Journ 1100 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture Crisis for Funding Mediao Open Information Crisis 4 Pillars of the Open Interest What makes journalism different than free expression? Ethical Values Viable and Common Values Leadership with in journalism and mediaOutline of Current Lecture I. What Makes Journalism different?II. Definition of JournalismIII. Why is it flawed?Current LectureJournalism: set of transparent, independent procedures aimed at gathering, verifying and reporting truthful information of consequence to citizens in democracy Reasons for a definition…Separate journalists from citizens journalists3 Reasons…1. Academic How do we study journalism if we don’t know what it is?o Medium, management, activities, outputs, social roles, ethics2. Legal Who enjoys freedom of press protection under amendment 1?o Constitutional privileges, shield laws, restricted laws3. Industry Who do journalists consider part of their field?o Outputs, activities, autonomy, livelihood Research behind the definition…o Doctoral students researched to see how journalists were defined and defined it with a scholarly, legal, industry consensus on the definition*a journalist is someone employed to regularly engage in gathering, processing, and disseminating news to information (output) to serve the public interest (social role)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. Why is it flawed? U.S. journalists share common valueso Patriotism (loyalty to their country)o Democracyo Capitalism (with responsibility)o Pastoral or small town way of lifeo Individualismo Moderatism (centrist politics, consensus seeking)o View self as a professionalo Typically from upper to middle class backgroundso Have Journalism educationJane Rosen believes----transparency is the new objectivityThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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