As Mitchell Stephens points out in chapter 16 of “A History of News,” much of the news offered today is repetitious. This held some truth before the advent of pay television (cable and satellite) and the Internet. Now, with so many media options available to the audience, stories often feed on themselves and the repetition […]
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The Different Elements of Newspapers and Magazines.
Posted by: britnipetersen | December 8, 2009 | 3 Comments |Newspapers and magazines are both considered periodicals, which means they are produced on a regular schedule. But, what makes them so different? Some of the most common differences between newspapers and magazines can be seen through their audience, content, distribution, and design and layout. 1. Audience: Newspapers have a very broad audience. One newspaper can […]
Previously, I wrote a bit on how news can be presented, both positively and negatively. At the time, I ended by saying I would go into the history of news graphics and presentation, but have since changed my mind on what I would base this on. I was watching the news on TV this whole […]
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Tags: Beaton, Graphics, Kyle, Kyle Beaton, KyleBeaton, News Presentation, Overload, Talking Heads
Ask just about anyone if they think news is important, and they likely will agree that, yes, it is vital, though you might get some comments on how the talking heads can get too preachy or alter the news as they see fit. News is an important resource to everyone, from a subsistence farmer to […]
Schudson chapter 5 – objectivity, news management, the critical culture
Posted by: kylebeaton | December 8, 2009 | No Comment |In the fifth chapter of Schudson’s book, Discovering the News, he writes of the roles of objectivity, news management, and the critical culture that arose in journalism around World War I and beyond. Objectivity Schudson details that around the 1930s, many journalists began to find fault with the ideals of objectivity and instead wanted to […]