Question

Explain three ways print media and television media covered the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon differently.

Answer 1

The following are some of the portrayals of the Apollo 11 mission by the print and television media:
On September 16, 1962, the date Armstrong's selection as an astronaut was announced, his parents were flown to New York to appear on the television game show I've Got a Secret. After their secret was guessed, host Garry Moore commented "Wouldn't it be something if your son were the first man on the moon?" The episode has been shown on Game Show Network although Armstrong himself never saw it until his biographer brought him a copy of the tape.
The Apollo 11 mission is used as part of the main story line in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The movie described the mission, indeed the reason for the Apollo program's existence, as a means to investigate a meteor crash on the dark side of the moon, which turns out to be the Ark, the space vessel carrying one of the Autobots, Sentinel Prime. Buzz Aldrin has a brief cameo in the film, playing himself.
The Apollo 11 mission, and more specifically the moment Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon's surface, plays a crucial role in the Doctor Who episode "Day of the Moon". The Doctor is shown altering wiring inside the Command Module on the launch pad, and video of the mission launch is also shown, the purpose being to put a short clip of a post-hypnotic suggestion into the most watched piece of footage in history to help the human race defend themselves from the Silence, 'memory-proof' aliens.

Answer 2

Newspapers covered the story objectively and matter-of-factly through journalistic reports that simply informed the reader of the progress and the events as they occurred. Television news presented the story in a more entertaining and personal way.

Television provided people with a sense of unity that newspapers could not. And print media covered the story in reports that appeared after the fact.

The newspaper became an historical document that captured a moment in time whereas television covered the Moon landing live as it occurred.