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7. Newsworthiness Flashcards

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Social world

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that view of the world that is socially derived based on social indicators (versus objective reality)

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agenda-building / setting

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which topics appear in media / which events are selected

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frame-building / setting

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how are topics presented / is there a bias in presentation

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frequency

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daily news needs daily events (versus social trends)

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treshold

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great intensity of event

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unambiguity

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straightforward news

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consonance

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in line with prediction of newspaper

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meaningfulness

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culturally similar (There are Dutch on that cruise ship!!)

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continuity

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once an event becomes a headline it stays a headline

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unexpectedness

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the rarer the better

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impact of digital media on politics

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the impact of digital media on politics is limited. mainly bread-and-butter issues.

twitter is the only exception, because political interested use it a lot, it can help get you into the news.

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Spin (as in spin doctors)

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the attempts of politicians to influence the news.

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classic communication methods spin doctors

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government / party announcements

reacting to government / party announcements

publicizing speeches, interviews and articles

reacting to these speeches, interviews and articles

reacting to breaking news events

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What do spin doctors do

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overall strategy is to stay on the message and influencing the news agenda. They make use of a re- and pre-buttal

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prebuttal

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you prepare for something you see coming

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news feeding

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drive the news agenda

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kite flying

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dropping an idea in the media and see how people react (testing the water)

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how can spin doctors influence who is popular

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through building up a personality and undermining a personality

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Spin doctors can also influence the journalists

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through the ‘white commonwealth’ (punish some journalist while rewarding others by giving them access) and bullying / intimidation. Also influencing timing with milking stories, throwing out bodies and laundering.

rewards and bullying / milking stories and laundering

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Laundering

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bringing out the good with the bad information

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Media bias

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media coverage that deviates from a certain predefined yardstick. This can be article-level / media-outlet level or aggregate level.

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types of bias

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distortion

filtering

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bias type distortion

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something happens in the world and this is converted by a certain frame

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bias type filtering

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something is not shown or shown later

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types of bias 2

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explicit and implicit

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explicit bias

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using the frame

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implicit bias

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covering the issues

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