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cm 135 an introduction to journalism FALL 2009 B RUCE C LARY , I NSTRUCTOR The Purpose of Journalism And Why Its Future Is at Risk
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
The Purpose of JournalismAnd Why Its Future Is at Risk
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
What is journalism for?
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What is journalism for?
“The primary purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing.”
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Journalism is so fundamental to the concept of creating community and democracy that…
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Journalism is so fundamental to the concept of creating community and democracy that…
a free press was among the first rights the Founding Fathers of this country felt it necessary to secure in the Bill of Rights:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
cm 1 35 an introduction t o journal ism
FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Journalism is so fundamental to the concept of creating community and democracy that…
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Journalism is so fundamental to the concept of creating community and democracy that…
societies that want to suppress freedom must first suppress the press.
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Journalism is so fundamental to the concept of creating community and democracy that…
societies that want to suppress freedom must first suppress the press.
Recent Examples?
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Threats to Journalism Today
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes•Corporate conglomerations
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes•Corporate conglomerations•Globalization
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FALL 2009 BRUCE CLARY, INSTRUCTOR
Threats from the Internet
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism•Movement of advertising away from traditional media
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism•Movement of advertising away from traditional media•News aggregators
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust•Responding to business pressures by appealing lowest
common denominator
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust•Responding to business pressures by appealing lowest
common denominator•Arrogance about journalism’s gatekeeper role
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion (1922)•Democracy an unattainable end due to the media’s
weaknesses and the public’s disinterest and ignorance
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion (1922)•Democracy an unattainable end due to the media’s
weaknesses and the public’s disinterest and ignorance
John Dewey, Review of Public Opinion (1922)•Democracy (and, thus, reliable journalism) not an
ends but a means; the end is individual liberty and self-realization, not efficient government
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
•Lippmann’s view of the populace still influential
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
•Lippmann’s view of the populace still influential
•This view of the elitist press deciding what the ignorant common person needs to know has alienated citizens from the journalism they need to remain free
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Journalistic Arrogance and the Theory of Democracy
•Lippmann’s view of the populace still influential
•This view of the elitist press deciding what the ignorant common person needs to know has alienated citizens from the journalism they need to remain free
•This is the context in which Kovach and Rosenstiel propose the Theory of the Interlocking Public
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved Interested
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved Interested
Uninterested
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What will we do if newspaper go under?How will our news change?
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