Journalism genres

Broadcast journalism, as a whole, paints females as frail, fragile, and weak. We are the victims, never the heroes. Women are considered as the lesser sex, and in many aspects, are seen as an object--like a man’s toy or pet. A little trophy, always still and always…

reach the higher positions within journalism, despite entering journalism training in greater numbers than men. One thought is that the media industry feels like an ‘old boys club’ with men holding all the positions of power, and promoting those who reflect them and their interests. A potential solution to this is to encourage mentoring between senior female journalists and new entrants to the profession. By encouraging women who have achieved success within journalism to help bring younger…

changing nature of popular journalism in the second half of the nineteenth century? Northcliffe revolution, commercial journalism, new journalism, society journalism, and “massocratic journalism” are words generally ascribed to the emergence of popular journalism. Popular journalism can be defined as quick and cheap journalism, which appeased the whole population. Examples include tabloid newspaper companies such as the Pall Mall Gazette and the Daily Mail. Commercial journalism was a…

Media has become the “fourth pillar of the government” in Turkey, ever since the first private media outlets emerged in the 1980s (Çaglar & Çakar-Mengü, 2009). The lack of laws to limit the monopolization and acquiring the competition in relation to media companies, made it easier for influential and wealthy individuals to create media cartels in Turkey. Unlike other profit driven businesses, media that has been created or acquired to maximize profits in non-media related sectors is likely to…

Advancements and technology have forever changed the face of mass media. Society has shied away from utilizing a market dominated by a few large firms prevalent since the early 1950’s. Mass Media has done a complete transformation, and with each change there has been a better outcome each time.A few great examples are the development of newspapers superseding town criers because newspapers offered an opportunity to record information. Magazines then superseded newspapers due to a broader scope…

extent has changed the way journalists do their tasks. Today, formats and techniques in online journalism work are very diverse and still developing. There are some trends brought up by the practitioners such as interactive multimedia, live blogging reports and digital newspapers. Amongst these new media practices, there is one journalistic format that is known in journalism studies as ‘curation journalism’. The term curation is usually connected to the activities in collecting or exhibiting…

Chomsky’s propaganda model highlights the inherent conflict of interest between the powerful - namely government and major financial institutions - and the general population with corporately structured news media. His theory frames private media not as a reputable outlet of quality information, but rather as a conglomeration of profit-seeking organizations that align their story production with the interests of the political and economic elites; this occurs at the expense of the regular public,…

Spin doctors are unavoidable and even necessary Media have always been one of the main communication channels between the politicians and the public. And with the arrival of social media, the role of the media has become even more important. For politicians, it has become increasingly important to make a good appearance in the media. They are more aware of the importance to communicate their messages properly and in order to do so they often make use of spin doctors. A good image will help…

Humans crave information, which is why the media is heavily depended upon. Without the media, news would travel at a much slower rate, leaving the community clueless as to what is going on in the world .What is media? These are conscious to reach large audience by mass communication, it can be both print media or broadcast media. Even though the media plays a big role in the development of any community, its fairness in reporting news has remained controversial. The issue of unfairness in media…

Each and every day we are bombarded with viewpoints from mass media with the sole purpose of influencing, informing, and shaping our every decision and belief systems. My question would be, what are we doing as a people in being inquisitive and finding transparency in the claims of our government and corporations? The applications of this question are universal and in our society it applies to a wide array of issues. This question deals with a spectrum of issues that range from the wars abroad…