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36 Cards in this Set
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Name 8 news values
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Accuracy, impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, conflict, the unusual, currency
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Social functions of news
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1. Provides news of the serious world of public affairs
2. provides practical information (ie, weather) 3. allows people to keep up with other peoples' lives 4. provides a time filler 5. allows people to hold their own in conversations |
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the urge to tell. why?
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1. people exchange news for nothing
2. it only has value in telling/exchanging |
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benefits for news teller
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gets and ego gratification, gets to be the center of attention, embellish events with their own spin, appears well informed, performs and wins apprectaition.
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benefits for news listener
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receives useful information, entertainment, the invigoration of awareness
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How does Stephens define news?
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New information about a subject of some public interest that is shared with some portion of the public
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How old are spoken news networks?
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Thousands of years old, perhaps as old as speech.
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Anthropological information about news networks
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Missionaries/anthropologists discovered in late 19th/20th centuries.
People were shocked to learn these networks worked so well. |
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Elements of spoken news networks
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1. Declarative statement
2. Gathering place 3. Busybodies 4. Travel |
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`What are messengers?
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1. News specialists
2. Controlled by royalty, only relayed information they were told to tell. |
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What are criers?
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1. performed the news
2. supposed to be entertaining 3. worked along prescribed routes 4. cries were easy to remember 5. addressed audience in direct, personal ways |
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What are minstrels?
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1. transformed events into songs with enough speed to quality as news
2. rhythms, rhymes and melodies 3. smallest group example: moroccan gypsies |
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Name three newsworthy topics:
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1. One of clear and present danger
2. News of death 3. News of pleasurable things |
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What is at the heart of our search for news?
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Want the UNUSUAL (same for oral societies)
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Details about coffeehouses and how they spread the news
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Spread news in England, originated in Oxford in 1650, had appeal/criticism of modern TV.
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Where would you go for shipping news?
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Lloyd's.
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Where would you go for news with a humorous twist?
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Will's.
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Where would you go for news about politics?
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Mile's.
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What was the French equivalent of the coffeehouse-goers?
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Nouvellistes
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Where did you go for news of the markets?
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The Stock Exchange
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Where would you go for news about tennis?
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The Tennis Court
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What is "narrowcasting?"
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Dissemination of news to a narrow audience rather than a broad populace
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Give an example of narrowcasting.
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- The coffeeshops in England in the 1600s.
- TV broadcasting |
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What are nouvellistes à la bouche?
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Well organized groups with sources in many different places (including in royal courts) who could update them on what was happening.
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What happened to the nouvellistes in the 18th century?
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They moved from the parks/gardens to the salons of Parisian women.
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Who were two famous salon hosts?
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Madame Doublet, Louis Petit de Bachaumont.
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When did written news replace the spoken news? What reminaed?
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Europe, latter half of 18th century, only the name of the jobs reminaed for paperS: "Herald," "Mercury"
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Why is writing the ultimate technology?
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1. Allows for development of analytic thought
2. Records history without memorization 3. Accumulates knowledge you can compare, contrast and analyse |
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What did Jack Goody and Walter Ong say about those who can read?
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They said those who can read the words differently than those who can't.
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What is the main topic of spoken news?
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Local news
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What is acta?
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Acta was a new system of news by the Romans.
Consisted of Senate news and everyday people news. |
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How was the acta distributed?
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Handwritten, posted in public places, then copied by scribes and sold.
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What are some of the earliest forms of writing?
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Cuneiform from 3rd millenium B.C., 14th/15th century tablets containing counts of corruption
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What was different about early recorded events?
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Early recorded events were intent on writing down history, rather than spreading news.
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Which two functions did communication create?
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- coordination of society
- socialization of society's members |
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What changes did the rise in printed news create?
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Increase in desire for objectivity
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