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Monday, March 2, 2009
Television Journalism
By broadcasting events such as the Watergate hearings, controversial Supreme Court nomination hearings, and sensational criminal trials, television has in some ways minimized the journalist. Yet reports by journalists of the World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, owned by Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, are transmitted around the world and provide news to world leaders in times of crisis.The proliferation of cable television in the United States since the mid-1970s has led to a variety of news channels. As with print journalism, television journalism ranges from sensational, "tabloid" news shows ( "Inside Edition" ) to extensive journalistic coverage and interviews with government figures ( "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer" ) to a cable channel offering live, unedited coverage of congressional proceedings (C-SPAN).
Media Criticism
The New Culture War: Much of culture, from politics to entertainment, is now about creating spectacles with simplified, exaggerated images. But a new battle against the culture of the image is emerging.Letter To Salon Magazine - This letter, published in Salon Magazine, summarizes what fiction has to tell us about the dangers of a media-saturated culture. A link to it also appears in the Truman Show site, above.
Faking It: 1992 Boston Globe article on fakes, illusions and an invented world.
The Fake Heaven of Claritin: Claritin, an allergy relief medicine, shamelessly appeals to desires for transcendence to win over consumers.
The Truman Show - This site explores the meanings of The Truman Show and provides a good introduction to some of the ideas on the site.
Power & Appearances - Fiction and nonfiction and how they become tools of truth and manipulation in contemporary culture.
Hate Becomes a Commodity: Making people look like fools and villains is now big business.
The News Media's Effort To Hide From Significant Truth: Instead of merely covering the way power is used and misused, news organizations have become part of the system of power. Media criticism is thus essential to protecting democracy.
Culture of Deception: Culture as simulation and news as fiction and theme park ride.
How Andrew Cunanan Became a UFO: The media reinvented Andrew Cunanan, so it could tell an exciting story. Then people around the United States started inventing him in their imaginations.
Disney, News, Politics and the Academy The conclusion to the essay Disney's Distorted Mirror: "What we see in Disney can now be found not merely in zoos and theme parks but throughout contemporary culture -- in news and television, movies, advertising, museums, politics and virtually all other institutions and media that are trying to win and hold large audiences."
Rules and Tips on Being a Good Reporter
Rules and Tips on Being a Good Reporter
1. Do not use CAPITAL letters when writing a report.
2. Do not use slang language or inappropriate language in your report.
3. Write in complete sentences.
4. Put 2 spaces after ending punctuation marks.
5. Capitalize ONLY at the beginning of sentences or proper nouns.
6. You should say what you need to say.
7. The information in your article should be found in a reliable source such as: magazine, newspaper, web site, TV news, and interview.
8. All of your spelling should be correct.
9. Your topic should be interesting to children.
10. Your information should be recent and current.
11. We reserve the right to decline and not post articles that are obscene or judged inappropriate by the editors.
12. All articles should have a email address so we could contact you if necessary.
1. Do not use CAPITAL letters when writing a report.2. Do not use slang language or inappropriate language in your report.
3. Write in complete sentences.
4. Put 2 spaces after ending punctuation marks.
5. Capitalize ONLY at the beginning of sentences or proper nouns.
6. You should say what you need to say.
7. The information in your article should be found in a reliable source such as: magazine, newspaper, web site, TV news, and interview.
8. All of your spelling should be correct.
9. Your topic should be interesting to children.
10. Your information should be recent and current.
11. We reserve the right to decline and not post articles that are obscene or judged inappropriate by the editors.
12. All articles should have a email address so we could contact you if necessary.
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