J 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alternative Media, Nayirah Testimony, Ahmed Mohamed Clock Incident
2 Jul 2018
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Oct 28, 2015 Notes
Media Framing
-News Values
•timeliness
•impact (number of people affected)
•emotion
•prominence
•proximity
•novelty
•controversy
•currency (stories in the public spotlight of concern)
•usefulness
•educational value
-Media frames are established through:
•the headline
•the pictures
•the first paragraph
•who is interviewed in the story
•where people with opinions that counter the dominant narrative are placed in the story (if
they even make it into the story)
-The Need for Media Today
•Democracy needs political discourse
-Advocacy Journalism
•Fact-based journalism that argues for a particular perspective on an issue
•Media Framing
-Happens no matter how objective you’re trying to be. It comes through in the headline,
image, opening paragraph and the prominence given to the perspectives that are
represented (and where in the story they are represented).
•Advocacy Journalism
-setting out to favor a political agenda in the reporting of news. The media framing is
intentional; this is very different than striving for objectivity.
•fact-based journalism that argues for a particular perspective on an issue
-Ahmed Mohamed example
•journalist focusing of racial profiling
-Pope example
•journalist focusing on the PR tactics of an advocacy organization, suggesting at least
some level of inauthenticity in the narrative
•Agenda: not focusing on the daughter’s plea for her parents’ rights
•Can be dangerous when the agenda comes before the investigation of the story
•can be valuable in the sense of “knowledge journalists” who can weigh through the
arguments on various sides and provide an insightful level of analysis through the careful
selection of info when the PR is compelling on conflicting sides
-Approaches to traditional news coverage and news values
•storytellers
-in this role, the story shapes which facts are presented. Reporters do not necessarily fact
check their sources
-this focus can result in dismissing the impulse to look for info that would undercut the
storyline
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Document Summary
News values: timeliness, impact (number of people affected, emotion, prominence, proximity, novelty, controversy, currency (stories in the public spotlight of concern, usefulness, educational value. The need for media today: democracy needs political discourse. Advocacy journalism: fact-based journalism that argues for a particular perspective on an issue, media framing. Happens no matter how objective you"re trying to be. It comes through in the headline, image, opening paragraph and the prominence given to the perspectives that are represented (and where in the story they are represented): advocacy journalism. Setting out to favor a political agenda in the reporting of news. The media framing is intentional; this is very different than striving for objectivity: fact-based journalism that argues for a particular perspective on an issue. Ahmed mohamed example: journalist focusing of racial pro ling. Approaches to traditional news coverage and news values: storytellers. In this role, the story shapes which facts are presented. Reporters do not necessarily fact check their sources.
