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| the need for human beings to know info that is beyond their realm of knowledge |
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| Criteria of Newsworthiness |
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| Impact, Proximity, Conflict, Famous People/Prominence, Timeliness, Novelty |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; conflict makes news |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; events that are unusual or dramatic |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; famous people make news |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; news is current, not old |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; news caters to people living in a certain city, state, or region |
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| a criteria of newsworthiness; the event has meaning to the intended audience |
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| not just fact, but the truth about the fact |
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| getting the facts straight |
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| making sense of the facts |
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| you include both sides of a story/argument |
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| the amount of both sides you include |
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| the journalist doesn't put his or her own opinion into the article |
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| idealistic definition of journalism |
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| A current, reasoned reflection, transmitted via any communicative medium, to members of a society, of society’s events, values and needs |
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| practical definition of journalism |
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| Journalism is a commercial enterprise supported by advertising and subscription that delivers current information to a specialized or mass audience |
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| to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self governing |
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| journalism helps to create sovereignty |
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| Regular elections, Universal franchise, Stable constitution, Independent judiciary, Freedom to form associations, gather in public places, etc., Freedom of speech |
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| theory of the interlocking public |
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| the public consists of members who are involved, interested, or uniterested |
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| affected, but no direct role |
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| Lippmann's view of journalism and democracy |
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| Democracy is a means to make an efficient society |
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| Dewey's view of journalism and democracy |
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| Democracy is the end that develops from free communication |
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| first obligation of a journalist |
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| discipline of verification |
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| the essence of journalism |
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| the opposite of journalism of verification |
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| journalists must be honest with their audience about what they do and don't know |
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| don't write a story to glorify yourself, write it for journalistic purposes only |
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| structural bias as theory |
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| some biases are inherent and you just have to go along with them |
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| types of structural biases |
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| Temporal, Visual, Commercial, Bad News, Narrative, Status Quo, Fairness, Expediency, Glory |
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| newspapers will publish whatever makes them the most money |
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| bad news sells better than good news, so bad news is published more often, making the world look worse than it is |
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| news is biased towards the immediate |
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| journalists do what has always been done and don't question the status quo rather than doing something revolutionary |
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| news with a visual angle sells better; fewer words, more pictures |
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| media covers news in terms of "stories," giving news a plot, a beginning, middle, and end, and drama, even if there isn't any |
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| journalists add the other side to the story even when it's irrelevant and gives a skewed view to reality |
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| media outlets want to get the story out first, before competitors, and sacrifice the best, most accurate information in the process |
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| Causes, groups, sources, race, gender, religion, advertisers, stock owners, etc |
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| not bad, but present difficulty to journalists in the form of split loyalties |
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| Obligation to the truth, loyalty to the citizens and discipline of verification all require independence (not neutrality) |
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| the news media as an independent monitor of power |
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| types of investigative reporting |
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| original, interpretive, and coverage of investigators |
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| original investigative reporting |
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| the reporter himself uncovers activities that are unknown to the public |
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| interpretive investigative reporting |
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| the journalist takes info and interprets it so as to make sense to the public |
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| coverage of investigators |
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| take info from a 3rd party...can be difficult because you have to trust the 3rd party |
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| afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted |
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| At the dawn of the 20th century a new breed of journalists who gave a new voice to reform at local, state, and national levels |
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| journalism's first loyalty is to... |
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| journalism's first obligation is to... |
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| journalism's essence is... |
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| a discipline of verification |
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| journalism's practitioners must maintain and independence from... |
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| journalism must serve as and independent monitor of... |
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| journalism must provide a ... |
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| forum for public criticism and compromise |
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| journalism must strive to make the significant... |
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| journalism must keep news... |
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| comprehensive and in proportion |
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| journalism's practitioners have an obligation to exercise their... |
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| ...have rights and responsibilities when it comes to the news |
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