journalism. what is news? struggle between negative and positive pseudo-events (staged events for...
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Journalism
What IS News? Struggle between negative and positive
Pseudo-events (staged events for media)
Soft news (vs. hard news)
Agenda setting
Penny Press Period appeal to a
general audience, entertain or even
sensationalistic A detached,
neutral perspective in reporting events
Beginning of “editorial” and “opinion” pages
Objectivity=Wire Services Associated Press (AP) UPI, Reuters
1 story=manyPapers, so needTo be neutral.
Yellow Journalism Period Pulitzer vs. Hearst Quest to sell more
copies Sensational journalism Pulitzer=standards for
accuracy; Hearst=not so
tabloid format with an emphasis on photography
Muckrakers=investigative
TV News
Changing Nature of News
News Hole: the space left after advertising has been placed in the paper/timeslot). (determines how much room the paper or broadcast has for news) 30 min broadcast may have 23 min of news
and 7 of ads. Bigger “news hole” now with 24/7 coverage Less discriminating in terms of what is covered
(?)
Foundations of Journalism “Free and responsible press”
Public = right to info Press = responsibility to give info, moral duty
Separation between content and business (ads) …harder now with corporate news
Fairness and balance (try to present all sides equally)
Expert sources =give credibility
Framing How is a story to be told? What language
is used?
How News Gets Made More soft vs. hard news (why so?) News…
“manufactured” (AP Daybook, press releases, pseudo events)
Reporters and “beats” people: editors, reporters,
copyeditors/proofers, design/layout, camera and video crews for TV
Concerns in profession (p294-297): loss of revenues, layoffs/pay, diversity
Journalism Types Interpretive reporting (broader context) New Journalism/Literary journalism Advocacy journalism (reform)
Alternative Journalism
Citizen Journalism
Differences in international coverage?
*24/7 Cycle---how do keep up? How to keep print in sync or different from web-based?
*Nontraditional news sources (trustworthy? Biased?)
*User habits (quick skim, following links)
*Personaliziation (the “Daily Me”)
*Context
*Convergence
*DIGITAL DIVIDE
*TRANSITION=certain aspects dying, certain aspects thriving/growing
*Problems: corporate news, $$ pressures
*Journalists will have to become multi-media