Journalism school

the story of the University of Missouri Campus protest for twenty minutes on the black students who reportedly experienced racism on Missouri campus. CNN conveyed “African- American students at Missouri have long complained and experienced racism by school leaders on the devastatingly white Columbia campus went on protesting to take action for change on racism in the university” (CNN, 2015). Both CNN and Fox, in which Fox notably covered this story for fifteen minutes, informed that black…

The news media plays an important role in society. It sets the stage for political news, manages their agenda, sources and controls the information. It possesses the ability to shape public knowledge and attitudes. Television remains the dominant way that Americans get news at home. Large audiences tune into local and network broadcast news but national cable news commands the most attention from its viewers. News Channels must constantly decide which facts to include, whom to use as…

The media will often pick and choose from a subject or story, revealing only the bits of information that support their own agenda. Word choice is also very calculated, effectively slanting the writing towards the positive or negative. This charged language manipulates people by injecting bias into information that is advertised as neutral and accurate. The essay “Selection, Slanting, and Charged Language” by Newman P. Birk and Genevieve B. Birk, both authors of Understanding and Using English,…

The administrator of a correctional facility must build a relationship with the media especially with local media outlets. The best policy is be honest and forthcoming with media representatives releasing as much information as possible unless the information is part of an on-going investigation. If an administrator is ever caught in a lie, his credibility was be ruined. The first thing an administrator should do is to define what constitutes the media. With the growth of the Internet there…

When ideas need to be sold and there are an overabundance of suppliers, sensationalism is used by journalists, politicians, and news media to emphasize the extremes of language, and excite people toward a specific side without explanation as to why. History shows that numerous companies ignorantly make outrageous claims about their products in commercials, many presidential candidates proclaim amazing things they can do for America, while insisting other candidates would only make the country…

The author should be credential in order for the media to be credible. The information is not biased and the information is accurate. The audience and readers of the media do not encounter any mistakes and find the source reliable. Many news editors believe that, the author of the media should be credential in order for the media to be credible. The author of the article must have a degree, or past experience, or are well known, in order for the story to be credible. If the author’s name is…

scale. With sources ranging from the earliest form of publicized word to the current reality of active pictures and dramatic screenplay, society has been infused with an environment of news broadcast. Unfortunately, since the creation of television journalism, the overall goal has shifted from knowledgeable reports to pure entertainment. A platform once used to inform the audience of significant and impacting events has transformed into a network’s obsession with maintaining the audience’s…

In today’s society, the idea of media bias seems to be something heedless. No matter what resource we look at, there’s bound to be bias. Whether it’s from the news like CNN, the internet, or if you’re pretty old school, the newspaper. Even the magazines we read in the bathroom contain bias. You can immediately tell if something is bias or not by just the source itself. For example, the idea of arming teachers today seems to be an idea that’s preposterous to some people but to others it’s an idea…

uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation by priest and the Catholic Archdiocese attempt to cover it up. Although the journalist were pursuing a huge and difficult story, they uncovered the story to the public and took a huge step for all of journalism. In order to do this they mastered the ability to work as a team, communicate efficiently with their interviewees and research the issue to its core. The team’s ability to work diligently together is a huge factor in the success of…

“Ebola:the modern black plague” “Lawsuit happy woman sues McD over hot coffee”\ “Magic pill causes weight loss” A pill that makes you lose weight magically? Tell me more. The truth is, we all fall prey to sensationalism. Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias. We see sensationalism in the media everywhere from pop up ads online to titles of articles in the newspapers. Journalists use sensationalism to draw readers in, hook them onto the piece of writing, excite the reader and make them…