MC 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Advocacy Journalism, List Of Books Banned By Governments, Yellow Journalism
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Oral and written forms: oral traditions passed by poet, teachers, and tribal storytellers, once the written alphabet was created, the wealthy used manuscripts to convey society, oral debates were a discuss public issues. The printed word: the printing press introduced the first mass marketed product in history: books, paved the way for major social and cultural changes by transmitting knowledge across national boundaries. Invention of the telegraph (1840"s) began instantaneous information: rise of film (early 1900s), radio (1920s), television (1950s), and the internet (1990s) continued the trend. Or are we on overload: newsworthiness, information most worthy of transformation into news stories. The most prominent value: ethnocentrism cultures on the basis of how they love up to or imitate the us. Reporters, especially in foreign coverage, judge other countries and: responsible capitalism compete with one another to maximize profits for the increased prosperity of all. Journalist sometimes naively assume that businesspeople: small town pastoralism.
