CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Soft Media, Capitalism, Hierarchical Organization

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

Document Summary

News value what makes news worthy? depends on the audience: public interest considerations, commercial considerations. Organizational structure what type of media is this; affects reporting, staff. Ideology generally accepted 5 sets of values in western: economic value of free market and free enterprise, social values of individualism and mobility, pragmatism, naturalisation, actualization of enlightenment values scientific vs. dogmatic. Complaint/ critique that news has been dumbed down dramatically. Distinction of low culture and high culture. People have lost trust in govt and media enterprises. Soft news sells better than hard news] John oliver, the daily show, and others like them, blur the line between hard news and soft news. Recent years= breakdown of pipeline model sshhaarriinngg eeqquuaalliittyy ooff iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn:: bbuutt nnooww wwee jjuusstt rraaccee ttoo bbee tthhee ffiirrsstt ttoo bbrreeaakk nneewwss rreedduucceess ggaatteekkeeeeppiinngg aanndd ddeecclliinniinngg iinn pprrooooff cchheecckkiinngg. Ccnnnn eeffffeecctt:: 2244 hhoouurr nneewwss ccyyccllee;; ccoonnssttaanntt rreelleeaassee ooff iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn ttaakkeess aawwaayy ttoo ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo tthhiinnkk aabboouutt ddeecciissiioonnss ppoolliittiicciiaannss ccoonnssttaannttllyy ppuuttttiinngg oouutt ffiirreess.