Churalism

Question 1

What is churalism?

Answer 1

• taking second news
• copying and pasting from other media organisations and coming from another source and collecting it and putting it as their own

Question 2

Why do media organisations do this?

Answer 2

• cheaper than hiring lots of journalists to write and research stories
  -more adaptable for the news stories - pick and choose stories which suit the demographic
• increase the amount of stories you produce

Question 3

What is the impact of churalism

Answer 3

• gives more power to editors and owners to manufacture the exact sort of content which suits their story
• gives more power to influential organisations and people to shape what sort of news get presented

Question 4

What is the press association - ao2?

Answer 4

1. Press association: - they have reports everywhere in the country more able to create news stories
   - newspapers buy stories from PA and edit them - don’t have the money for many journalists

This leads too…
- churalism as newspapers becomes copy and pasted stories room second hand sources

Question 5

Second hand press release for commercial and political interest

Answer 5

• gov officials, or well respected elites - collate info ready to give the public and journalists get ready to gather info and publish it to the public

Question 6

Impact of churalism according to neo-Marxists?

Answer 6

• leads to journalists relying on the views of powerful and intentional individuals and groups - primary definers ( hall )
• those with less power who may disagree then begin to be seen as ‘extremists ‘
• Manning: competition increase , primary definers are cheap and reliable source of news as powerful people are always interested in having their views heard