JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Press Freedom Index, Advocacy Journalism, Bangalore
17 Sep 2020
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In absence of press freedom, censorship is a major problem. Publicly-funded media can enjoy many of the same freedoms when safeguards are in place. Liberal, commercialized media often criticized for delivering content with less substance to attract audiences and advertisers. One study of public and private channels in uk, france, germany, and us: More extensive (elections) coverage on public than commercial channels (esser, A study of channels in denmark, finland, uk, and us: public service television gives greater attention to public affairs and international news, and thereby fosters greater knowledge in these areas, than the market model (curran 2009) Decline of political orders based on traditional institutions. Commercialization: from the world of politics to the world of commerce. Focus on private life, growth of infotainment. Advocacy journalism persists in europe and might be growing in the us. Professionalism was based on separating the journalist from the commercial logic of the media industry, but current practices undercut this separation.
