DCOM 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Edward Bernays, Citizen Journalism, Clay Shirky
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This week: journalism fake news: what is truthful? reading response #8, get short essays back, small mistakes in citing, 84, got midterms back. Important: week of nov 19 - winter registration opens, dec 7 - last day of classes. Final paper (30%) essay outline - submitted look over feedback from gemma actual paper: 5-7 pages (double spaced, must contain 2 outside scholarly sources, clear thesis and follow the outline for smooth flow of ideas, due november 20. Revising your paper review a minimum three times correct minor errors immediately upon noticing them: use gender-neutral language check word choices, choose words that are appropriate and accurate remove redundancies and meaningless words. Journalists as gatekeepers? agenda-setting/gatekeeping: editors select stories and impact what the audience is exposed to (cannot stay objective) editors have their own opinions, backgrounds, politics that impact story selection. In-class activity: read through the two articles on the same topic, published on the same day.
