COM CO 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Advocacy Journalism, Inculturation, Creative Nonfiction
8 Sep 2016
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News: the public reporting of real life events that affect the public in some way. Surveillance, correlation, and cultural transmission: journalism plays an important part in these three of the four main functions of mass communication. Pseudo events: events such as press conferences or other staged events, like marches and rallies, as an example of how groups can influence what is covered in the news. Soft news day: when editors feel not much has happened that is newsworthy and therefore will air programming or include articles such as human-interest stories. Penny press: cheap, tabloid-style newspapers mass-produced in the united states from the. Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from hand-crafted to steam-powered printing. James gordon bennett: founded the new york herald in 1835. He added a number of features that are now staples in modern journalism, including a financial page, editorial commentary, and public affairs reporting.
