selection and presentation

Question 1

what is news selection dependent on

Answer 1

news values- extraordinariness ( rare, surprising events, threshold (bigger the scale of event), unambuigty (easy to understand)
organisation constraints- cost, time, audience, journalist ethics

Question 2

how is news tv seen as trustworthy according to chandler

Answer 2

• reporters are neutral, no opinion
  -make eye contact
  -body language shows authority on topic
  -friendly, reliable, reassuring
  -high tech studio, proffessionalism

Question 3

moral panic, marx view

Answer 3

ideological state appartus, create panic about groups to create fcc and divert away from problems created by the r/c
app- immigration, 9/11
eval- support marx view, media serve r/c issues, divert from real social issues

Question 4

spin doctor, marx view

Answer 4

people whose job it is to portray events in a certain way, goal is to sway public opinion
app-tony blair, iraq war, withheld info, to shape opinion and support war efforts
eval- manipulates truth and dishonesty

Question 5

chrunalism, neo marx view

Answer 5

journalists produce artciles with info already in the domain, without fact checking or researching, prevelant on social media
a02- davies, 80% of newspapers were mainly or partially constructed by churnalism
eval- erodes public trust

Question 6

jounralist ethics- neo marx view

Answer 6

journalists want to keep their jobs so they wont express radical views, very rarely critisce the establishment,
ao2- storys of primary definers are more important than pressure groups
eval-lack of effective enforcment