According to the idea of the social construction of the news, by adhering to an objectively model (a dispassionate and impartial adherence to the facts) journalists…
Act as technicians in the maintenance of the status quo
Political economy of the news
In communication studies, this area often examines the institutional aspects of media systems, with particular attention to the relationship between owners, consumers and advertisers
What year and place was Emmet Till murdered?
1955 in Money, Mississippi
How did alternative news stations and mostly black owned and staffed newspapers, portray Emmett Till’s death?
-portrayed him as innocent and humane
-described Till’s murder as part of a large pattern of oppression
-often described Till by his nickname, “Bobo” or “Bo”
How did standard news stations, mostly white-owned and staffed newspapers, portray Emmett Till’s death?
These papers defined the case that Till invited his own death
What was the change from how journalists describe immigrants who have no documentation
Illegal immigrant/alien to undocumented immigrant
what is broccoli journalism?
Journalists give the public the news that they think is good for them, not necessarily the news they want.
Ambient journalism
A phenomenon where the news is “always on” meaning that news doesn’t have to be consciously consumed.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
This law dramatically reduced important Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations on cross ownership and allowed giant corporations to buy up the thousands of media outlets across the country, increasing their monopoly on the flow of information.
what is an effect of consolidated media?
Less diversity of viewpoints
Limited effects
people generally choose what to watch or read based on what they already believe, media exerts a negligible influence.
agenda setting
the ability of the news media to influence the salience of topics
placement of the text
the ability of the news media to influence the salience of topics.
how did the theory of agenda setting begin
a 1968 on a presidential election and the news.
echo chamber effect
news media copy/repeat/reinforce each other’s new stories
clickbait
Online content that is of a sensational or provocative nature, whose main purpose is to attract attention and draw visitors to a particular web page
when is the pulitzer prize usually awarded?
April
what is NOT generally accepted as a criterion for news?
entertaining
how much did newspapers cost before they became a penny
6 cents
what was the name of lincoln’s war secretary
Edwin Stanton
what is NOT one of the paradigms of journalism, according to Mindich?
Cooperation
what formalized social responsibility in journalism
the hutchins commission
social responsibility theory
demands that journalists, in the news reports that they create, provide both facts and context
Among the considerations for the notion that reporters cannot be truly objective is notion that _________________?
- reporters are not robots
- reporters come from a possibly vast array of different racial/ethnic backgrounds
- reporters come to the newsroom with an inherent belief system
- reporters come from a vast array of socio-economic backgrounds
