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I read an article headlined "refugees will turn into terrorists". Soon after opening the article and reading it, I realised the heading was completely manipulative and portrayed the content of the article as something it was not. 

The article was in fact against the statement in the title, however the journalist made the reader think it was a dramatic, slating article, which provokes us to be more intrigued and want to read the report. 

Although the title did make me think that the report would be dissing and saying bad things about refugees, it was actually saying that is just some people's perspectives and that there is nothing in history to imply that the refugees will carry out a terrorist attack. It also suggests society are using the "refugees are terrorists" statement as an excuse to turn away innocent, vulnerable people trying to flee from violence. 

When I initially saw this headline, I immediately thought of another news report I read on a different website. However the content was different. The one I saw before insisted that refugees are terrorists and that it has been made official by an actual terrorist group leader. Nonetheless, the report didn't have pure evidence, they were just basing their strong accusations on what the terrorists have said in the past. 

Although the headline of the article is misleading, I can understand why they done it. The likelihood of people reading the article with a far fetched heading such as the one I have looked at is much higher than something we hear a lot such as "refugees accused to be terrorists but that is not true". Therefore, using a scandalous heading would enable the reporters to spread their good word easily. In my opinion, this is because we love drama and scandal and are interested by negative things in regards to positive. 

Overall I think the accusations comparing refugees to terrorists are very callous and regardless of how many past events may be used as evidence, some articles should be more sensitive and give the benefit of the doubt.

This commercial uses a variety of aspects to keep the audience intrigued. Although we find out what the advert is promoting within 5 seconds of the advert, we still want to watch the rest of it. This could be due to all the different features used. 

We are shown an average young man in his room, which is presented as a typical teenager room (messy), this already allows the viewer to relate themselves to the commercial. This boy is narrating the advert, using direct address telling us about him from first person. His voice is clear which allows us to understand what he is saying, keeping us interested in the advert. However, the voice is not the only audio code we hear, we also can hear cheers and bells, perhaps causing the audience to be curious as to what is going to happen or where this boy will end up. 

The surroundings of this boy are not fancy. We are shown an abandoned looking field and old rusty gyms. This can further give the audience a sense of relation to this boy. These surroundings are used initially to present the idea that one does not need to be wealthy or have the best equipment or lifestyle to chase their dreams and try hard. 

Later on in the commercial, we are shown the boy is on Vegas, starting off his dream, which we are still not actually told. Right after this, we are shown a group of different aged people, who are still back in the initial place, not Vegas. These are most likely the boy's family. This emphasises the relation to the audience. This family doesn't look fancy or snobby, just a common family. They are all eating pot noodles, which reminds the viewer of the product being promoted. 

We are lastly shown the TV, which has a boxing ring on it. This suggests the idea that the boy has trained to be a professional boxer, and with help of Pot Noodle, he has been able to accomplish this and have his first fight on national TV. However, seconds later there is a plot twist which defeats gender stereotypes. The young man we have been watching train to be a boxer, has in fact been training to be a ring-man. This is most likely done to add humour into the commercial, making it memorable, therefore making the Pot Noodle product memorable, exactly what the company wants. 

So I just made this super snazzy blog. That is all.