MC 2525 : Media Persuasion Test One
Document Summary
The american mass media have achieved what american political might could not world domination. Age of exposition became age of show business. Convergence the technological networking of various media sources through the integration of voice, video and data technologies. Cross-pollination: the distribution and cross-promotion of content across different media properties of same ownership. Since 2001, 1808 americans have died in operation enduring. Former us attorney general ramsey clark: war on islam : act as the gatekeeper and watchdog. Characteristics that make news more compelling and persuasive: news tends to focus on individual actors rather than larger issues. News dramatized: news should have structure and conflict, problem and denouement, rising and falling action, a beginning, a middle, and an end. These are not only the esstials of dram; they are the essentials of narrative : nbc"s reuven frank. New: fragmented: focus on current events without context. Those who do not conform are presented as deviant.
