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Exam Two
terms for exam two
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Journalism
Undergraduate 2
10/24/2013

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news
Definition
presentation of info generally presented as true and sincere about contemporary affairs of general public interest and importance
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sources info to news
Definition
events, people, documents, proceedings
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processing info to news
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organizing information, synthesizing information, digesting information, and making info engaging
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organize information
Definition
order info in a way that makes it meaningful
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synthesize information
Definition
recognize how things relate to each other
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digest information
Definition
break it down and add your own analysis
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make info engaging
Definition
make interesting and compelling by narrating
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enterprising journalism
Definition
journalist comes up with a story by paying attention to what's going on around them
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news values
Definition
timeliness, impact, currency, conflict, unusual/novelty, prominence, and proximity
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timeliness
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news about what's new; itself is necessary, but not sufficient enough alone for something to be news
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impact
Definition
thing that happens that leads to change
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currency
Definition
has something been in news going on for a while and want to continue telling subsequent parts of the story
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conflict
Definition
some sort of disagreement and society has competing views of future society
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unusual/novelty
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something out of the ordinary
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prominence
Definition
people in power or of importance
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proximity
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if story happens closer, more newsworthy and relevant
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deviance
Definition
anything unusual out of order; ex: statistical info, hottest/coldest dat ever
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social change
Definition
threat to the status quo
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normative deviance
Definition
deviance to value society has in common such as fraud
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awareness instinct
Definition
intrinsic need to know about stuff we can't see of directly experience
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data-driven journalism
Definition
based on world statistics with all kind of data that can be used to tell a compelling story in the public interest
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narrative journalism
Definition
long form story telling
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horizontal integration
Definition
a single large media corporation owns a number of different kinds of media products or outlets
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vertical integration
Definition
media corporation owns companies involved in different phases of the media production process such as distribution
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size/circulation
Definition
of community determines newsworthiness and how new is distriubted
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audience
Definition
targeting demographic and picking news based on that
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news hole
Definition
one all the ads are in place, how do we fill all the remaining slots?
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balance
Definition
don't want all the stories about the same topic
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news day
Definition
when slow news, something not usually newsworthy become newsworthy
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