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Unit 2

Unit 2. Vocabulary. Objectivity. articles/news stories based on factual information. Subjectivity. articles/news stories based on feelings or opinions representing the reporter’s analysis of the information surrounding the story’s topic. Perspective.

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Unit 2

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  1. Unit 2 Vocabulary

  2. Objectivity articles/news stories based on factualinformation.

  3. Subjectivity articles/news stories based on feelings or opinionsrepresenting the reporter’s analysis of the information surrounding the story’s topic.

  4. Perspective the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one. An individual or publication’s point of view

  5. Bias particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents  unprejudiced consideration of a  question;  prejudice.

  6. Bias Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)

  7. Slant to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personalfeeling or inclination

  8. Slant Conservative Liberal

  9. Spin in news means a distinctive point of view, emphasis, or interpretationof information provided to the public.

  10. Spin

  11. Euphemisms substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expressionthought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. the expression so substituted:“To pass away” is a euphemism for“to die.”

  12. Euphemisms

  13. Dysphemism the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one;

  14. Dysphemism

  15. Propaganda information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widelyto help or harm a person, group, movement,  Institution, nation, etc. the deliberate spreading of such information or rumors the particular doctrines or principles propagated by a organization or movement.

  16. Propaganda

  17. Rhetorical Definition Using emotionally charged language to purposefully agitate

  18. Rhetorical Definition

  19. Innuendo hints, read between the lines:”I’d like to know where he got his money”

  20. Innuendo

  21. Crowd Counts • To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and therefore worthy of reading), numbers can be inflated. “One hundred injured in train wreck” can be the same as “Passengers injured in train wreck.” • Crowd counts are notoriously inaccurate and often reflect the opinion of the person doing the counting. A reporter, event sponsor, or police officer might estimate a crowd at several thousand if he or she agrees with the purpose of the assembly— or a much smaller number if he/she is critical of the crowd’s purposes or beliefs. News magazines may enhance numbers to manipulate believability

  22. Crowd Counts

  23. Parody a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule

  24. Parody

  25. Editorial An article in a publication expressing the opinion of its editors or publishers.

  26. Letter to the editor a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Can be a reponse to a news story, editorial or previously published opinion piece. Usually, letters are intended for publication. Fair and balanced publications will publish letters from multiple perspectives.

  27. Op-ed An op-ed, abbreviated from opposite the editorial page is a newspaper article that expresses the opinions of a named writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper's editorial board. These are different from editorials, which are usually unsigned and written by editorial board members.

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