JOUR-AD 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acta Diurna
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Chapter 1: history of journalism attempts at defining journalism constant versus changing forms social and moral obligations of journalism. Democratic mission how news functions throughout history phenomenon of people finding security within crave for news out of basic instinct exchanging information becomes the basis for creating community establishes human connections. Acta diurna (latin for daily acts ) developed by romans; daily accounts of the. 17th century, usually in public places evolution of first newspapers. 1720: cato (penname of two london newspapermen) introduced idea that. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors impossible to separate news from community should know and what is should not. Former notion of press as a .