COM CO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pulp Magazine, Printing, Manuscript Culture
8 Nov 2018
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The gutenberg revolution: the invention of the printing press (1453-1456) Pulp fiction: a reference to the cheap, machine-made pulp paper. Human-interest stories: news accounts that focus on the daily trials and triumphs of the human condition, often featuring ordinary individuals facing extraordinary challenges. Muckrakers: individuals who are willing to crawl through society"s muck to uncover a story. Convergence: describes efforts to use the different strengths of different media to reach broader audiences and tell the world"s stories in new ways. Traditionalists: older, less affluent, less educated: integrators: well-educated, affluent, mostly middle-aged people, net-newsers: affluent, well-educated and relatively young, the disengaged: low levels of news interest and consumption. Forms of citizen journalism: audience participation, independent news or information websites, participatory news sites, collaborative and contributory news sites, thin media, personal broadcasting sites. Journalists give facts and share different perspectives. When you become a journalist, you do not have a normal job. As journalists, your job is to tell the truth.
