At the risk of “dating” myself, I can recall a time when the “news” was available as a choice between three major networks and perhaps a PBS station. At the time, even though I was probably to young to even care, I also recall the relative “mundaneness” in its delivery. With the etiquette of a couple of programmed drones, Huntley and Brinkley would take turns delivering the daily headlines and within the time span of a half hour the populace would be completely informed. The delivery of the “news” during the early to mid twentieth century, in my opinion, was designed to inform, and that was it. No sensationalism and unnecessary drama was a prerequisite for delivery. Of course technology has a way of changing literally everything and “all …show more content…
Like the marketplace, the consumer will eventually be the key determinant in what is classified as news, as well as its format and variety. With the rise of reality programming and the influence that shows such as Stephen Colbert’s “The
Colbert Report” has/had on attitudes and ideologies the “business of news” maybe and/or become a difficult business to be in. However, government regulation of any news outlets would impede on personnel freedoms and should in no way ever become an option for consideration. Personally, I disregard the local, national, and cable news outlets. I listen to NPR on my morning and evening commutes, and peruse Internet news sites when I’m in the mood for “news.” The “talking heads” on the networks have nothing to offer other than a good reason to turn the television off. With the aging demographic it’s difficult to predict what the nature of “the news” will be in the coming decade. Personally I prefer a selection, and have no “diehard” default when it comes to news. However, with the rise of mobile devices, and the speed at which technology changes, the next decade is sure to provide the “news” industry with very dynamic
It wasn’t just when the news was delivered but also how it was delivered. It had an influence because of the great personalities of Dick Smyth, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson and others who dramatically and entertainingly delivered the news. They reported the news “dramatically” and with the “same energy as disk jockeys had snappy writing with alliterations, and a lot of short sound bites.” They were deejays without music. This dynamic combination of news reporting made for an amusing news report; that not only captured the audience, but also kept them tuning in.
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
The newspaper has been a reliable, yet flawed source of current events throughout all of American history. A newspaper can only inform a person of events that occurred a day previous to its publication, whereas news stations can provide up-to-the-minute information due to multiple broadcasts throughout the day, and can even interrupt other programs for breaking news in order to keep the public informed. The popularity in television causes a viewer to be up to speed in recent events and socially aware, instead of relying on
Murrow states “one of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news” (7). Top management does not have time to give mature and thoughtful consideration to the abundant problems that confront those who are charged with the responsibility for news and public affairs, but they still do any ways and put little to none effort towards doing so. According to Murrow if there is a disagreement between the public interest and the corporate interest it will always go the way of the corporate almost every
Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism'." Morning Edition, 6 May 2004. Research in Context, libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=MSIC&sw=w&u=mlin_s_stoughs&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA162002725&asid=f0d20e3c9c540a2764da9684197c1273. Accessed 5 Apr. 2017.
Newspapers, the precursor to modern television, was much more formal and serious within its discourse, but near the middle of the nineteenth century, that seriousness began to fade away. Newspapers such as “Benjamin Day’s New York Sun” and James Bennett’s New York Herald turned away from the tradition of news as reasoned political opinion. . . and filled their pages with. . . crime and sex,” exemplifying the large turn from content requiring deep thought to entertainment and amusing stories (66).
News is all around us and is readily available to everyone. There are many flaws in the system that hurts the authenticity of the news when you see it. The media is indirectly part of the political system. Most news is either considered liberal or conservative by many.
Sensationalism is described as “use of shocking material: the practice of emphasizing the most lurid, shocking, and emotive aspects of something under discussion or investigation, especially by the media” (“Sensationalism”, 2009). This has tactic has been used for ages. Whether it’s stories being told about a monster who will eat bad children, to the dangerous communist ways, sensationalism is everywhere. Sensationalism began during the era of Pulitzer and Hearst newspaper era. Their feud would introduce sensationalism to media, and impact the lives of many.
In his book, Oscar Levant criticized the medium saying that newsreels were "a series of catastrophe, ended by fashion show". Levant is right about newsreels to a certain extent, but as whole his statement is largely inequitable. Newsreels indeed approached news in a very indifferent way, but such treatment was in a way forced by the hardship of strenuous processing, editing and distribution. Shown mostly in a weekly manner, newsreels were simply outdated, presented stories were already featured in newspapers and the role of the newsreel became that of a complementary visual content. Very rarely was it treated as an exclusive source of information.
In order to understand new media, one must first have a solid background of the old media. The old media traces its origins back to the “elite or partisan press [that] dominated American journalism in the early days of the republic” (Davis 29). With the advent of the penny press around 1833, the press changed its basic purpose and function from obtaining voters for its affiliated political party to making profit (Davis 29). With more available papers, individual companies competed with each other with “muckraking journalism”—investigative journalism exposing corruption—and “yellow journalism”—sensationalist journalism that completely disregarded the facts (Davis 30). The press continued to evolve its journalistic approaches and next shifted to “lapdog journalism,” r...
Breaking News Today’s world relies on, and thrives because of, information. Information is highly valued, and most people want more of it. One of the fastest and most effective ways to spread and obtain information is through news programming. News programming distributes messages to vast portions of society, allowing information to be delivered across the nation. One significant example of news programs is CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor.
The national daily newspapers are also involved in other media. All of the commercial television networks are either affiliated with or owned by a national newspaper (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 115). They are also heavily involved in radio broadcasting, although their presence is less influential.
It’s a question that keeps floating around in the public sphere: is print advertising and newspapers dead? The world is becoming more and more fast-paced and although, our want and need for the up-to-date news and breaking stories has not changed, the way in which we consume it has. This background report investigates and explains the downfall of the newspaper and the technological shift to online news. It will also discuss differing opinions of this relevant topic of the future of journalism from a range of reliable primary sources and investigative data.
Thirty years ago, if I told you that the primary means of communicating and disseminating information would be a series of interconnected computer networks you would of thought I was watching Star Trek or reading a science fiction novel. In 2010, the future of mass media is upon us today; the Internet. The Internet is and will only grow in the future as the primary means of delivering news, information and entertainment to the vast majority of Americans. Mass media as we know it today will take new shape and form in the next few years with the convergence and migration of three legacy mediums (Television, Radio, Newspaper) into one that is based on the Internet and will replace these mediums forever changing the face of journalism, media and politics. In this paper I will attempt to explain the transition of print media to one of the internet, how the shift to an internet based media environment will impact journalism and mass media, and how this migration will benefit society and forever change the dynamic of news and politics.
In trying to attract new audiences, news media have begun to transition from reporting to becoming a form of entertainment. With the meteoric rise of social media’s role as a news source, the fight for an increase of diversity in the media, and the ever-growing desire of immediate content, the future of responsible journalism is more important than ever. Ask yourself, why do I think the way I do? Where do my political views originate? How do I prove them? Most likely, it is due to the biased portrayal of issues in the media and the politicization that accompanies what we consume. Now, compare your views to your preferred news reporting entity. More than likely, they are the same.