JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tabloid Journalism, Intertextuality, Government Simulation Game
23 Sep 2020
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A double shift in us journalism infotainment. The us press after vietnam and watergate - political cynicisum plus. Analyses describe the fall of us journalism from a time of serious, professional news to current superficial, negative news. Offering a skeptical view of politics it"s all about strategy, political game, Reporting politics rather than policy game schema prevails over policy . personal benefit, and so on. Strategic news coverage focused on polticians" motives and style rather than content and policies fuels political cynicism. Vicious cycle press feeds cynicisum, public is more cynical, press. Similar trends around the world reports broad cynicism. Coverage is more critical of politicians, more cynical about politics. More personalized coverage, closer look at private lives of politicians. The personal is political dominates much of news coverage. Long tradition of commericialism in us press yet . Strong tendency towards entertainment, particularly driven by local television. Adoption of tabloid techniques and tabloid content by prestige press.
