TELE 3010 1nd Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Play II Performance Outline of Current Lecture I Mediated Politics II Newspapers and Their Roles Contributions III Current Lecture TV News and Politics The Framers of the Constitution talked about the importance of newspapers and information within democracy but they didn t set up a situation where newspapers could form democracy They developed no provision for communication s relationship to self governance There was nothing in place to make sure that citizens were informed Fourth Estate Word given to the press as a group that can weigh the difference between the crown of nobility the church They are a surrogate for the people Press as a watchdog function Mediated Politics in the 20th century 1 newspapers a social responsibility of the press Serves the public 1 radio has a limited role in serving democracy except for the radio Fireside Chat of FDR he worked to calm the nerves of the people during Depression Edward R Murrow reporting on WW2 beginning of network news bureaus He reported from buildings in London He was one of the first reporting from concentration camps Talk Radio 1990 TV central site of public affairs information uses newscasts as means of fulfilling the public service interest requirement for the FCC license this vertical communication Television is a top down process The editors reporters etc are the ones who decide what we see on television Internet news portals blogs discussions this is horizontal communication Newspapers roles and Public Affairs These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Agenda Setting newspapers often set the agenda because they have a lot of resources They don t tell us what to think but what to think about what are the pressing issues of the day Limited by resources and space the news hole The space is available after the advertisements Investigative reporting An important function of newspapers They do great investigative reporting because of a bigger staff NY TIMES paper of record Wire services Associated Press for example They either do original reporting or they pick up a story from their subscribing news partners TV News and Politics Print is important to TV news because of their resources TV biases of the medium in the following ways Visual like tsunamis etc We want to see these things Drama Personal individuals Brief or fleeting Their are images that appear and then they re gone With a newspaper you can look at the articles and pictures and keep it expensive to produce Politicians strive to meet the input needs of journalists through Visuals incl camera shot lighting Style Sound bites extraction of a clip from an audio source Meet deadlines Supply conflict makes news quicker TV and the Conduct of Campaigns and Elections Politicians and journalism are mutually constituting Politicians seek free news coverage They need journalism Journalists need politicians for subject matter Paid advertisements Election Debates Party Conventions Talk shows Modern Campaigns Elections Governance 1 PR Information Management PR practitioners are employed to help get people re elected line of the day what are we going to talk about today The President sets the agenda by only talking about the line of the day The line of the day is the President s spin on whatever issue it is echo chamber the same talking points that are echoed in all mediums The same phrase is uttered from administration and repeated importance of visuals spin damage control cleaning up messes Advertising politicians spend a lot of money on advertising negativity negative ads works
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