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The broad range of discourse across the media allows for individuals to express their prevalent views on topics and issues in society, and in this case whether or not college athletes should be paid. This range allows for diverse types of voice, purpose, and media context; all the while allowing for different types of audiences to find all kinds of articles for their pleasure or learning experience. Formal and informal articles have their key differences that separate them to convey different purposes. This is evident in how an informal magazine like Complex would have a different purpose compared to a more formal New York Times article. My informal article has entertainment purposes, all the while it keeps a common purpose of persuading the audience to be in favor of paying college athletes. The purpose is different slightly in my formal article in that while it has same view on persuasion, it elaborates on details, and shows how to actually execute a plan to pay college athletes. The biggest part of the issue is that the NCAA made $989 million in 2014 alone, and the schools in the FBS, the top tier of Division 1 football alone, made $2.7 billion dollars in revenue while accruing a $1.3 billion profit. All the while the athletes fueling this multi million dollar enterprise don't make a dime and have harsh restrictions against donations or benefits of any kind.  How they use voice is how the articles differ; The Complex article uses more of a voice of like that of a conversation, while the New York Times is a more of an informational use. This is suited to the media context and audience in that Complex wants to grab the reader’s attention and stay engrossed in the article of not as highlighted issue. This is not the case for the New York Times article in that it assumes the audience is more knowledgeable in the topic and uses things like counterarguments to keep the audience to think and debate about the topic. Between the two media sources it is obvious that voice and purpose is dictated by the media’s context and targeted audience due to the articles clear difference in these categories.