JOUR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Merriam-Webster, False Equivalence, News Values
5 Mar 2018
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Kovach and rosenstiel reading transaction/communication of news, not a lecture. Journalists have lost their values our generation needs to work to get these values back. News=connection to outside world, extension of rights. People want to know what is going on, may not want to pay for it. Sense of media bias can come from readers not reading the type of section (know difference between editorial page, opinion, news) pitching to audience. Ex: vaccine debate: some say vaccines lead to autism, news will simplify the argument. What implications does it have for who owns the washington. Issue of (cid:3247)fake news(cid:3248) if see fake news somewhere, then again somewhere else you are more likely to believe it. Journalists have to approach everything knowing that people believe many things and that journalism needs to reflect that. Snapchat news go to where people are then draw them to other websites. New information or a report about something that has happened recently .
