COMM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: News Values, Science Journalism, Jargon

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 101
• Professor: Julia Lippman

Document Summary

In academic settings, the way to cite sources is by using formal citations to show which ideas came from where: in comm, we use apa. How do things get from academic literature to applied settings: the media is often a mediator. News values personalization and focus on individuals, newness, little need for context (often boring, not as vivid), con ict, and varied perspectives: example: prof. lippman"s research. Findings: the more sitcoms you watch, the less you have these romantic beliefs. Differences between science and the media: science: for academic consumption, lots of jargon, opposed to proof, media: for public consumption, colloquial language, seeks de nitive claims. Because they have different goals, the media and academic reports cover research in very different ways. Take away #1: scientists and the media see research from different perspectives. While sometimes it doesn"t matter that news and researchers have different ways of representing information, it can at times have dire consequences: example: vaccines and autism.