SOCPSY 3D03 Lecture 3: 3D03 Lecture 3.docx
27 Jan 2015
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Societal appetite for crime: we live in a world that has a strong appetite for crime, additionally, what stories tend to lead the new stories, if it bleeds, it leads , what"s going to grab the most amount of readers or views (consumerist entity to it, american news outlets are famous for having wars on everything, war on crime, war on terrorism. Types of media coverage: types of media, national media (cbc, ctv, local media (hamilton spectator, globe and mail, web based media (homepage, or news outlet online, hard news (story that also has imminent importance and lots of coverage ie. war on terrorism, soft news (stories that don"t have as much coverage and impact, columns/opinion pieces (different regulation here because it is someone"s opinion and often are based on current events, television shows, radio (news broadcasting and news stations with breaking stories, movies.
