Social construction of the news Flashcards
Making a profit - Bagdikan
advertisments force writers to be careful about how they present stories and not offend people
Making a profit - Curran et al
Writers have to attract viewers meaning they cant offend people
Globalization - Bivens
citizen journalism is transforming media as it is now harder for powerful people to gatekeep the truth or hide iindividuals from beiong exposed - eg George floyd
Globalization - Ashuri
Although many news outlets were trying to gatekeep what was happening in Palestine, a women’s which monitors Palestine gave another perspective
Globalization -GMG
Many British outlets were over-reliant on Israelis perspective and ignored provocations and assasinations, instead following counter strikes
Why is agenda setting important
People will only talk about what they know, which is often given to them by the powerful people in control giving them more power
Cohen - agenda setting
The media doesn’t necessarily tell us what to think about, but tells us how to think about stuff
Mccombs agenda setting
Media tells us both what to think about and how to think about it : eg riots, politicians
Philo and berry GMG- agenda setting
During financial crisis, lots of blame and scrutiny was reported by the media about the bankers labelling them “scumbag millionares” instead of the system which allowed it to happen and caused lots of people to lose their jobs. This was done to protect capitalism and the di
Why is globalization positive
Boundaries to enter are relatively low as it is free to post and fairly easy to film, allowing for more citizen journalism which may be about topics not reported on by mainstream media
Norm setting
The media promotes norms such as joining the labour force and being law abiding. This is encouraging conformist behaviour and discouraging non conformist behaviour
How may media cause a moral panic
If the news may want to demonize a group, they may exaggerate stories about them in the news causing a moral panic : eg Cohen mods and rockers
Often done when unaccurate story
What are news values
Personalization
Proximity
Unexpected
Frequency
Clarity - who can understand it
Herman and Chomsky - marxists
marxist approach, structural factor mean media is used for interests of powerful
Pluralist approach
Citizen journalism, media proffesionalism and profit chasing contribute towards variety of news
