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What are economic constraints?
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TV programmes must correspond to the current modd of the audience and the programme must contain appeal, to meet profit requirements.
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What is a convention?
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A convention is any social rule or practice
that is common in a society. They aren’t formal; they are socially constructed and dynamic (change over time). |
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What is a beat?
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A beat is a place where news is likely to take place
(large cities, government buildings, large construction sites and sports stadiums). |
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What is a round?
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A round is a schedule for visiting locations and talking to sources.
e.g. when there is a fire you got to hospitals, friends, etc. to get information) |
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What is gatekeeping?
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The process which explaines the selection of news and their “newsworthy” (how attractive will it be?).
Ojectivity Audience and producers get connected (send information to both sides) - watchdog |
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What does commodity mean?
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Something that can be sold, because sensational infotainment draws in a large audience and a large audience equals more money.
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What is the belief in objectivity?
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It is a faith in 'facts', a distrust of 'values', and a
commitment to their segregation. |
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What are the 6 key practices of objectivity?
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1) Maintaining political neutrality
2) Decency and good taste selective (don't show a photo of a dead person when telling about a terorist act) 3) Documentary reporting practices (rely physical evidence) -> factional 4) Standardized formats 5) Training reporters as generalists (insted of specialists) 6) Editorial reviews (others check on neutrality of articles etc.) |
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What are the different roles of journalists?
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- The neutral reporter (only gives facts)
- The participant (gives opinion) - The informative disseminator (Verbreiter) (gives information by keeping safe/harm) - The interpretive investigator (investigates complex issues) - The adversary (the public’s watchdog) |
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What is socialization of photoraphy?
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Allows the beginner to move beyond technical apsects of the work and learn how to see images in ways that are distinct to the professional.
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What is Netiquette?
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The body of norms on the Net - often regulated by users themselves.
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What are the 5 strategies to deal with political constrains (i.e. regulations)?
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1) compliance
2) preemption 3) reinterpretation 4) ignore 5) challenge’ |
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What are the forms of user generated content in news?
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- iReporter – appropriation of users by mainstream media
- Pro-Ams mutual efforts (Guardian data service) - collaborative production: wikinews - citizen journalism |
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What are the conventions, behavior and routines of cyberspace?
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- ethics in cyberspace, initial code of conduct of hackers/academics
- trolling, spamming, lurking - use of emoticons - online behavior regulated by policies of WEB 2.0 applications and sites |
