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For my article analysis, I have chosen to look at a Q&A, and how they have used conventional features of an article. Straight away I noticed that they have used different fonts, sizes and colours to highlight the text that will hook their target audience in most. They have used Gratification Theory to increase their rates of social interaction, social identity, and their use of text for information and entertainment.
This article which I am analysing is called ‘Cash for Questions’, released on July 11th 2018 and written by Paul Stokes, it is a Q&A for a famous indie rock band known as ‘alt j’. Reading this article, I found evidence of the journalistic techniques of the who, what, where, why, when and how. The book of kells – Trinity College Dublin’s The Long Room is one of the world’s most impressive libraries, it seems a fitting location for alt-J, here to play in the grounds as a part of a summer series of gigs.
The layout of the article shows how it is a Q&A, it uses the rule of 3’s, the first column being about how the band first met, and all of their achievements as a band, the second column being about popular opinion’s on how the band is represented, including all of the member’s responses to these claims, the third column being the actual Q&A. The questions from the fans are mainly about their music careers, one being about how they spend their money from awards they have won.
I am aware of the presence of a journalist as there is a clear introduction of the band on who they are, how they met and what they’ve won. The journalist also describes what the band have been up to lately, and it adds some context to the photos of them in the actual magazine, by context I mean why they are in a library, how it represents them and it gives some history about the location, majority of the article are words quoted from the band itself.
Overall, at first appearance they seem quite nerdy for a rock band, however after reading the way that they respond to people them calling them nerdy, they sound very casual and laid back.