JOUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The New York Times, Google Scholar
9 May 2018
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JOUR 302-Lecture #2
Class To-Do’s:
✓ Pre-assessment (independent)
✓ Bell work: What do you know about professional licenses? Who needs them? Why? How
does this relate to credibility?
✓ Independent read/mark up “Ch. 1” handout.
✓ Small groups-pp. 5-6 of “Chapter 1”
a. Briefly research one of the journalists
b. Briefly research one of the companies
c. Complete Can I Get a License? Activity (p. 6)
For Thursday:
✓ Independent work- front side of “Source Credibility” handout.
✓ Share out.
✓ Model: Researching D.A.C.A- general news article; Google Scholar article
✓ Complete back of “Source Credibility” handout.
✓ Finish “Source Credibility” handout.
Do you think journalists have professional licenses?
• Yes, they do.
Chapter 1 Article Take Away
Do you think that the people you work for matters if they endorse you?
• If you were working for a newspaper in Lawrence vs. The NY Times.
Credibility is established for some people, if you work for a respected place that endorses you.
• A NY Times reporter might be more credible than someone working for a small
company in Kansas when writing about news.
Think about it…
o How many people watch both sides of the news, no matter what their viewpoint is?
o FOX vs. NBC vs. CNN
o How many of you watch only one or the other?
o How many of you don’t follow the news?
More Take Away’s:
• Once you lose credibility, it is really hard to get it back.
• For example, in the article, Jason lost his credibility after he was caught
Document Summary
Independent work- front side of source credibility handout. Model: researching d. a. c. a- general news article; google scholar article. Do you think journalists have professional licenses: yes, they do. If you were working for a newspaper in lawrence vs. Credibility is established for some people, if you work for a respected place that endorses you: a ny times reporter might be more credible than someone working for a small company in kansas when writing about news. More take away"s: once you lose credibility, it is really hard to get it back, for example, in the article, jason lost his credibility after he was caught. Sabrina: wrote about a rape that didn"t happen. Red bull: got sued for promising that the drink creates wings , ridiculous for people to think you would actually get wings, situation is different, draw own conclusions on credibility.
