Journalism

The Powers That Be by David Halberstam takes a look back at the history of the news media industry. The stories in the book, first written in 1979, talks about how traditional companies like Time, CBS, and the New York Times were small startup companies. In their early days, they were very similar to the new form of media taking the world by storm, Buzzfeed. There is so much to knowledge to learn when it comes to this new form of news media and yet the way they startup is similar to those before…

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…

Instead, Rankin swayed towards “experienced citizens” who “understand the risk of talking about the police.” Rankin explains that when citizens approach the Star with their video “you have to question and be fair.” He says that often times citizen journalism is one sided, the job of a journalist of Rankin’s position is that they have the sources to unfold all aspects of a story. He says, “we worry about exploitation,” where “raw and unfiltered video can feed into biases,” which leads to…

“Inevitably journalists, their interests, backgrounds, intellectual capacity and prejudices shape what they consider we need to know” (Goward, 2006). Therefore, if there are more men than women within journalism, and especially in the higher decision making positions, then the media presented is likely to be skewed to the perspective of males. In New Zealand, there is a discrepancy in the gender representation within public broadcasting boards compared…

he would be working in a certain branch of the armed forces that protect our country. Aaron was the most interested in creative writing and journalism. This means that Aaron is very interested in editing, writing, and sharing stories with an audience. I had two main interests that scored the same score of a 100. One of mine was creative writing and journalism and the other one was beauty and style. This means that I like Aaron also love to write, edit, and share stories with an audience, but I…

In the first half of 2016, the United States alone has had over 136 mass shootings (by definition, an incident in which four or more people are wounded or killed), and is growing rapidly. (Gun Violence Archive) This topic in particular has been one of heavy discussion in the past few years, due to a wide range of interests. Is it because of the current implementation on firearm laws in the United States, or something much more sinister? In today’s world, the moment that a mass shooting erupts…

In the twenty-first century, technology’s grip on the world has only been strengthened by globalization and the creation of social media. However, as more technology has become integrated into daily life, its convenience has given rise to its increasingly popular use of obtaining information. At a glance this venue may seem extensive and easily accessible, but social media has generated vast misinformation in similar quantities of its noteworthy, true content. With no clear method for users to…

that this gives into the shooter and gives them what they want as shown by Kathleen Larimer a victims parent in the Colorado movie theatre shooting when she said, “Don't give him the notoriety that I think he's seeking…I understand, with people in journalism, you have to weigh the public's right to know…Many times, I think the victims get lost in this" (Chicago Tribune). She makes…

What is PRFM actually doing by facilitating the formation of Netizen Photo PRFM Community? Does PRFM still function as mass media, since conventional theories do not say that mass media need to be a community moderator like what PRFM is doing? According to Patria, from the beginning PRFM always prefer to be a medium amongst people so it could make significant social changes. PRFM already considered that the one-way practice as the conventional mass media do is no longer effective to make…

was then reviewed by the Kent Commission. The studies questioned the bias that is produced in concentrated newspapers and then examined whether the restriction of including different opinions into newspapers on national issues would be a threat to journalism and valid Canadian evidence. The Davey report contained several key recommendations, including creating a Press Ownership Review Board (PORB) which would simply support or reject ownership of newspapers. The creation of the PORB was…