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NEWS AGENDA VS. DISCOURSE
JOURNALISM REVIEW
• CRITERIA FOR NEWSWORTHINESS: Proximity, Prominence, Consequence, Timeliness, Visual Interest
• News as Produced Content• Manufacturing Consent: Demonizing, Lies,
Disinformation, Omission, Propagnda
• Professionalism and the Press
NEWS AGENDA
• What is a news agenda?• News tends to be more negative than
positive
• News Organizations set their agenda by what they cover and how they cover it
NEWS AS GENRE
• Heroes and Villains: Sidney Crosby, political leaders, Muammar Qaddafi
• Stock Characters: Expert witnesses, pundits, dedicated correspondents
• Repetitive Story Lines: war, disaster, conflict, crime, government corruption/ineptitude
• Increasing Need for Visuals has lead to greater focus on celebrities
So What?
• Critics suggest that if news has these regular features, how is it an open discussion of the day’s events?
• Is it objective?
What is Discourse?
• Discourse is a way of thinking and talking about a subject.
• A Theme that rise up from time to time.
• Corporate Fat Cats and the Public Trough
China: Giant Emerging or Global Threat
ISLAM AND THE ARAB WORLD: CHANGE
OR FEAR
DEMOCRACY: What the World Aspires To
Some Other Themes Emerge
News Ownership: Objectivity or Agenda
Citizen Journalists
Moral Panic