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Context & Background
What are the journalist's benefits for including a context in an article?
Helps inexperienced readers to understand the story.
Increases credibility where audiences or readers will trust the information that has been provided by the journalist.
Helps connect and form a relationship with the reader.
Helps the Journalist convey the information more efficiently as the reader will be able to understand the subject matter easily
What are the journalist's benefits for including backgrounds in an article?
Improve clarity and understanding on subject matter.
Increase credibility as providing relevant information would likely improve a reader's trust and reliance on the journalist.
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How do journalist choose information and complexity of the [background?]
Audience: technical and specialized information for professional audience or simplified concepts for a general audience.
Space and Time Constraints: depending on journalist's limited time and space to report a story and to balance important aspects of the story. Longer background information for more complex subject matter.
Relevance & Importance: details that help in understanding the context and importance of the story.
Perspective: include a variety of viewpoints and sources.
What are some famous artworks based on written background?
Leonardo Da Vinci, The last supper
Scream by Edvard Munch
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
When does a journalist include background in their work?
Explaining the significance, as Journalists may provide background information for the reader to further understand the subject matter.
Providing background information for the following : Historical Context, Thorough Reseach,
Why does a journalist include a context in an article?
Can be used to cover sensitive or controversial topics that can affect readers with strong emotional reactions.
It can be used to clarify some misunderstandings or misconception in an article.
To provide a background where readers can process or understand what the article is going to take about.
What are the most common contexts the journalist use in an article?
Cultural contexts that relates to political, social and cultural factors
Scientific contexts that relates to inventions that can impact society or a specific area
News contexts that includes breaking news, current events, etc.
Where does the journalist include a context in an article?
Can be used to create or add in quotes
Can be used to site other related articles
Should be included to create background information
Used to provide a structural argument based on statistics
What exactly is a background in an article?
Information provided through and in context and additional information.
Must be related to the upcoming topic of the article
Can includes a historical context that relates to key events or developments.