Journalism 201 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture II Different Types of Journalism III Straight News IV News Analysis V Editorials VI Op eds and opinion columns VII Letters to the editor VIII Feature Sections IX The Blogs Outline of Current Lecture II Principles and Challenges in Journalism III Objectivity IV Balance Current Lecture I II Principles and Challenges in Journalism a The grans principles of American Journalism i Objectivity ii Balance iii Fairness iv Accuracy Verification v Independence vi Transparency vii Relevance viii Holding power accountable b When and where do these principles apply Objectivity a The lost meaning of objectivity Kovach and rose b Inevitability of Bias i To be unbias would be to have no opinions or feelings c Scientific Rationality sense that through scientific investigation and reason trained journalists can reach objective truth d We are skeptical that anyone can be unbias objective e Two responses i Fatalism we are fatally compromised by our own interests and prejudices 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 1 Give up on objectivity and instead offer audiences pointedly partisan news 2 Recover a useful sense of objectivity a An objectivity of method III Balance a Where does false balance originate i The press have become a site of political battle b Attacks on journalism i Hostile media effect ii Recognition of media power iii New competition iv Political strategy working the refs c Hostile media effect i People tend to believe news coverage as biased against people like them d Media Power i Rose with the ascendance of TV ii Richard Nixon 1962 iii Becoming clear that media representations especially television shape public perceptions iv Media increasingly viewed as a political player v Mediatization Media Power e New Competition i Pluralization of channels available to the audience ii 1980s 1990s Rise of talk radio iii Cable news f Political Strategy i Working the refs ii Used longest and most successfully by the political right iii You want the journalists to be wondering if their being to hard on you iv Or just tell the public that the press is bias g Outcomes of Attacks on the Press i Convince the public that the media is biased ii Reduce trust in the press iii Make journalists think twice about criticizing your side h Press response to attacks i A great desire to appear neutral ii There is a difference between the product and the process i The View from Nowhere i Jay Rosen ii Defensive stance against charge of bias iii Report what is said do not decide what is true j Another problem i What if there are more than 2 sides k So what is left of balance i Problems of false balance do not relieve journalists of thinking about balance ii They still need to critically think about it 1 Has anyone been left out
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