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significance of broadcast news - Coggle Diagram
significance of broadcast news
faster than newspapers
great depression
reports of crisis increased fears, loss of confidence. people panicked and sold shares, making crisis worse
FDR radio talks helped to settle fears + restore trust
reported faster than newsreels
ed murrow
ed murrow popular radio news reporter during ww2, based in london , sometimes reported from front line.
post war, co producer and presenter of CBS news 'see it now'
'see it now' exposed mccarthy as a lying bully, greatly contributed to negative public perception of mccartthy
television preferred over radio because of use of images
TV watergate coverage vital in changing public opinion of presidency and government
shaping opinion
broadcast news began to also share opinions, rather than just reporting
anchormen seen as trustworthy and as teacher figures
vietnam war
cronkite's documentary, trustworthy figure criticising a government people were uncertain about. confirmed their fears. displayed the government as wasteful and incompetent
vietnam war had televised reports, unlike korean war
1956 CBS covered marines wrongfully burning a vietnamese village over incorrect suspicious of them hiding rebels.
most reporting was 'neutral' , a minority was critical
after vietnam, it became more common for news to broadcast its own interpretation of events
most americans unaware the news was not entirely neutral / presenting decided narratives
most people believed the television reporting on controversial events
jimmy carter & the media
initially presented him positively. contributed to his 60-70% support level
realisation that his government was managing policy and congress badly, media stops supporting him
media present him as incompetent, report on events that show this more. reporting on brothers scandals, carter collapsing in a marathon (public do not want a weak president) attacked by a rabbit
media and roosevelt
favoured him to carter
didnt report on his illness or portray him as ill / weak