COMM-100 FA4 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Situational Ethics, Public Knowledge, Migration Period

• School: American University
• Department: COMM - COMMUNICATION
• Course: COMM-100 FA4
• Professor: Dorian Davis

Document Summary

News used to be defined as storytelling. Today, however, journalists think of themselves as information gatherers. News has to have a certain set of characteristics: timeliness, proximity, conflict, prominence, human interest, consequence, usefulness, novelty, and deviance. Be timely or new events that just happened. Be close by in proximity the bulk of news should be local in that town or city. Have a healthy dose of conflict exposing opposing viewpoints. Feature prominent figures these figures play a role in shaping values for the community. Have human interest extraordinary events that happen to regular people, makes news more relatable. Have consequence or usefulness like how a certain thing will impact family life or how to use a certain product. Be novel or deviant must deviate from everyday news or social norms. Journalists transform events into stories but refrain from using adjectives or adverbs. They often use a detached third-person point of view.