MC 2000 Chapter : MC 2000
Document Summary
Or are we on overlaod: newsworthiness- information most worthy of transformation into news stories, timeliness. Ex: story on christmas shopping: proximity, prominence, human interest, usefulness, novelty, deviance. Other values in journalism: neutrality, individualism- focus on people not organizations. Ethnic and the news media: absolutist- every decision is either right or wrong , existentialist- decisions are based on immediate practical choice, situationalist- decisions based on which would cause the least harm(most good) Other ethical issues: deploying deception, invading privacy, conflict of interest. Reporting rituals: getting a good story, getting a story first, herd journalism: when reporters follow a story in such large groups that the profession comes under fire, relying on experts, balancing story conflict, acting as adversaries. New face of journalism: public journalism: more community involvement but does it pander to what the community wants to hear, fake news and satiric journalism, the blogisphere. News papers and their social impact chapter 2/15/2012 3:57:00 pm.
