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What is going on in this picture?(List 5 things)
Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the events
occurring in the picture. What does this picture
suggest about journalism and the media?
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• Bradlee authorized Watergate reporters Bob
  Woodward (left) and Carl Bernstein (center) to
  use material from the most famous anonymous
  source, Deep Throat, who turned out to be the
  number two official at the FBI.

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• Second picture from interest group Taking it
  global an organization that protects ones first
  amendment (free press rights).

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Mass Media

• Those means of communication that can reach
  large, widely dispersed audiences (masses of
  people) simultaneously.
  
• What are some of those mass media outlets?
• How are people influenced by television?
• Is TV positive or negative with its influence?

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Mass Media

• Television, radio, film, books, magazines,
  newspapers the Internet
  
• 98 of Americas 100 million homes have at least
  one television set.
  
• Most sets are turned on for at least 7 hours per
  day!

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-Pew Research Center, 2004
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How were these surveys conducted?

• http//people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageI
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The Media Over Time

• Shorter sound bites on the nightly news make it
  more difficult for candidates and officeholders
  to convey their message
  
• Politicians now have more sourcescable,
  early-morning news, news magazine shows
  
• 40 of American households access the Internet

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Media Continued

• Early 20th century focus has been on objective
  journalism
  
• As time progresses, Fairness Doctrine is
  implemented (grant both sides of political
  spectrum equal time).
  

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The Rules for the Media

• After publication, newspapers may be sued for
  libel, obscenity, and incitement to illegal act
  
• The Supreme Court allows the government to compel
  reporters to divulge information in court if it
  bears on a crime
  
• Radio and television are licensed and regulated
  by the FCC
  

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Roles of the Media

• Gatekeeper-influences what political issues are
  important
  
• Scorekeeper-keeps track of the hot politicians
  and the not so hot politicians
  
• Watchdog-investigate the backgrounds of officials
  to inform the public

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More Media Roles

• Agenda Setting-calls attention to what will be
  publicly debated and decided in the legislature
  
• Issue Framing-frame issues to win arguments

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More Media Statistics

• Estimated number of TV homes 109.6 million
• Average time kids spend watching TV each day 4
  Hours
  
• Children spend more time watching television than
  in any other activity except sleep.
  
• 54 of kids have a TV in their bedroom.
• 44 of kids say they watch something different
  when they're alone than with their parents (25
  choose MTV)
  
• -Parents Television Council

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Television

• An average high school graduate will have watched
  15,000 hours of TV by graduation.
  
• They will only go to school for 11,000 hours.
• Overall, there is approximately over one billion
  hours of television watched daily in the U.S.
  
• Does TV influence your daily lives?

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Media Statistics
Access to media varies from country to country.
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Limits on Media Influence

• Only a small part of the public actually takes in
  and understands much of what the media have to
  say about public affairs.
  
• Many media sources mostly skim the news,
  reporting only what their news editors judge to
  be the most important and/or most interesting
  stories of the day.
• In-depth coverage of public affairs is available
  to those who want it and will seek it out.

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Limits on Media Influence

• Individuals attention span few follow
• international, national, or local political
  events.
  
• View point most people watch, listen, or read
  sources that agree with their already held
  viewpoint.
  
• Most people want to be entertained rather that
  informed.
  
• Radio and TV often just skim the news reporting
  only what their editors judge to be most
  important.

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The Adversarial Media

• Adversarial press since Vietnam, Watergate,
  Iran-contra
  
• Cynicism created era of attack journalism
• Adversarial media has made negative campaign
  advertising more socially acceptable
  

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Media Competition

• Intense competition among many media outlets
  means that each has a small share of the
  audience
  
• Sensationalism draws an audience and is cheaper
  than investigative reporting
  
• Reporters may not be checking sources carefully
  because there is such competition for stories
  

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To summarize the info we learned today

• Create a one sentence summary using the following
  prompt.
  
• A___________is a kind of______________
• that__________________.
• ___________happens because________________.