MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Associated Press, Personalization, The Canadian Press
29 Sep 2018
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News agencies: corporate organization w/ multiple sources, punditry & press releases: prepackaged, image management. Punditry: news that is prepackaged by politicians= favourable image of politicians. Press-releases: strategically prepared written or recorded statements for news organization announce something= claims to be newsworthy. Info bias: how a story is structured & told, 4 types: personalization, dramatization, fragmentation, authority disorder. Formulas: news as a mystery, news as a therapy, news as adventure, news as arbitration. News whole: amount of time dedicated to news influence , what is reported & how it is reported. Journalistic beats: where newsworthy studies exist- courthouses, police stations, areas/region in known conflict, high crime areas, political campaigns or statements, hospitals or emergency facilities. Majority assigned to beats associated w/ crime & tragedy. News agencies: organizations that create & sell news stories to news providers: reuters: corporate (for profit, associated press (ap): co-op (non-profit, the canadian press.
