JOURN 2011st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Origins of Journalism II Pre 1600 Politics III Media Culture of the 1700s Outline of Current Lecture I Guest Speaker Prof Baughman Current Lecture I II III IV V VI VII VIII Professor Baughman a Teaches the history of media in the Journalism school Journalism can be interesting a Smarter mass communicator b Smarter consumers of info Is American journalism becoming more partisan a Part of it vs a recorder of it We are going to want the facts eventually when politics begin to directly affect us a Who are you going to listen to i Someone who never leaves their studio or someone who died in action A lot of people don t trust the messenger anymore a No objective reality anymore b People want something they can believe 19th century journalism a More objective neutralism was more accepting in the 20th century b Manufacture color the facts is what gives journalism it s power 1820 campaign a Jackson vs Adams i Ripped on Jackson s wife ii Claimed to violate privacy iii No middle ground iv Partisan journalism exist in small towns in the 19th century v Hard to get the truth in one place b Cleveland Election Research suggests when free white men could vote 80 people were much more interested in voting a Just because the papers were partisan it caused people to be partisan 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 IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV Indirect Subsidies 19th century a Government hires a speech writer while being a reporter b Reporters and editors were getting subsidies 19th Century a Parties were tied to newspapers b William Bleyer we need men and women who are separated from party because he found objective information was necessary i He created many journalism programs c Jerry Baldasty wrote a book graduate of UW Madison i Defended party press ii Encouraged votes to vote iii Votes were over 80 in 1856 iv At the end of the 19th century it changed 1 Dishearten voters by making all candidates look bad so why vote v Why did party press go away 1 Newspaper companies couldn t cover the costs of paper technology and staff 2 Got less political clothes sports etc 3 By appealing to both parties companies could market product to a bigger crowd 4 Advertising is another reason to appeal to both sides a Department stores asked journalists to be less partisan 5 Not every paper changed over night away from partisan a i e The Los Angeles Times 1950 60 Strove to be neutral a What they said vs interpretive b Consensus on foreign policies c Rivalry with Soviet Union lead people to ease up on the reporting because it was a life or death situation i Kennedy didn t make the front page because the UN had a huge meeting about the cold war Unstated reason the press has less respect for the political class a More snipping as the reporters were unbiased which lead people to make their own opinions b It s just running for president the stakes aren t so high anymore no world issues Trust in the news media was under mined through scandals in the past a You had to get a newspaper back then because the radio didn t cover much i Then they started defending themselves on the radio People didn t feel they had to read local newspapers a People had the web We as a people are not partisan a The media is appealing to the true believers XVI XVII Fox News 1 79million a NBC 8 million viewers Go to websites that take news seriously
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