TELE 3010 1nd Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I Mediated Politics II Newspapers and Their Roles Contributions III TV News and Politics Outline of Current Lecture I Criticisms of TV Politics II Social Movements III Types of Media Current Lecture Criticisms of TV News Influence on Politics 1 Horse Race Coverage they focus on position like who is ahead who is behind and strategy of the game not issues This creates drama which we like to see within media 2 Time limitations networks v cable 3 Talk opinion over reporting cheaper Easier to bring in experts and just let them talk 4 Feeding Frenzy if a story breaks all networks are fighting to cover it 5 Negativism Conflict TV and Journalism is overly negative Conflict is more interesting 6 Focus on the Executive Branch 7 Lack of context 8 Few structural explanations Other Critiques CNN Effect audience sympathy If CNN shows you repeated images of suffering will that create a greater sense of empathy in viewers Yes No No in the sense that if politicians aren t on board with the issue then change most likely won t happen support for war cheerleading criticism of war negativity News and Social Movement What are social movements ERA Gay Lesbian Right Civil Rights etc Social movements need mainstream media Get their message across Achieve validity as political players 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 Attract resources new recruits and money Publicize activities so people know that the movement is taking off Sway public opinion Social Movements must meet media needs What we see sometimes is that media is a deal with the devil when it comes to social movements spokesperson what if you don t want a hierarchy Spokespersons then serve as a representative of the group as a whole conflict drama spectacle need to act out and then it could turn into negative media Sound bites what if those simplify the message Images can the issues lend themselves to visual documentation Media Marginalize Discredit Label as unrepresentative or deviant through strict dichotomies normal versus radical refined vs grotesque reasonable v extreme Focus on extreme voices Not the rational calm individual Again this makes for good television Focus on the irrelevant ex hairy legs and long hair Negative imagery nipple piercing the media will find that one freak Counterpoise with experts Talk Radio came into the scene in the 1990s meant for those who spent lots of time in their cars Nationally syndicated 90 is Conservative Performative show versus deliberation Citizen participation call in format people calling in Echo Chamber partisan talking points local talk Internet and Citizen Activism blogs web sites YouTube social media and networking organize mobilize deliberate participate citizen engagement via interactivity The Importance Why Internet is so powerful within democracy Interactivity and participation invited more citizen engagement low costs of entry ease of use and access archives allows for group collaboration Satire and Television Parody Satire a form of communicative critique 4 Features 1 Aggression 2 Judgement 3 Play 4 Laughter verbal aggression implied norms that expose the target as ridiculous attacks power and passes judgements on the powerful in playful and entertaining ways damning indictment made socially acceptable by play demands communal evaluation and rebuke Parody Double voiced word heard as the utterance of two speakers one is present the other is silent a background for perceiving second voice discredits the first Parodic act arena in which the two voices are in conflict
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