Selection And Presentation Of News Flashcards
How is the news presented?
Physical position (online? Ect)
Stories in order of importance
Choice of headlines
Images
Emotive language
Why is the news exaggerated/ distorted?
To make the story more newsworthy, for more readers
A drive for profit
Cohen
A moral panic:
Out of proportion surge of public concern
The media over reacts to a particular group that are seen as a threat
People safely pressure authorities for further action
The groups are called ‘folk devils’
What does Marxist ‘Hall’ say about moral panics?
Moral panics are a distraction from the real problem of capitalism
What do pluralists and postmodernists think of of selection and presentation of the news?
There’s a huge diversity of media types now, including citizen journalism so people are more sceptical of mainstream media
McComb
News is norm setting by…
- encouraging behaviour by positive media reports
- discouraging behaviour by negative media reports
What is the impact of social media?
1) Newsgathering- journalists can gather more material more quickly
2) Audience engagement- journalists listening and talking to different audiences
What did the national readership survey suggest?
Sun newspaper lost one million readers in over a year because they decided to make its readers pay for online
How do journalists construct the news?
GMG state journalists
