Type of photo used & size of photo
Photo Of PAP candidates
Photo Of WP candidates
For singapore Lian He Zao Bao, the type of photo captured for PAP is usually decent and clean, giving the readers a good impression of the party while the photo used for opposition parties are usually distorted causing the party to look not as trustworthy as compared to PAP. The size for PAP photos usually covered a bigger amount of space on a newspaper as compared to opposition parties which usually only covered the amount of 1/10 of a piece of newspaper. As for taiwan media, be it China Times or Apple Daily, the type of photos used for the different parties are generally the same. There wasn’t any preferences of the type of photo used.
Number of reports per day
For Singapore media reports, the number of reports on PAP is generally more than the number of report covered on the opposition party. It is approximate ratio of 6:4. This shows that Singapore print media is biased towards PAP which we fill that it is unfair.
The length of each report
Reports on PAP are usually longer than reports for the opposition party. This shows that the Singapore media is trying to portray that PAP is a party with more experiences by giving the readers more information of the party. This is definitely a great advantage for PAP because voters get to know more about the party and understand about them.
As for the opposition party, the reports are usually shorter in length as compared to PAP. This is quite unfair to them because with the lack of information given to the voters, the opposition parties tend to lose supporters which is a disadvantage to them during election.
The photo angle
Photo of WP candidates
The photos on news reports for the PAP are usually more presentable than the opposition parties. In most of the reports we came across, the photos of PAP candidates during election tend to be formal. This will cause voters to have a better impression of the party. However, the photos of the opposition parties on print media are usually taken from low angle. Low angle photos turn out to be less professional which will affect the impression of them to the voters reading the news.
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