Pol 140 media

1. POL 140
Fall 2014

6. Sources help to gather, package, and disseminate
information to the public
 Newspapers
 Radio
 Television
 Internet
Main goal of media has stayed the same
How information is delivered has changed

8. Informing
 Press informs public of political events
Investigating
 Researching and revealing information about events
Interpreting
 Media interpret a given day’s news

11. Labor-intensive
and expensive
Newsprint comprised
of individual letters of
metal type

13. Common Sense was mass-produced.
The Federalist Papers were published in NewYork newspapers.

15. Newspapers and partisan politics
Influence of the “penny press”
Beginnings of “Yellow Journalism”

16. JOSEPH PULITZER WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST

18. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
on Radio

20. THE “BIGTHREE” KENNEDYVS. NIXON, 1960

22. Decline inTraditional Newspaper Readership
Popularity ofTalk Radio
Rise of Soft News or “Infotainment”
Prevalence of Blogs
Rise and Continuation of Social Networking
Cell Phones andText Messaging

24. Gatekeeper
 Decide what will be covered
 Managers of wire services, editors, reporters
Disseminator
 “Just the Facts,” avoid unverifiable stories
 Does this help the public?
Investigator
 Investigate problems, critically analyze and report them
 “Muckrakers,”Woodward and Bernstein (Watergate)
Public Mobilizer
 Emphasis on civic journalism
 Grassroots movement due to Internet, etc.

26. Focuses on 1940 Election
Results: People already made up
minds prior to voting; campaign
did not add information
Study gave rise to minimal
effects thesis

27. Selective Exposure
 Individuals exposed to information with beliefs
Selective Perception
 Individuals interpret information with beliefs
Selective Retention
 Individuals recall information with beliefs

28. Agenda Setting
 Must choose which events to cover— signal to public
Priming
 Media emphasizes characteristics of people, events,
or issues—and this influences public’s view
Framing
 Media alters public view on issue by presentation

29. George W. Bush, New Orleans, post-Hurricane Katrina

30. IRAQ: SPIDER HOLE IRAQ: MILITARY CASKETS

32. James S. Brady
Press Briefing Room

33. Obama Press Conference,
East Room of White House
Depends on:
1) News model
employed by
journalists
2) News
management
technique
employed by
White House

34. Mirror Model
Professional Model
Organizational or “Bargaining” Model
Political Model
Public Journalism / Civic Journalism Model

35. Tight Control of Information
Tight Control of Access to Politicians
ElaborateCommunications Bureaucracy
Concerted Effort to BypassWH Press Corps
Prepackaging News in Sound Bytes