COMM 121 : Intro to Media and Culture [NOTES - PART 2] -- I got a 90% in the course
Document Summary
Concept and organization of news helped form early united states. Country was born with the idea that news was something that belonged to the people and was important from the beginning. Belief that news and journalism should challenge the government during colonial and. Informed citizenry is a part of us formation and development. News: is constructed - things happen and news is made. Lots of things happen that we don"t talk or read about. News is something that we pay attention to from the banal to the monumental. To be an informed citizen is to pay attention - we have to participate. News: information about events beyond our immediate experience. We are reading about, listening, watching from a distance. Decide what is and what is not important. Decide what is or is not newsworthy. News is a social construction: what is newsworthy is not inherently so and news is a product of intersecting social processes.
