed, marketed via news source advertising,

and distributed among the city/state; Basic copyright and

plagiarism laws govern the production and consumption of this

text.

d. For what purpose do you believe these specific headlines/stories/images were

chosen? The entire country was in complete fear, disbelief, and terror after

an extremely significant event occurred the day before. The specific

headlines, stories, and images were chosen because the country expects to

receive information regarding something so impactful.

e. Do these pages paint a different picture from what you had previously learned

about this event? Why or why not? These pages don’t paint a different picture

for me at all because I’ve learned a lot about the attacks in the past, and

these articles only really depict what was obviously known at the time: The

horrific images and the overall story.

 Football Tribune

Packers Oust Steelers for Fourth Super Bowl Ring

February 6th, 2011

In a clash between two very successful

franchises, the Green Bay Packers defeated

the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to win Super

Bowl XLV, and capture their 4th Super

Bowl Win, and 13th World championship

victory. The Packers took a rather

improbable road to glory as they ended the

regular season with a 10-6 record, and

were placed in the 6th seed in NFC’s playoff bracket. Prior to this game, only one team,

the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, had ever won a super bowl as a 6th seed. However, against

all odds, the Green Bay Packers won the big game on the back of Super Bowl MVP

Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw for 304 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions. Most

of the game was controlled by Green Bay, in fact the Steelers never did secure a lead at

any point of the game. After scoring three touchdowns and claiming a 21-3 lead, the

Steelers found the endzone just before halftime, cutting the lead down to 21-10. After

halftime the two teams each scored touchdowns, then the Steelers cut the lead down to

three with a 25-yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion halfway through the 4th

quarter, bringing the score to 28-25. Despite their great effort, the Steelers fell short of

completing a comeback victory as the Packers nailed a field goal, and prevented the
Steelers from scoring on their final drive, bring the final score to 31-25. This game was

broadcasted on Fox and averaged a whopping 111 million viewers, which broke the

record at the time for the most-watched program in American television history.