exam 1 Flashcards
A sense of ___ is central to journalistic integrity
duty
define Externalities
An impact or cost on a party that did not intend to be directly involved
People are best equipped to _______ _______
govern themselves
What does democracy require from journalism?
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Information dissemination, accountability, representation, deliberation and conflict resolution
Schudson’s 6 or 7 Things
- Information
- Investigation
- Analysis
- Social Empathy
- Public Forum
- Mobilization
- Publishing Representative Democracy
Five things the public requires of journalism
Intelligent aggregator Forum leader Empowerer Role model Community builder
Theory of interlocking public
To make sure each page has a sufficient variety of stories so that everyone in the audience has something to read
Factors that affect journalism’s job
Regulation, economy, politics, technology, information
Separation from journalism and information collecting
fact verification
heresay
often points to a lack of verification
How to tell if a story is accurate
Is the story free of error?
Can all of the claims be verified?
Does it rely on original reporting?
Are the sources used authoritative?
“The wall” in journalism
Is a separation between news and business/advertising departments; often have separate floors
Journalism and the scientific method
Starting with a question Background research Developing a hunch Testing the hunch Using transparent means Report findings
4 main components of the opinion section
Editorial, opinion columns, op-ed, letters to the editor
What is the dichotomy of telling stories?
engaging v relevant
unique journalistic laws
Bama: only tv stations are covered delaware: must be employed 20h/w florida: a salaried employer or indepednent contractor of a news station ND: anything goes wyoming: no laws
overall look at journalistic laws
Every state but Wyoming has some form of “journalistic privilege”
36 states and the District of Columbia have a law recognizing journalistic privilege.
13 states recognize privilege through court decisions.
There is no federal shield law- 100+ attempts.
Hutchins commission
ww2 press freedom
branzberg v hayes
branzburg being pressured to release the names of people involved in drug cirmes
1st amendment
big J not naming sources
he was forgiven
shoen v shoen
what is journalism
who is a journalist
who is allowed to do investigative reporting
nyt v sullivan
sullivan worked for the montgomery police department during the civil rights era when the nyt wrote a piece calling them out for their bad treatment of blacks.
sullivan sued but the supreme court ruled in favour of the nyt
define information dissemination
democracy requires some method for distributing all the information people need to make decisions and govern themselves
what does democracy require from journalism
information dissemination
accountability
representation
deliberation and conflict resolution
5 core functions of journalism in a democracy (it’s more than 5)
inform, analyse, interpret and explain investigate create a public conversation generating social empathy encourage accountability
