COMM 261 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Twitter, Trust Law, News Values

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COMM 261

MIDTERM EXAM

STUDY GUIDE

Fall 2018

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Comm  Final Eam

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Otoe th- Famin the Nes

●What tpes o ames ae in the nes?

●Ho do ames aet ou intepetation o the nes?

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Famin- ames ae the ental oanizin ideas o sto lines that poide meanin to unoldin eents the

anle

Anle o the patiula sto, appoah that the jounalist is takin

- NK Eample: theat, US o NK esponsiilit? Tump’s esponse/teets

- Famin inluenes ho the audiene thinks aout an issue. Identiin hat pats o an issue ae

eleant and impotant

- Famin an aet puli opinion on issues

- Fames an inluene suppot o opposition

Hihlihts hih pats o a sto ae impotant, hih pats o a sto an audiene needs to think aout

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 soues o media ames ame uildin

. Soial noms and alues

. Oanizational pessues and onstaints e.. eliane on oiial soues

. Pessue om politiians and inteest oups

. Jounalisti outines e.. neutalit and ojetiit

. Ideoloial oientations o oldie o jounalists

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Tpes o Fames 

●Episodi: ous on the indiidual- a speial ase stud shot-tem

○Lead people to hold the indiidual esponsile o the polem

○Speii peson suein as a esult o healthae/unemploment

●Themati:  ous on the lae soial polem lon-tem

○Lead people to see soiet as the ause and enouaes a olletie esponse

○Fous on lae soial stutue on h people ae stulin to ind jos in eneal

Tpes o Fames 

●State: hoseae - ho is innin, ho is losin, politis as a ame & ompetition . eletions

oeed as a ame/omp

○Competition and dama eteen politial atos

○Poli is lost

●Poli: Pos and ons o altenatie hoies- detailed inomation aout issues

○Famin entie issue athe than sain ho is innin, poidin moe inomation aout

issues.

Nes oeae o eletions and politial issues is oten amed as state o poli

Hoseae oeae moe likel duin eletions - % o eletion oeae as hose ae, % poli

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Polems ith the ame/hoseae ame

●Fouses on elite onlit

●Lean less aout impotant issues

●Hade to hold politiians aountale

●Cnial aout politiians and politis in eneal

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Tpes o Fames 

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Ethial/moal s. Pamati

●Nes media tend to onstut issues in tems o opposin ihts/moal piniples, as opposed to

eonomis o pamatis

●E: Chalottesille- ee speeh s. puli ode

●People ho see the ee speeh ame miht suppot the iht to potest moe than those ho see the

puli ode ame

●E: toleane o hate oups eedom aies dependin on ee speeh s. pui ode ame

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Tpes o Fames

●One-Sided: onl oes one pespetie on the issue

○E: the a in Ia lieated man Iais

●To- Sided: oes to pespeties alaned ames

●E: the a in Ia lieated man Iais ut the osts ee e hih o the Ameian people

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Wh the jounalisti nom o ojetiit an e polemati

●Jounalists adhee to nom o ojetiit ainess, alane, neutalit

●Means oth sides o an issue ae epoted and et eual attention

●Not all issues neessail hae to sides- miht lead to inomational ias o distotion

●False alane and loal amin

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What is the polem ith alaned oeae, i.e. to-sided epots o he said/she said

Limits o Famin Eets

●Fames must ome om a edile soue

●Eitin alues, elies, dispositions ma limit amin eets e.. attitudes toad aotion

●Famin eets ae not uniom

●Man nes stoies poide a mi o ames- to sided messaes

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Ne Noms and Fame Eets

●These dominant nes noms o ousin on speii episodes oe oade themes, politial state

oe poli, mattes o piniple oe pamatis, and alas adhein to ojetiit all edue itizen

ompetene

○What does this sa aout the ok o jounalists? Ho miht the hane?

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Otoe d- Identit and Nes Coeae

●Does the nes pepetuate steeotpes o minoit oups?

●What ae the onseuenes o steeotpial oeae o minoit oups?

●Steeotpes and pejudie ased in theo o soial identit?

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Soial Identit Theo

To oost ou sel-imae and esteem, e ompae ouseles to othe oups

Soial ateoization → soial identiiation → soial ompaison

●Soial ateoization- ateoizin helps us intepet and eplain ou soial enionments and

ehaios. This is hee pejudie and steeotpin eins

○Puttin ouseles into dieent ateoies/oups ased on ho e see ouseles

●Soial Identiiation- adopt identit o oup and aept it's noms, ultue, and alues

○Uniesit o Mihian- deelop emotional attahment to oup, notie dieenes eteen

in and out oup, sel- esteem is tied to oup, at in as ou think the oup ats

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