Journalism

commercialization of the media. The substantial costs of corporate mergers have also led converged companies to seek profits through cost-cutting rather than increased investment in communication services. Concerns about the quality of corporate journalism occurs due to corporate convergence (Gasher,…

Hard Knocks of Commerce There is a group of various reporters going from the east to the west coast to report on the hardships due to division in this country, weather that is education, healthcare, or immigration. The group is known as Crossing the Divide, or XtheDivide (social media handle). Eric Bosco is one of the bloggers that report for Crossing the Divide, and he wrote a article about hardships and the reputation of The High School of Commerce in Massachusetts. The school has various…

interests (Siebert, Peterson, & Schramm, 1963). This rationality will make individual decisions that will be good for themselves and also advance the cause of civilization (Siebert, Peterson, & Schramm, 1963). The libertarian concept argues that journalism is an economic enterprise and in addition to informing and entertaining the masses should financial independence (Siebert, Peterson, & Schramm, 1963). Many newspapers, at all sizes, operate as big business enterprises that are impervious to…

question everything people think about bias in the media industry, he uses sources to provide examples to support his argument. One source would be, David Poulson, associate director of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism believing that media bias can in fact be beneficial. While in fact it sways the choices millions of americans would make without such bias. Big news producers use bias to make people join their cause or share the same…

At the rate of which media consolidation is going, broadcasts and newspapers aren’t even providing news and information anymore, but are more focused on selling their customers products to make more of a profit. Since most of the same corporations own multiple areas of media like television stations, magazines, and newspapers, they are all geared to make more profit as they all lie in the same market. One way is cross promotion and cross production (online database). Cross production and…

to become a journalism major because business seemed too rigid too. The moment I signed off on the major declaration form, anxiety swept over me and I questioned whether I made the right decision. Would I be able to support my family with this job? Would I be able to have a family? Would I be able to afford the house of my dreams and fulfill all my responsibilities? These were some of the hundreds of questions running through my mind at the time. But as one of my first real journalism classes in…

of journalism. He is also focused on the different kinds of journalism that exist in this new era. Ward also explains the layers that newsrooms should include to provide new standards to guide journalists into writing their articles. However, the author claims that having layers in a newsroom can bring up questions and create problems for both online and offline journalists. Ward mentions the three different kinds of responses to the questions of what is journalism and who is doing journalism.…

a place where their decisions, actions and motivations are most likely to be featured.”(Cushion, 2015) The reason these “political actors” are under the spotlight frequently is due to the their impact on the peoples every day lives and futures. Journalism influences the publics opinion of political leaders by reporting poll numbers, the journalist may verbally announce their personal opinions or on social media which could cause their followers opinions to sway. Journalist also reports…

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…

Gate-keeping and community Community media outlets make a gate-keeping decision each time a determination is made whether or not to publish UGC either online or in print. Media gatekeeping relates to the decisions made by journalists about what to publish, without consideration of why those decisions were made (Bass, 1969; White, 1997; Shoemaker & Vos, 2009). However, community media have traditionally made the decision to publish UGC, at least in print (Byerly, 1961; Lauterer, 2006). Community…