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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

MMC 910 Journalism and Society. Session 12: Socialization of News and What It Means. Tonight’s Program. Reminder about Report: Strengths and Weaknesses of one theory found in e-readings; link theory and practice; 200o wds ; due Monday, May 7 by 6 pm

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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

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  1. MMC 910 Journalism and Society Session 12: Socialization of News and What It Means

  2. Tonight’s Program • Reminder about Report: Strengths and Weaknesses of one theory found in e-readings; link theory and practice; 200o wds; due Monday, May 7 by 6 pm • Don’t forget to submit to Turnitin.com • Presentation II • Discuss Week 11 readings: Socialization of News and What It Means • Questions about final essay

  3. Report due May 7by email • Take one theory that we have covered this semester and discuss its strengths and weaknesses • Link the theory to current journalism that you read or follow – give examples • Use only short quotes • Paper must be written essay style, maximum 2000 words • Include List of Works Consulted – alphabetical by author’s last name. list of everything you refer to in your paper

  4. Evaluating the Report

  5. Template for report

  6. Turnitin.com www.turnitin.com Class ID: 5031097 Enrolment password: MMC910

  7. Socialization of News and What It Means Michael Schudson – The Sociology of News Production To understand news production – despite journalists’ objecting to “manufacture” of news • Political economy approach: news fits with interests of owners, big business, etc . . . except when it doesn’t • News organizations reflect their own interests as well as overall economic interests – so pol. eco doesn’t work always • Social organization approach: “interaction of reporters and officials”; news is organized reality, not real reality • Culturalogical approach: using individuals; belief in democracy, capitalism, moderation; story-telling styles

  8. More on Socialization of News Schudson concludes that comparative studies – across nations would be helpful; instead, “media studies are genuinely linked to national political issues” Stephen D. Reese & Jane Ballinger: The Roots of a Sociology of News • Two models: Gatekeeper from David Manning White focused on individual editor’s role – related to background, preferences

  9. Socialization of News 2 Reese & Ballinger cont. • Social Control from Warren Breed – journalists controlled and molded by editors/publisher’s demands • R & B conclude that in 2001 the questions, “How does it work – and in whose interest?” remain as important as they were to Breed and White

  10. Socialization of News 3 Warren Breed – Social Control in the Newsroom: A Functional Analysis, 1955 • Publisher sets policy but is moderated by ethical journalistic norms liberal attitudes of journalists ethical taboo - no forcing journalists to follow • Journalists are socialized into understanding policy • Bosses don’t command – they indicate indirectly • Journalists go along to get along

  11. Socialization of News 4 Breed cont. • Feelings of team spirit, moral obligation, mobility aspirations, etc. make journalists conform • News has to be produced “even though nothing much has happened” • “Cultural patterns of the newsroom produce results insufficient for wider democratic needs” • “Pressures on the publisher” are the only solution

  12. Critical Realism and News Production Raymond W.K. Lau in 2004 • Critical realism assumes reality exists and can be known • News doesn’t always represent reality due to “some news values,” “inequitable access,” and “journalistic conceptions of authority and competence” • Draws on everyone else’s ideas and argues that critical realism approach can be helpful • Wants to stimulate more research

  13. Topics for Final Essay Select one of these and develop the argument using references and some of the theories you’ve studied; use examples from current journalism: • Being objective in journalism is impossible • Social media has changed everything about journalism • The print press can’t survive beyond the 21st century • There is no future for investigative journalism • Press freedom is growing/or not growing worldwide • Tabloidization is taking over the media

  14. Evaluating the Final Essay

  15. Template for Final Essay

  16. Schedule for rest of semester Wednesday, May 2 – No class Monday, May 7– discuss Week 12 readings; Report due by 6 pm; don’t forget Turnitin Wednesday, May 9 – final session MMC 911 Presentations; meet in KV14-G03 Monday, May 15 - first draft of Essay due by 6 pm; work with Karen on it Summer MMC classes start Tuesday, June 12

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