COMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Todd Gitlin, Penny Press, Technological Convergence
20 Mar 2019
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Week 7 october 30th, 2018: the press. Agenda: announcements, from chronicles to journalism, public sphere theory, history of journalism. Media diary (cont"d: portfolio submission (5, diary submission (5, diary completion (35, on topic (15, evidence (20, writing (15, presentation (5) From chronicles (greek word time") to journalism: dead chronicles: things that happened before. Live chronicles: recording things as they happen: the public sphere, structural transformation of the public sphere by j rgen habermas, three spheres of social life: Intimate sphere of family, friends, etc: private sphere of voluntary associations, world of business, contracts, clubs, societies etc, public sphere: a realm of our social life in which something approaching public opinion can be formed . Four theories of the press: authoritarian theory. Most prominent in authoritarian countries but re-emerges, e. g. , during wartime or national emergencies. Free expression prioritized, but free press not sufficient guarantee of individual free expression: social responsibility theory.
