POSC340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Penny Press, Yellow Journalism
22 Dec 2016
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Media serves as our primary source of info about politics. News is a constantly evolving social construction built through the interactions of: media elites. News is defined by: sensationalism, negativity, journalistic (over) interpretation of events, the horserace, personality, strategy. Media is profit-driven creating news that is entertaining. Objectivity : news nearly approximates the model for producing entertainment. Dropped from 53% to 43% (2001 to 2015) 55% to 36% from age 18-49 (2001 to 2015) Trust in mass media by party in 2015: democrats 55, republicans 32% Television continues to be the most popular device used by. Popularity (or the search thereof) supersedes all else. Voter satisfaction with presidential candidates at lowest level in decades. Citizens more dissatisfied with news and politics. Percentage with a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the institution. Tv news 21% (june 2016), 31% (june 2006) Newspapers 30% (june 2016), 20% (june 2006) Core of good citizenship = reasoned consideration of info.
