- Find one (1) headline that you came across recently and thought it was great. You are to explain why it resonated with you. Please ensure that you base your answers only topics discussed in class. Meaning, based on course content discussed in class, you are to tie specific elements that we discussed constituted a “good” headline or “elements” of a good headline and how this specific element is referenced in the headline that resonated with you. (6 Marks)
One headline that I have come across recently and thought was graeat was a headline titled “If You Need A Break From The Chaos In The World, These 21 Super Random Funny Tweets Will Bring You 5 Minutes of Peace”[i]
This headline resonated with me because:
- It Relates to Me: One reason why this headline resonates with me is because it relates to me. I love reading funny tweets and found this headline to be interesting. It talks about something that I find to be interesting, which is why it’s the headline that drew my attention the most from all the headlines surrounding it. In class, we discussed how important it is for headlines to be relatable, and this headline had something that I found to be relevant to myself, which in my case was it talking about funny tweets.
It Was Unique: Another reason why this headline resonates with me si because I found it to be unique. Instead of it just being a simple headline such as “21 Super Random Funny Tweets”, it instead it drew you in by using more context in it by giving you a reason as to WHY you would want to read some funny tweets.
[i] Murrell, M. (2025, February 23). 21 super funny and random tweets that you need to see. BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganmurrell/super-funny-random-tweets-you-need-to-see
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