COMM 261 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Twitter, Trust Law, News Values
COMM 261
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Comm Final Eam
Otoe th- Famin the Nes
●What tpes o ames ae in the nes?
●Ho do ames aet ou intepetation o the nes?
Famin- ames ae the ental oanizin ideas o sto lines that poide meanin to unoldin eents the
anle
Anle o the patiula sto, appoah that the jounalist is takin
- NK Eample: theat, US o NK esponsiilit? Tump’s esponse/teets
- Famin inluenes ho the audiene thinks aout an issue. Identiin hat pats o an issue ae
eleant and impotant
- Famin an aet puli opinion on issues
- Fames an inluene suppot o opposition
Hihlihts hih pats o a sto ae impotant, hih pats o a sto an audiene needs to think aout
soues o media ames ame uildin
. Soial noms and alues
. Oanizational pessues and onstaints e.. eliane on oiial soues
. Pessue om politiians and inteest oups
. Jounalisti outines e.. neutalit and ojetiit
. Ideoloial oientations o oldie o jounalists
Tpes o Fames
●Episodi: ous on the indiidual- a speial ase stud shot-tem
○Lead people to hold the indiidual esponsile o the polem
○Speii peson suein as a esult o healthae/unemploment
●Themati: ous on the lae soial polem lon-tem
○Lead people to see soiet as the ause and enouaes a olletie esponse
○Fous on lae soial stutue on h people ae stulin to ind jos in eneal
Tpes o Fames
●State: hoseae - ho is innin, ho is losin, politis as a ame & ompetition . eletions
oeed as a ame/omp
○Competition and dama eteen politial atos
○Poli is lost
●Poli: Pos and ons o altenatie hoies- detailed inomation aout issues
○Famin entie issue athe than sain ho is innin, poidin moe inomation aout
issues.
Nes oeae o eletions and politial issues is oten amed as state o poli
Hoseae oeae moe likel duin eletions - % o eletion oeae as hose ae, % poli
Polems ith the ame/hoseae ame
●Fouses on elite onlit
●Lean less aout impotant issues
●Hade to hold politiians aountale
●Cnial aout politiians and politis in eneal
Tpes o Fames
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Ethial/moal s. Pamati
●Nes media tend to onstut issues in tems o opposin ihts/moal piniples, as opposed to
eonomis o pamatis
●E: Chalottesille- ee speeh s. puli ode
●People ho see the ee speeh ame miht suppot the iht to potest moe than those ho see the
puli ode ame
●E: toleane o hate oups eedom aies dependin on ee speeh s. pui ode ame
Tpes o Fames
●One-Sided: onl oes one pespetie on the issue
○E: the a in Ia lieated man Iais
●To- Sided: oes to pespeties alaned ames
●E: the a in Ia lieated man Iais ut the osts ee e hih o the Ameian people
Wh the jounalisti nom o ojetiit an e polemati
●Jounalists adhee to nom o ojetiit ainess, alane, neutalit
●Means oth sides o an issue ae epoted and et eual attention
●Not all issues neessail hae to sides- miht lead to inomational ias o distotion
●False alane and loal amin
What is the polem ith alaned oeae, i.e. to-sided epots o he said/she said
Limits o Famin Eets
●Fames must ome om a edile soue
●Eitin alues, elies, dispositions ma limit amin eets e.. attitudes toad aotion
●Famin eets ae not uniom
●Man nes stoies poide a mi o ames- to sided messaes
Ne Noms and Fame Eets
●These dominant nes noms o ousin on speii episodes oe oade themes, politial state
oe poli, mattes o piniple oe pamatis, and alas adhein to ojetiit all edue itizen
ompetene
○What does this sa aout the ok o jounalists? Ho miht the hane?
Otoe d- Identit and Nes Coeae
●Does the nes pepetuate steeotpes o minoit oups?
●What ae the onseuenes o steeotpial oeae o minoit oups?
●Steeotpes and pejudie ased in theo o soial identit?
Soial Identit Theo
To oost ou sel-imae and esteem, e ompae ouseles to othe oups
Soial ateoization → soial identiiation → soial ompaison
●Soial ateoization- ateoizin helps us intepet and eplain ou soial enionments and
ehaios. This is hee pejudie and steeotpin eins
○Puttin ouseles into dieent ateoies/oups ased on ho e see ouseles
●Soial Identiiation- adopt identit o oup and aept it's noms, ultue, and alues
○Uniesit o Mihian- deelop emotional attahment to oup, notie dieenes eteen
in and out oup, sel- esteem is tied to oup, at in as ou think the oup ats
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