Hearing vs. Reading
Reading this article and hearing this article gave me 2 different emotions. I felt sympathy when reading the article, but hearing the voices of the victim and her loved ones mad me feel extremely sad, especially since one of my family members were once in Emily's shoes. When I read the article, it didn't have a lot of background information about Emily's life or the perspective of her loved ones. The audio definitely had more description and in depth detail about who Emily was. It also gave details about what happened step by step. For example, her boyfriend stated his reaction when he first received the news and recited the phone conversation he had with Emily's mother. This provided a lot of imagery, especially with the sound effects in the background. The sad music plating in the audio provided a sad tone to the story.
The article is more of a summary of what occurred, but the audio with the perspective of Emily's mom and boyfriend had so much detail and emotion. The article was written by someone who didn't know Emily and gave an overall view of what happened. On the other hand, the audio contained memories, stories, and personality traits of Emily. Hearing the actual voice recording of Emily responding to her boyfriend was very shocking and exciting. It felt as if I was in the hospital room with Emily, communicating with her. Audio is more emotional and saddening than reading an article because you actually hear the pain and helplessness in Emily's voice. I noticed that the article didn't go into detail about Emily's physical condition (maybe in the confidentiality of her loved ones), but the audio said she was swollen, bloody, and her intestines were taken out of her body and put on top of her so she could breathe. Print is less emotional and more of a brief summary. Audio is more descriptive and provides a lot of background information, such as Emily's childhood.
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