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Study Guide: Exam 2
News |
Report of something that has significance or interest to a specific community |
newsworthy |
what journalists' believe are the most important stories to report |
3 Critical Elements of the news
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1) Timeliness
2) Community Interest- appeals to community
3) Significance- events that happen "close to home" |
Personalized news (News Coverage of politics)
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family traits
skeletons in closet
emotional |
Dramatized News (News coverage in politics)
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crisis
scandal
story |
fragmented news (News coverage of politics) |
chronic problems to become newsworthy at the time |
Authority Disorder Bias |
when a crisis happens and government officials are blamed ( even if they have no direct way to the problem) |
Domestic News Coverage |
media attention to internal political matteres focused on federal, state, and local government |
Foreign Affairs coverage |
media attention to external political matters, focused on events in other countries and US relationships with other countries |
8 values in media coverage of politics
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1) Ethnocentrism- Us superior to all others
2) Altruism Democracy- Democratic state is superior to all others
3) Responsible capitalism- if done right everyone benefits
4) Small town pastoralism- dehumanize big cities, smaller way of life
5) individulism- stories about people to overcome diversity
6) Moderatism- success from one leader to the next without incident
7) Social order- applaud ourselves when facing crisis and able to restore order
8) National leadership- President commander in chief |
Media Ownership
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-competitive news markets- competing for same audience
-News monopolies- single company owns all media outlets
-concentration of ownership- industry controlled by firms
-cross media ownership- radio, news, newspaper, magazines (own different outlets EX. Disney |
Consequences of concentrated ownership
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News is
1) market driven/ reader oriented
- what's going to sell the most
- figures out what audience wants
2) determined by ratings and profitability
3) less journalist driiven |
Journalistic Choices
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1) demographics- women will choose different than men, latino from black etc...
2)Personal Values- democratic different from republican
3) Professional values- whether or not they should be active in politics or just be a reporter |
Covering minorities in the news
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-how much is covered - violent or non- violent
- who is interviewed and what quotes are used
- interpretation of journalist- what values they use in interpretations
- use of evaluative words- descriptive words n (Ex say someone is knowledgeable vs alcoholic)
- framing- what aspect you choose to cover |
Stereotypes of minorities in news
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-Blacks- crime coverage
-Native Americans- good- childlike/ vulnerable, bad- uncivilized savages
-Hispanics- immigrant, dangerousand criminal |
Ethnic Blame Theory |
frames problem behavior committed by ethnic others as intergroup conflict- news has to show both sides of stories to look unbiased |
Cultivation Hypothesis |
Heavy viewers of TV come to believe the real world is what they see on TV |
Stereotype Theories of Social Cognition |
-Stereotypes may be formed by viewing stereotypical roles on TV over a long period of time |
Structual Limitations Perspective |
news gathering process has an effecton the way that messages are framed |
Spreading Activation |
news coverage of an issue boosts the impact of a candidate's performance on that issue as a criterion for overall support |
Indigenous media |
Media targeted toward a particular racial/ ethnic group |
Black Television
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Black owned networks
- BET
-TV One |
The Black Press
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First black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, founded in 1827 in NYC during slavery by abolitionists
source of info, organizer, and mobilizer |
Motown |
Motown is the first record label owned by a black man that was originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. |
The Latin Invasion in Music |
success of Ricky Martin, Mark Anthony, J. Lo, Shakira |
Spanish Language Press
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Circulationof Spanish language dailies has more than tripled since 1990
- ad revenues of spanish dailies have grown more than sevenfold since 1990 |
El Misisipi |
first Latino newspaper, founded in New Orleans in 1808, existed for 2 years, in spanish and english, pro Spain |
Telemundo |
founded in 1954 by Angel Ramos in Puerto Rico, currently owned by NBC |
Univision
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first spanish language TV station in the US,
- origniated in San Antonio, TX by Raul Cortez in 1955
-currently owned by A. Jerrold Perenchio, Venevision and Televisa
-Largest Spanish network and 5th overall |
World Journal
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daily Chinese language newspaper
Taiwanese owned
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The Korean Times
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daily newspaper published in LA
largest Korean language newspaper in the US |
ImaginAsian
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-multimedia(TV, film, online) company based in NYC
- targets people of East Asian and South Asian descent
-english accessible |
Sukiyaki |
First and only song to hit TOP 40 |
Karaoke
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originated in Japan in 1972
- parallel to the custom of informal, amateur singing of popular songs |
Contemporary Asian Influence on American Media
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J-Horror Movies
- Japanese Horror movies
- US adaptions= The Ring, The Grudge
Game Shows
- US Adaptions= Hole in the Wall |
Native American Newspaper and Magazines
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created to help Native Americans protect their lives and property from social forces
-stories are community centered
- Controlled by tribal governments |
Cherokee Phoenix
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1st Native American newspaper founded in New Echota, GA in 1828
-Mission= unity Cherokee people to protect land and spread Christianity
-Bilingual (English and Cherokee)
-existed for 6 years |
Native American Radio
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Mission statements include
- the preservation of Native language and culture is of paramount importance
-educational and informational programs especially those that promote literacy, are also important
-Entertainment programs should target the interests of Natives
Nearly half of stations' licenses are held by tribal governments |
Transactional Analysis |
argues that the level of power of an interest group relative to the media outlet is the key to understanding the success of the interest group (more power media outlet less power you can exert it)- localized interest group more likely to make local news and not national news |
7 Rules of Transaction (When interest groups will be successful)
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1) The media's centrality to a conflict depends on the level of power of the interest group
2) lower the level of interest group's resources, the greater the level of media influence on the interest group
3)the higher the interest group's resources and/or newsworthy behavior, th greater the group's influence on the interest group
4) the higher the level of the news medium's socialand political status, the greater the level od media influence on the interest group
5)Influence on the news media depends on the interest group's level of relative newsworthiness
6) An interest group's influence on the news media depends on the interest group's level of event and informational control
7) Media Influence on an interest group depends on the interest group's political goals |
Issue Dualism |
emphasizes conflict |
symbols
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visual or verbal cues to convey info
EX. Recycling sign, stop sign |
metasymbols
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overarching symbols use to describe their organization
EX. Abortion- pro life vs pro choice(not pro death then would be seen as a negative connotation
EX. Rainbow Coalition-umbrella for all colors and ethnicities- now different sexualoties |
Source Cues |
sources cited and source descriptors- use of select sources at the expense of the use od other sources and adjectives used to describe them |
Media Coverage of the Civil Rights Movement
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-Accounts of coverage had been overgeneralized and oversimplified
-coverage varied over time, media, outlet, and setting- TV coverage of Civil Rights tended to be non-blacks sources
- impact of coverage overstated |
Media Coverage of American Indian Movement
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used a strategy that incorporated conflict and novelty
-was able to gain coverage
-lost control over frames |
Media Coverage of the Chicano Movement |
-difficult to make an overall assessment
- Coveragewas parallel to that of the CRM, although not as extensive |
Media Coverage of the Asian- American Movement |
- No systematic analysis of media coverage of the Asian- American movement
- parallel press paid a key role in movement |
free Media |
- Campaign coverage focuses on horserace coverage
-media's issue emphasisis different from the candiadates
*Media prefer clear cut issues
*Candidates prefer diffuse issues- candidates |