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DISCUSSION

Name : Derry MelianiePutriAlkhalifii

Class : E

English Department

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INFOTAINMENT PROGRAMS

Do tou like news,which reveals the life of celebrities? If you do,thentou must enjoy watching infotainment programs on TV.Many people condemn the content of the infotainment programs.However , the TV ratings show that an infotainment program is one of the most watched TV programs.

People who found the infotainment programs believe that the contents of the infotainmentare basedon the fact and can encourage celebrities to do positive things in public.They also believe that journalist of these programs always try to find the thruth behind the gossip.Moreover,celebrities need such programs to blow up their profile.These programs give a room or mutual needs : reporters and celebrities.Reporters need the story ,while celebrities need fame.

Nevertheless , there also some people who strongly object to the good point of infotainment programs.They say that infotainment programs are merely about slandering another person.Sometimes the programs goes too afr into the privates lives of people.For example ,gossips about a divorce or about someone cheating on his/her spouse often become the headlines.The worst thing is,sometimes,the stories are reported without firstly seeking the information or confirmation from the person involved in the stories.

So far,infotainment programs have become a dilemma for viewers . On one had,these programs can run stories on how celebrities build their career and how they feel about being famous ,but in the other hand,these programs also bring terrible concequences especially for celebrities whose private lives are scrutinized .

Discussion

INFOTAINMENT PROGRAMS

·         Issue   

Pargraph 1

1.      Many people condemn the content of the infotainment programs.

2.      Advantages and disvantages of infotainment programs

·         Argument For

Paragraph 2

People who found the infotainment programs believe that the contents of the infotainmentare based on the fact and can encourage celebrities to do positive things in public.They also believe that journalist of these programs always try to find the thruth behind the gossip.Moreover,celebrities need such programs to blow up their profile.These programs give a room or mutual needs : reporters and celebrities.Reporters need the story ,while celebrities need fame.

·         Argument Against

Paragraph 3

Nevertheless , there also some people who strongly object to the good point of infotainment programs.They say that infotainment programs are merely about slandering another person.Sometimes the programs goes too afr into the privates lives of people.For example ,gossips about a divorce or about someone cheating on his/her spouse often become the headlines.The worst thing is,sometimes,the stories are reported without firstly seeking the information or confirmation from the person involved in the stories.

·         Conclusion and recommendation

Paragraph 4

So far,infotainment programs have become a dilemma for viewers . On one had,these programs can run stories on how celebrities build their career and how they feel about being famous ,but in the other hand,these programs also bring terrible concequences especially for celebrities whose private lives are scrutinized .

Type of text                         : DISCUSSION

Purpose                               :to present (at least) two points of view about an issue

Generic Structure             :  

·         Issue

1.      Statement

2.      Preview

·         Argument for and against or statement of differing points of view

1.      Points

2.      Elaboration

·         Conclusion or recommendation

Discussion is                        :

§  Focus on generic human and generic non human participant

§  Use of

1.      Material processes

2.      Relational processes

3.      Mental processes

§  Use of comparative : contrastive and consequential conjunctions

§  Reasoning expressedas verbs and nouns (abstraction)