Differences And Similarities Between A Current Affair And The Project

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Programs that report on recent news stories follow a similar structure, however some aspects may vary. A Current Affair and The Project both qualify as a current affair programs as they focus on recent events. Both programs air at different time periods and have similar formats at times. A Current Affair produces more detail in a shorter time period, while using a formal tone. While The Project produces more stories with less detail for some of the stories, while it transitions between formal and informal tones. Though the two programs are categorised in the same way, they are vaguely different and follow dissimilar patterns.

The two programs, a Current Affair (airing at 7PM on April 20th) and The Project (airing at 6:30PM on April 20th) both …show more content…

A Current Affair is on five days a week, for half an hour, while the Project also goes on air for an hour each weeknight. While the Project has a longer running time, the program shows more stories with less details then the shorter program of a Current Affair. The Project relies on humour between the hosts and the quick-witted jokes made at the expense of the story and/or those involved. However, a Current Affair produced one main story through the entire episode, with one host (Tracey Grimshaw) and one presenter (Dan Nolan). Targeted the audience’s sense of remorse and sympathy, for the story of young women who was assaulted on a trip to Bali. The programs evoke these emotions and feelings through a number of ways, particularly by giving as much details and facts as possible. Similarly, they both have a quick transition between the tones the hosts and presenters use and how they address the story and topics they are presenting. A Current Affair quickly transitions from the use of rhetorical questions (forcing the audience to question their beliefs, concerns or ideas) to stating the facts, therefore answering any questions they have created for the …show more content…

The Project focuses on the stories, which have affected Australia, or been in the headlines within the last two weeks. However, A Current Affair’s main story began several months ago and continues into the present day. The different time period that the stories follow have an effect on how the reports are presented and the amount of information that is given and the techniques used. Whereas the Project is forced to repeat questions in order to get an answer that has been dogged by those who leave ‘a lot of unanswered questions’ and the miscommunication caused by the time lapse in live, video interviews. Problems such as these are not experienced by a Current Affair due to the different techniques used in investigating stories, which causes advantages and disadvantages for both the programs. The use of live information and miscommunication caused through them can leave information gaps – a problem, which does not affect a Current Affair to the same degree. Using prepared packages allow the editors to arrange the information in a way, which will force the audience to be affected by it in some way, without the use of

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