POLS 230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sarah Palin, Gotcha Journalism, The Wall Street Journal

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 230
• Professor: Catherine Conaghan

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Week 5 pt 1: inside the media: covering the presidential race. For instance the locker room tape story released on friday cnn played it non stop. Tru(cid:373)p said that cnn (cid:449)as (cid:862)cli(cid:374)to(cid:374) ne(cid:449)s net(cid:449)ork(cid:863) establishing an anti-media sentiment. Decline of print newspaper, rise of digital platforms. Newspaper use is declining around the world and so media is making up for it by having a strong online presence. Washington post broke the story given by an anonymous leak. It got picked up by broadcast news can have great influence despite declining print multiplier effect! National news journals: ny times (still has big print presence as well as online, wall st journal, usa today. Large metro papers: washington post, boston globe, chicago tribune, la times. Dominant role of television as means of political information for average citizen. I(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t role of (cid:862)partisa(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:271)le(cid:863) fox, msnbc.