Bcom 275 Message In A Tunnel
Message in A Tunnel
Emily Kash
BCOM 275
November 5, 2012
Peter Grove
There is a major difference in how information is portrayed depending on the audience. Often times, when informing the population of terrible news the audience is looking for as many facts as the journalists will put out there. The miners and the families of the miners trapped in the Chilean copper mine collapse wanted to know everything that was going on and exactly what was going to be done in order to rectify the situation as well as how soon the workers could come home.
Juan Weik, who wrote the article “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse,” sent out nothing but facts. There was no emotion, no sympathy, but enough facts to let the scared families know what had happened, what was being accomplished, and that investigations were being carried out to gather more information. Weik did not have all of the facts, but he did not assume facts either. His message was basic, an incident occurred, rescue attempts are being made, there was no confirmation of survivors, …show more content…
The article by Parry and Rettner tells explains that the families sent messages to the workers giving them bits and pieces of information. They were sent lights and food supplies that they managed to ration out equally with enough to keep in reserve because they were unsure of their demise. The best news that the workers received was that they were capable of being reached. This news reached the workers when a message was sent down to them via a hole that was dug in search for survivors. The fact that the rescuers were able to reach the survivors sent a plethora of messages in one action. 1) That the collapse was known of, 2) rescue attempts were being made, 3) information could be transferred, 4) supplies could be sent down, and 5) all of them could
Emily Kash
BCOM 275
November 5, 2012
Peter Grove
There is a major difference in how information is portrayed depending on the audience. Often times, when informing the population of terrible news the audience is looking for as many facts as the journalists will put out there. The miners and the families of the miners trapped in the Chilean copper mine collapse wanted to know everything that was going on and exactly what was going to be done in order to rectify the situation as well as how soon the workers could come home.
Juan Weik, who wrote the article “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse,” sent out nothing but facts. There was no emotion, no sympathy, but enough facts to let the scared families know what had happened, what was being accomplished, and that investigations were being carried out to gather more information. Weik did not have all of the facts, but he did not assume facts either. His message was basic, an incident occurred, rescue attempts are being made, there was no confirmation of survivors, …show more content…
The article by Parry and Rettner tells explains that the families sent messages to the workers giving them bits and pieces of information. They were sent lights and food supplies that they managed to ration out equally with enough to keep in reserve because they were unsure of their demise. The best news that the workers received was that they were capable of being reached. This news reached the workers when a message was sent down to them via a hole that was dug in search for survivors. The fact that the rescuers were able to reach the survivors sent a plethora of messages in one action. 1) That the collapse was known of, 2) rescue attempts were being made, 3) information could be transferred, 4) supplies could be sent down, and 5) all of them could