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News media - Coggle Diagram
News media
what is the news?
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the news is a production
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different news outlets tend to rely on the same sources, report the same stories
has a set criteria to discernl what is news, determind by news values
news values
news criteria's are westernised, Mutsvairo et al states news production often reproduces Western sets of values
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approaches to the news
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constructionist
the news is constructed to a set of values established by, and serving, the elite
the news itself constructs reality and society, determining what public discourse circulates
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dominant news media in the UK are largely private corporations that seek profit and depend on advertising
"dumbingl down" newsl
commitment to public service downgradd for commercial concerns causing issues to be sensationalised or trivialised
elitist notion, suggests that the simplification of informationl to make it more understandable to people is bad
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social media news
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interaction, participatory journalism
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newspapers still influence digital news and political debate, just as social media influences broadcast and print news
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trivialisation
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in 24 hour news cycl, the pressurl to produce an engaing news stories can to to the focus on soft news or sensationalist news
celebrity news is typically soft news, it focuses on people and their interesting lives
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