Thursday, 22 September 2016

Technology National News Analysis

This news article is form the BBC News. This talks about how USB sticks in Australia have a harmful virus.


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The 5W's:

Who: Residents of Pakenham
What: USB sticks containing a harmful malware
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: Pakenham, a suburb of Melbourne in Australia
Why: The virus infected the internal network of computers running Windows.

News Values:

Immediacy: This story came out quickly. Therefore, it was breaking news.
Impact: This can effect our own lives on a daily basis because if we buy/get memory sticks and plug them into our computers, we could lose lots of data.
Negativity: This is bad news.
Scandal:  This can provoke moral outrage to people because it will make us realise that if we buy an USB stick, it may contain a virus.

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