JOURN 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Big Country
30 Mar 2018
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Journalists are often seen as outsiders who are representatives of the elite and the world of money and power in which they travel. Deal much with people of power and high rank. Since the end of the cold war, federal agencies related to banking, investment, and the global economy (notably treasury and the federal reserve bank) have become newsworthy as well, however, commerce and labor have not. Whether conservative or liberal, the top does not reach beyond government. Journalists cover the news from a citizen"s perspective only in a limited fashion. The distance between citizens and journalists also affects the choice of issues to be reported. Journalists are too far removed from citizenry to report, or even investigate what issues are of highest priority to them. Researchers rarely ask citizens what upsets them or what they want, rather they ask them how they feel about issues already being debated or considered by elected officials.
