Journalism

to be in power”. Although this rippling series in accountability of power has been portrayed as a charismatic facet of journalism, popular culture has also revealed the unfortunate side of journalism that can be dominated by powerful interests—ultimately failing to fulfill it’s duty to “ferret out truth from lies”. Thus popular culture reveals both contrasting sides of journalism: a press that “afflict[s] the comfortable” while “comforting the afflicted” and also a press that does the exact…

writing this would probably jump to an answer that is obvious and played out, for example, someone who reports the news, however there is much more to it than that. A person writing on this prompt would have to consider all the different types of journalism that there is and what they really do. The person would also have to take into account how a journalist gets their stories, the rules they have to follow, as well as the research that does into the job. By doing research, shadowing, and even…

appropriate for my minor because the following rationale: - The course MACS410 “Media Ethics” provided an overview of the main ethical problems regarding the intensive use of technologies in the contemporary media landscape, considering not only journalism but the media in general, and avoiding a technological determinism to analyze the phenomenon. This course is helpful to understand the “behind the scenes” of the political economy of technology in the media, its historical, political, and…

multi-media forms of journalism? The zeitgeist of this era produces individuals uninterested in factuality or even validity of sources of information. This leads to ill-educated individuals regurgitating misinformation and the degradation of society as a conscious whole. More importantly, journalists perpetuate this by creating scenarios, fake stories, and satirized news to cut through the overwhelming nonsense consumed by audiences today. Pursuing fame on through the journalism no longer has a…

Journalism is the Face of News Throughout this film, Page One: Inside the New York Times, we notice there is a constant theme. How has news evolved? The New York Times is used as an example throughout the documentary to show us how news has evolved, what some of the challenges may be, what values come in to play, what goes through the decision-making process, what problems may come about while rising to success, and what changes might happen to journalism in the future. Journalism is the face…

scenario that American newspapers went through and the negative impact it brought to the American democracy and the public in general. Jones suggested that “journalism has a significant role in democracy, it should be evident in the way American society has evolved, (p. 34).” He explained the important role objective…

The question of the objectivity in journalism is a major topic for discussions in the media. It is important because the answer to this question will define the journalism itself as a term. That is to say, are journalists the static representors of the opinions and information or are they form opinions and setting agenda? Objectivity is more like a dream or ideal, but maybe it is possible. There is another question: does reader always need objectivity? In this essay, I want to prove that an…

The Hong Kong protests, also known as the Umbrella Revolution, began in September 2014 when activists in Hong Kong started to protest outside the Hong Kong Government headquarters and in several major city intersections, mainly due to NPCSC’s decision of disallowing civil nominations in future elections. It has become a stunning peaceful civil disobedience movement, able to bring together thousands of protesters. Although some violent outbreaks have happened, this conflict should be mostly…

hard-working, and determined student. That same year I had joined the newspaper staff. Journalism was a big part of my life and I expected it to be a part of my career. I knew that I wanted to be a journalist since I was 12. Joining the newspaper staff was really fun, but what was more fun was getting a chance to go to Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and mass communication (ASU) with some of my journalism classmates. We went to the school on a Friday and I could not contain myself. I…

Susan Moeller of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda. The study which required Moeller’s Media Literacy class of 200 journalism students at the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, to abstain from using all media for a 24 hour period. Students were asked to select one 24 hour period between the weeks of February 24- March 4, 2010 to be media-free. After their 24 hours of…