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News Readings, News ReadersBy J.Fiske

• Presented By
• Johanna, Jenessa, Adnan

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Make Notes on these 3 Points

• 1 (Jenessa) News Paradox
• 2 (Johanna) News is delivered through many
  voices allowing for multiple truths to be told
  about reality.
• 3 (Adnan) News Framing

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You Make The News!

• What story would you frame around this news
  footage? Why?
• http//youtube.com/watch?v-mx3Vq3r6hw

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Her Soap OperasHis News

• National News as Masculine
• Softer stories at the end meant to draw in
  female viewers for Prime Time.

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Fact or Fiction?

• News Professionals and
• Broadcasters looking for Real news, NOT
  Fiction.
• Program Structure Predetermined
• ex Belgian Congo.

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News is

• Recent (recency)
• Familiar people Elite, or through their social
  position
• Public sphere
• Negative
• Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Domesic,
  Occasional Stories, Sports.

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Discussion

• 1 What do you feel has influenced the change in
  news to be directed towards both men and women?
• 2 What do you see as the benefits or downfalls
  of having a predetermined structure?

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Incorporating brutal Truth

• News
• A Raw Reality
• Clawback
• Can be considered Objective
• Potentially disruptive events mediated to give
  explain reality and guarantee truth.

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Truth and the News ReadersIndividualInsitutiona
l Voice Reporter!
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Exnomination Inoculation

• Exnomination Management (no voice)
• Only voice of News Reader Reporter!
• Inoculation controlled radical voices
• Ex Osama Bin Laden

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Metaphorsfun, fun, fun!

• Helps to convey reality.
• http//www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/S15327868
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• Ex War most popular metaphor in describing
• 3- Drama
• 2- Sports
• 1- POLITICS!!!

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Discussion

• What is your opinion on having different news
  readers opinions? Does it
• A- Lead to further disputes about whose is
  the correct view?
• B- Give everyone a story to connect to or
  understand?

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Reality vs. News

• News conventions portray reality proportionately
  and accurately?
• Eg. Sound bytes, Newsprint
• Framing problems?

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The Hermeneutic Code

• Who really narrates?
• Is there a conspiracy?

Ronald Barthes explains
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Critical Thought

• What can we learn from this article in terms of
• NEWS PRODUCTION
• and
• CONTENT ANALYSIS

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Discussion
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3 Point Review