CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Emily Bell, Netflix, Attention Economy
25 Mar 2017
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The stories and images we see / hear in media are never presented simply but are constructed by people and guided by combinations of ideals, ideologies, etc: this is the process of mediation. There are varieties of journalism, particularly with the introduction of digital media: new journalism, advocacy journalism, peace journalism, etc. Journalists operate within a specific environment guided by a set of ideals and audience expectations that dinstinguish this practice by other kinds of content creation. Journalism provides the public with factual information and commentary about current events however, it is a manufactured product. News items are stories- they have characters, conflicts and narrative structures. News stories are selections of facts based on if it is newsworthy . Different areas of news are considered newsworthy depending on the organization"s focus and its audience. The 7 determinants of newsworthiness: time, impact (how many people it will affect, prominence (events involving well known people / places, proximity, conflict, peculiarity, currency.
