Selection & Presentation of News Flashcards
Social Construction of News
the news is not simply a reflection of events or facts, but is instead shaped by the values, beliefs, and ideologies of the people who create and consume it
Practical, Technological, Organisation, & Ideological factors behind selection of news
financial cost, time, deadlines, immediacy and accuracy, audience, and journalistic ethics influence the news content. According to Marxists, the content of news primarily reflects the views and interests of the elite and middle class
News Values
criteria journalists used to decide whether an event is newsworthy
Audience Effects on News Coverage
Audience can chose what to consume, so companies over exaggerate and dramatise news to keep consumers consuming their product
Advertisers impact on news coverage
Advertisers give the most funding to news companies, so they chose which stories to share and how to share them in a way which will please advertisers
Infotainment
blend of information and entertainment, primarily used in mass media to deliver news in an engaging and entertaining manner. This format aims to capture the audience’s attention
Citizen Journalism
individual members of society create news content, people without a background in journalism gather, develop, distribute and share news content, occupying the role previously held by professional journalists
Churnalism (Davies)
uncritical over-reliance by journalists on ‘facts’ churned out by government spin doctors and public relations experts
Government influences on News Coverage
Embedded Journalism
the practice of placing journalists within and under the control of one side’s military during an armed conflict
Journalistic Ethics
truthfulness, accuracy and fact-based communications, independence, objectivity, impartiality, fairness, respect for others
Moral Panics
The media dramatised a small problem, creating folk devils, leading to a moral panic
Credibility
the extent to which a reader believes that the information provided in social media is reliable, accurate, free from bias and complete
Cohen
Moral panic
Hall
Hall argued that the rise of popular mass media permanently changed the relationship between power and authority
