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Jenna Condit, Courtney Cooper, Natalie Couling, Sarah Crowe


Top Headlines
A. The Boomerang Effect-"What's wrong with McCain's Wall Street Attacks?

            -The "Boomerang Effect" headline appears big and bold as part of a
headline slide-show. The article itself is about how presidential
candidate John McCain has been making statements criticizing his
opponent Barack Obama in hypocritical ways. The video which is attached
to the article shows several members of team Obama being referred to in
negative ways, all approved by John McCain.


B. The Captain of the Street- What they got away with.

    -The "Captain of the Street" headline is the cover story of the Newsweek
magazine currently on stands and shows a picture of what the cover looks
like. The article talks about several big time CEO's who have
manipulated their businesses for their own personal benefit. The article
is layed out as a slide-show stating who the CEO is, what corporation
they represent, and what they got away with.












C. Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor gets 15 to life

    -This particular headline was located under the "Latest Headlines" at
the center of the website. The article is about the recent re-conviction
of a woman in California whose dogs killed a neighbor in their apartment
complex in 2001. The woman was previously charged with involuntary
manslaughter however that was overturned and recently changed=2
0from a 4 year sentence to a 15 to life sentence.

Question: Does the site offer a list of the most popular or most emailed articles?

3. Answer: Yes, the site offers a list of the most viewed and most emailed articles.
The most viewed and emailed articles differ little from the front page articles; in
fact, a few are front page stories. Most are about the '08 presidential campaign and
candidates and the current financial crisis

Question: To what extend does the site incorporate journal- style blogs?

4. Answer: Newsweek has blogs written by its columnists and commented by readers.
Each columnist has his/her own blog to which they post.

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5. Yes. Newsweek.com does incorporate reader comments and has discussion boards
available to subscribed users under the tab Voices at the top of the page.

Question: To what extent does the site incorporate multimedia
such as video or audio clips?
6. Video clips are available on the homepage of Newsweek.com as well as under the
tab Voices. Here is the link that will take you to the video page under Voices.

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