JOURN 1100 Study Guide - Drudge Report, Public Sphere, Profit Motive
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Journalism must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise. This isn"t one form of journalism; i. e. talk show, op-ed page. Journalism helps provide and establish a place to have a public forum. Give the public a foundation for a forum; people can look critically at the report or story. Give exposure to critical ideas; hear a variety of voices essentially. All forms that journalists use everyday can serve the forum-creating function by alerting. Underscores need for truthfulness, verification, monitoring power, independence. They become all that much more important in regards to a debate. Habermas: not part of the state or the market; space where persons come together as a. Historical moment; don"t have it until the 17th century. Once we started engaging in trade; needs the space of what is private and what is the state. News and common concerns could be freely exchanged and discussed. Growing rates of literacy, accessibility to literature, and critical journalism.
