COMM 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Citizen Kane, Malcolm Gladwell, Boaty Mcboatface

• School: Fordham University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMM 1010
• Professor: Dijana Jelaca

Document Summary

Objective versus story-driven journalism in late 1800s, majority of publishers believed that they would sell more papers by reaching out to specific groups. Most major newspapers employed a partisan approach to writing, churching out political stories and using news to sway popular opinion in 1896, the new york times took a radical approach to reporting. Employ objectivity or impartiality to satisfy a wide range of readers. The new york times became first of many papers to demonstrate that the press could be economically as well as ethically successful . Citizen kane kane pushed for sensationalist journalism. If the headline is big enough, the news is big enough . 1923: time magazine launched as first major publication to step away from simple objectivity. Give readers new but elaborate and analyze it. Editors of other publications rethought how they might reach out to readers in interrelated world. 1930s: great depression and nazi threat to global stability.