PSC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: C-Span, Narrowcasting, New Media
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Involves asserting, arguing, debating, deliberating, contracting, appealing to, cajoling (flattering/coaxing), and addressing. Information: facts, knowledge, views that people communicate, whether they be true or false. Newspapers, books, tv, radio, magazines, music, films, etc. The function of the press is to inform, but its role is to make money. -a. j. Commercial media relies on ads, sales, and subscriptions since the us has no primary financial subsidies given to the press. Government regulates, censors, and enables the press. News: reports by journalists of selected events involving violence, conflict, disasters, and scandals. Divided into three spheres: consensus: (general agreement) unquestionable views and truths that lack controversy, deviance: (differs from the norm) usually not good enough to publish, legitimate controversy. Beats (specialized reporting): institutions, organizations, and subjects that a reporter is assigned to cover frequently. Wire services: agencies particularly the associated press (ap) that cover and transmit news stories from throughout the world to subscribers, resulting in similar coverage in many news media.
