RTV 3405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gulf War, False Protagonist, Ned Stark
12 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Freedom of the press: the first amendment, freedom from censorship, freedom to express and critique. Media press as marketplace of ideas (john stuart mill"s on liberty, Assumption: in a free and open encounter, truth would prevail. Milton"s areopagitica (1644: edward r. murrow"s critique of mccarthy (1954, dr. martin luther king. Jr. i have a dream : assassination of jfk. Tv news brought national events to the nation in real time. From official view to wrong war in the wrong place : gulf war: technology, war correspondent, and 24 hour news. Also more government pr: iraq and afghanistan war: pro-war. 24 hour news: cnn launched in 1980, big breakthrough with 24 hour coverage of gulf war in 1991 (peaking at 10 shares, influence: Ad supported + corporate owned: news framing tend to favor business interest. Example: highlight business success, undermine environmental, labor abuse, etc. Social control of the newsroom : journalist comply with implicit policy through self censorship: official bias.
