JOURN 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Citizen Journalism, Pulitzer Prize For Public Service
7 Jan 2019
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What the news gives us vs. what the audience expects. Transformation of news: blurring lines between news and entertainment, what"s news and what"s entertainment, supply/demand gaps in the journalism market, between audience and journalist. Infotainment: rise of infotainment, keep entertaining the public the richer you"ll be, dumbing down or expanding news coverage to everyday life, goes beyond the news (docudramas, reality tv, talk shows, commercialism and competition. Public orientation vs. audience orientation (more space less time, cost efficiency): public orientation vs. audience orientation, more space, less time, cost efficiency, news from cognitive reactions to emotional reactions, rise of advertainment. Entertainment that is newsworthy: 12% of people online cite daily show as a place they get their news, particularly the young, but it"s still about entertainment (43% watch for entertainment) We are less tolerant of the positions of others. It"s not that citizens avoid public affair news altogether but what is most viewed is usually not related to public affairs.
