JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Horizontal Integration, Mass Media, Vertical Integration
23 Sep 2020
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Credibility: the combination of trustworthiness and expertise that makes us more or less likely to believe or rely on what a source of information tells us. Journalism: a set of transparent, independent procedures aimed at gathering, verifying, and reporting truthful information of consequence to citizens in a democracy. Shoen v. shoen (1993): what makes journalism journalism is not its format but its content. three part test on who is considered a journalist: Have had the intention from the very beginning of making that news public. News judgment: how journalists determine which events and information - and which aspects of those events and information - are important enough to cover as news and how to cover them. Bill kovach & tom rosenstiel"s the elements of journalism: Journalism"s first obligation is to the truth. Its first loyalty is to the citizens. Its essence is a discipline of verification. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover.
