CMDA 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Borscht, Ethnocentrism
4 Oct 2016
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**loss of ad 12202 and readership in 2000s has led to massive layoffs and paper closings. **traditional watchdog role of newspapers in us democracy has become jeopardized. *journalists must decide which stories to cover, using criteria of newsworthiness: timeliness, proximity, novelty, prominence, human interest, consequence, usefulness, con ict, deviance. Journalists have the power to determine what is news, which can shape perceptions of our world. **reporters often seek to eliminate bias, for ethical and economic reasons. ~quotes from borsht sides of issue for balance". **critics say true impartiality is unrealistic: all storytelling carries a point of view** Inverted pyramid structure: the lead: who, what, when, where and why, supporting details, the tail: non-essential information. *getting a story rst (competition for breaking news) *journalistic ethics: protecting sources, avoiding con icts of interest. *ethnocentrism: viewing other cultures and countries through american lens". *catering to audience"s wants, rather than needs (i. e. hard news)
