MDSC40H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Blood Donation, Sina Weibo, The Vaccines
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In anglo american societies, journalists were expected to challenge people of authority. Investigative journalism today is prosaic (common or not special) because there is so much of it when you have too much of something, it is not special anymore. Investigative journalists have to work on files, and documents, analyse and evaluate evidence, and do research: they use different techniques to expose criminal activity these techniques include reconstruction, secret filming, and dramatization (acting) China in the twenty-first century: by 2003, china was using sophisticated techniques in investigative journalism, today the investigative approach is used in all forms of media, and has been criticized on the internet. I(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)s, chi(cid:374)a ce(cid:374)t(cid:396)al tele(cid:448)isio(cid:374) (cid:894)cctv(cid:895), chi(cid:374)a(cid:859)s (cid:373)ost i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:374)el, (cid:449)as allo(cid:449)ed to (cid:271)e critical and investigative in their reports. Dispatches starts by taking an issue, and then makes certain points on the issue. News probe journalists focus on a specific case of abuse or corruption.
