CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Capitalism, Joseph Howe, Bbc World News

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

Transplant period (1752-1807)- first newspaper was in halifax by john buchsel- newspapers were monthlys that came from the government and the stories were the info that the ppl gave the government/ they were for debates and advertising. Growth period (1807-1858) (1. industrialization led to the intro of steam presses so we can strt making greater copies of them, 2. Immigration was important bc it was a good means in learning language and 4. Case of joseph howe (important to canandian context bc he said that the governor was doing wrong in the newspaper as a journalist but then he was seen as innocent bc of freedom of press) Dawn of yellow journalism (aka tabloid press starts to emerge) Journalists serve the public by providing what the public demands. Newsroom = business office (less in canada bc we have a hybrid system bc the presentation of news is done through reporting sensationism and we want our audience.