MMC 2604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Individualism, Janet Cooke, Ethnocentrism
4 Dec 2018
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Characteristics of news: criteria for determining newsworthiness. Timeliness, proximity, con ict, prominence, human interest, consequence, usefulness, novelty, and deviance: values in american journalism. Neutrality boosts credibility and sales: journalists generally believe that stye are neutral observers who present facts without passing judgement, credibility derives from personal detachment. Marketing device too, reach as many people as possible by reducing partisanship. Although most reporters/editors condemn monopolies, little criticism exists for our current oligopolies: small-town pastoralism: favoring the small over the large and the rural over the urban. Connect small town life with innocence: individualism: remains the most prominent value underpinning daily journalism. Reporters are out to get their subjects. Press is too close to its subjects. Ethics and the news media: ethical predicaments. The ends never justify the means: situational ethics: promotes ethical decisions on a case by case basis. Tuesday, november 20, 2018: society of professional journalists.
