CMN 601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Personalization, Science News, News Values
29 Apr 2016
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Lecture 6- text- science journalism and the public sphere. In science news, scientific claims often seem more certain than they actually are. Narrative- stories that people tell about themselves and their world structure the meaning of texts. Form- the story is told (genre, point of view, stream of consciousness, structure) Informative- deliver max amt. of info in most economical and efficient way; expository + descriptive; hard lead- inverted pyramid= just the facts (descending news values) Persuasive- influences matters of judgement not certainty; explanatory/ evaluative, immersive, character development, soft lead, showing rather than telling- classical narrative structure. Journalistic norms that affect how science is reported. Personalization- downplay the big social, economic/ political picture for trials, tragedies. Dramatization- emphasize crisis over continuity- downplay important aspects that may not be exciting or controversial. Novelty- not new unless something new to report. Authority-order bias- concerned w/ order, along w/ related questions of whether authorities are capable of establishing or restoring it.
