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Social construction of news Flashcards

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What do traditional Pluralists argue about journalists?

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They are objective and impartial pursuers of the news?

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What could the journalists behaviour be due to according to traditional Pluralists?

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Laws - libel (allows people to prosecute if they’ve been lied to/represented in an inaccurate way) which includes official secrets act (prevents media from covering news stories which release information that poses a threat to the security/interests o the state)

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What do Neo Pluralists argue about journalists in contemporary society?

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They do not check the accuracy of facts so they may not show accurate news coverage

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What does Davies argue?

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There has been a rise in churnalism - journalists rely too much on ‘fact’ give to them by government spin doctors and public relation experts without questioning the accuracy

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What does Davies argument show?

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News can be socially constructed by some individuals in society

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How do Traditional Marxists agree with Neo Pluralists?

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That journalists don’t check the accuracy of facts

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What do traditional Marxists add the Neo Pluralists debate?

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Media is part of the ideological state - media companies select news based on a conscious decision to promote capitalist values - can be achieved through gatekeeper - they ensure stories fit with the policies agreed by the media owners or managers

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What does media being part of the ideological state show?

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How media can be socially constructed in order to benefit the ruling class

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What do Neo Marxists agree with?

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Capitalists values are transmitted

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What does Neo Marxists argument show?

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If news is socially constructed, it may be unintentional

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What are the two forms of news provision which can be factual or opinion based according to Pluralists?

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News reports - tend to be accurate

News comments - may show more bias because it involves journalists interpreting and evaluating an event

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According to Marxists, what do news produces have a vested interest i? what does this cause?

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Maintaining capitalism
The news they select to be transmitted is based on a conscious decision to promote capitalists values
News stories which are in favour of the rich and powerful are widely covered whereas stories which show a threat to this power are ignored/ridiculed

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What is agenda setting?

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Deciding which topics are covered - done by editors etc

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What are gatekeepers?

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Those who ensure that the stories covered in their newspaper/TV programme fit with the policies agreed with owners and managers - determine which news stories are covered to rejected

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What do hegemonic/Neo Marxists believe?

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Those in the media don’t necessarily intentionally show news which supports capitalism, but this still goes on due to the backgrounds of most senior journalists and editors

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What do Marxists mainly focus on?

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Social class factors constructing news

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What are news values?

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The criteria used by journalists and editors when deciding upon which stories are newsworthy - they may vary between different newspapers/broadcasters

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How is drama a news value? Name an example

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Anything that is dramatic/extreme is likely to get covered - Murder young boy by alligator

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How is immediacy and actuality a news value? Name an example

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News stories are more likely to be covered if they have very recently happened and are accompanied by ‘live reports’ from journalists - new technology has made this process easier
Snapchat video of Orlando shooting 2016

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How is Personalities a news value? Name an example

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News about important people and celebrities

Queens 90th birthday

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How is proximity a news value? Name an example

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News stories focusing on things about Britain/followed by countries where we have close ties with
Paris attacks had more coverage compared to Turkey bombings

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Name a factor that can also be influenced by proximity?

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Financial constraints - some news is not able to be covered abroad as easily due to it being further way and so more expensive

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How has citizen journalism changed the factor proximity?

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In contemporary society, it as made wider new coverage more accessible and so may not be as big of a factor as it was

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