Sociology media presentation of news

Question 1

Bivens

Answer 1

citizen journalism exposes offensive activity by celebrities and the police

Question 2

Galtung and Ruge

Answer 2

new value-attaching significance to certain stories-differing values prevail in different organizations e.g. unexpected, timely, familiar

Question 3

Jewkes

Answer 3

2004 updated news values-importance of celebrities and graphic images

Question 4

Marxists

Answer 4

agenda setting and gate keeping are intended to transmit r/c ideology

Question 5

McCombs and Shaw

Answer 5

media professionals decide what is considered significant-differ depending on audience and priorities of corporation

Question 6

GMG

Answer 6

main media organisations work within frame of dominant ideology -public= little control

Question 7

Philo

Answer 7

2008 financial crisis-take emphasis away from actions of financial sector to the solutions

Question 8

Bagdikian

Answer 8

news presented in ways to avoid offending advertisers to attract widest possible audience- causes conservatism

Question 9

Gans

Answer 9

editors=gatekeepers as they decide what is and isn’t news- filtering process

Question 10

Philo

Answer 10

banking crisis-gatekeep anything threatening dominant class

Question 11

Jones

Answer 11

despite agenda setting and gatekeeping news does reflect reality fairly

Question 12

Ashuri

Answer 12

citizen journalism can overcome bias -Machsom watch= reports and videos of Palestine and Israel

Question 13

Cohen

Answer 13

mods and rockers moral panic- media power to define what is normal and deviant, exaggerate activities, hostility-deviance amplification

Question 14

McRobbie and Thornton

Answer 14

media generated moral panics= less common due to new media tech and 24/7 news

Question 15

Pluralists and Postmodernists

Answer 15

diversity of reports and interpretations-people are more sceptical of mainstream media