News of Tiger Wood’s automobile accident and the White House party crashers blanketed the airwaves and front pages of newspapers. Sure, it was Thanksgiving holiday and not much happens during that time, so media need to find something to feed the masses. Something else newsworthy happened over the same time period. The servers of the […]
Posts tagged with Michael Schudson
To be or not to be, objectivity is the question
Posted by: richardsiemieniak | December 3, 2009 | No Comment |“American Journalism has been regularly criticized for failing to be ‘objective.’” The opening lines of Michael Schudson’s “Discovering the News.” If Lt. Colonel Slade heard those words, he would surely reply with, “This is such a crock of shit,” like he did in “Scent of a Woman” to the idea of objectivity. Michael Schudson. UCSD.edu The […]
Review of chapter 4 from “Discovering the News”
Posted by: samsnider | December 3, 2009 | No Comment |In reviewing chapter 4 of Michael Schudson, several prominent themes are addressed: ranging from from the downfall of the democratic market society, the decline of facts in journalism, and the issue of subjectivity and objectivity in the press. But the overriding theme is the shift in journalism to a more “objective” style as felt to […]
Objectivity, a mainstay to modern journalism, was not always present in early American newspapers — nor was it expected. “Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers” considers objectivity’s role in American newspapers from the early days of the Penny Press to the 1970’s. Author Michael Schudson‘s introduction lays the groundwork for what will […]
“On Objectivity” – John Stuart Mill/Michael Schudson
Posted by: briancain | October 21, 2009 | No Comment |John Stuart Mill, one of the greatest advocates for freedom of speech and author of “On Liberty,” would disagree with objectivity in the news – he would advocate op-ed pieces and blogging. Mill, who wrote “On Liberty” in 1859, like journalists, was concerned with finding the truth. Mill, however, believed that conflicting opinions “shared the […]