SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 69: Telling Stories
12 Jul 2018
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Much of the sociological perspective about how news is created comes from researchers with the culturalist theory perspective. Journalists themselves also remain keenly aware of these issues and carefully study them. The central problem comes from the fact that many more events occur than the media can ever report on. Journalists must look at all the information and events before them and make decisions about what they report and what they do not. Because newspapers go to press on strict deadlines to be delivered on time, and because news shows must air live at regular times, deadlines in the news business are absolute. This situation forces reporters and news editors to make difficult decisions under pressure and with limited time. Journalists also face competition to sell their news product. Newspapers run stories with the widest appeal to sell more papers and to draw more advertising.
