MC 2000 : MC Notes Test 2
Document Summary
News: the surveillance function of the press: categories for surveillance, territories (geographic), topics, and organizations, local, regional, national, international. News: the information function of the press: categories for surveillance, time as a category, spot news: immediacy, no history, Car accident: developing news: overtime, occur in stages, Shutdown: continuing news: no clear beginning or end, hard v. soft news. Gun legislation: hard: what we know as real news : crime, politics, economy, soft: human interest: lifestyles, pop culture, arts. 5: how facts become distorted (gatekeeping) what that does to social construction of reality, direct observation, reports of witnesses, experts, news releases, public records. Why: inverted pyramid, most newsworthy info, imported details, other general info, background, important ideas lead, story formats - broadcasting, radio and television, word story, voice over, stand-up, package. Journalistic styles: sensational or tabloid journalism, 1890s-1920s, yellow journalism, objective or impartial journalism, reaction from tabloids, separate fact from opinion, present emotionally detached view of news.
