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Last week

Last week. We looked at some trends in new media. We also looked at some roles for journalists in this new climate. We thought about partisan reporting and the trouble with funding for journalism. We talked about how you get someone to pay for something they’re used to getting for free. Today.

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Last week

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  1. Last week • We looked at some trends in new media. • We also looked at some roles for journalists in this new climate. • We thought about partisan reporting and the trouble with funding for journalism. • We talked about how you get someone to pay for something they’re used to getting for free.

  2. Today • Today we continue that conversation. • We look at the concepts of echo chambers, fragmentation and support for newspapers. As well as the history of papers. • We’ll begin to watch a documentary on news. • Next week….we’ll talk about journalistic ethics. Please read codes of ethics posted online and handout I provide today.

  3. Next week • I’ll hand out paper topics next week. Papers will be due in early November. • I’ll also talk about the first exam which will be on October 24th or 31st…..depending on our progress during class. • I will hand out a VERY clear review sheet and I will post all of my powerpoints on my website.

  4. The Future of Journalism Part 2

  5. What’s lost from traditional news • When you are on a beat, you develop a rapport, you develop sources. That is lost. • You have TIME. You build relationships. • You can do investigative work.

  6. The web • The web passed newspapers as favorite source of news in 2008. • Benefit of online news- this news tends to “connect the dots”. Low overhead • Drawback- lack of accountability, lack of original reporting, don’t reach unmarketable audiences/elderly.

  7. Are new media bad for democracy? • Many bloggers are cavalier about accuracy on the web. • Premium is placed on having it fast, not necessarily accuracy. • This can have real world impact. • Bloggers publish more opinion and analysis than fact.

  8. This fragmentation can lead to an online audience that experiences a narrow, distorted view of the world in the Internet echo chamber. • Example: People exist in like-minded social cliques, clans, or clubs. Take the Internet: conservative political blogs tend overwhelmingly to link with other conservative political blogs; liberal blogs to other liberal blogs.

  9. Echo Chamber Effect • Any situation when information, ideas or beliefs are amplified or reinforced by transmission inside an "enclosed" space. • Soooo….One person will make a claim, which many like-minded people then repeat, overhear, and repeat again (often in an exaggerated or otherwise distorted form) until most people assume that some extreme variation of the story is true. • Examples?

  10. Birther movement a good example.

  11. Fragmentation • The splintering of audiences into smaller groups as a result of the increasing number of available media and leisure opportunities

  12. Bloggers depend on readers to vet info • Bloggers say posting unverified info flushes out the truth. • They provide all info even if it can’t be verified. • This is called….the journalism of assertion. • Different from traditional journalism that requires facts be confirmed before published. • Less interested in truth, more interested in discussion.

  13. Some experts reject the echo chamber argument. • Jeff Jarvis says we have more arguments than ever.

  14. Philanthropy to save Journalism? • Utilizing endowments could stabilize the industry and make it more independent. • Critics say if there is not market demand the industry should surrender. • Thoughts? • Is there a core need for information? Is it worth saving? Does it need saving? • Should tax dollars go to saving the news industry? What are the drawbacks of government run media?

  15. “For news organizations to truly do its job as a watchdog….the people who are paying can’t be the people being watched.” • True? False?

  16. History • First paper published in 1690 • Early American papers were partisan, opinionated and often owned by political parties. • Before newspapers, news was disseminated orally. • Sound familiar?

  17. The Times Model • 1860- NYT sets out a plan. • A paper’s “proper business is to publish facts, in such a form and temper as to lead men of all parties to rely upon its statements of facts.” • Newspapers grew to 7000 in 80 years (from 1800). • Investigations became important. Publications looked at corruption, government, child labor. • Muckrakers exposed wrongdoing by business and government.

  18. Golden Age • Early 1900’s: newspapers experiment with revenue models. • 1920’s: Radio gives print a run for its money. • 1950’s: TV gives print another run for its money, literally. • Radio and TV provide IMMEDIACY. Also, provided MOBILITY. • Still, print provided ad space and ad revenues were strong. • Golden age of journalism characterized by relentless reporting and investigation- Woodward and Bernstein.

  19. Now…. • Sense of responsibility before cable and web higher. • News traded on stock exchange. Profits became more important than responsibility. • Circulation peaked in 1984 with 63 million subscribers compared to around 51 million today. • Around 1400 papers printing today compared to 7000 in early 1900’s. • Retail consolodation also hurt add sales.

  20. Are newspapers the only watchdog? • Could papers take better advantage of the web? • Should papers shut down their presses? • Is hyperlocal reporting the answer? Is it reasonable to expect high quality for such low pay? • Is foundation funding reliable?

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