JMC 101 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
Journalism - -The profession of creating the timely multimedia reporting of key events,
issues for a mass audience
- aimed at the functions (watchdog & agenda setting)
- informed by values that unite journalists (fairness accuracy etc)
-What is news? - -TIPICUP
-TIPICUP - --Timeliness
- Impact (HUMAN INTEREST)
- Proximity
- Impact (CONSEQUENCE)
-Conflict
- Uniqueness
- Prominence
-Timeliness - -newness of facts *just because it is new does not mean that it is newsworthy
-Impact (Human Interest) - -the emotions of a story
-Impact (Consequence) - -effect that news will have on everyday life
-proximity - -nearness of an event
geographical proximity - how physically close an event is to audience
emotional proximity - connectionto the news based on similarities in situation *feels
important or familiar
-Conflict - -story of opposing forces *without conflict sports & politics would not exist in
news
-Uniqueness - -novelty of humor of news
-prominence - -newsworthiness of an individual (celebrities)
-characteristics of a good journalistic question - -- TIPICUP
- functions of journalism
- awareness to audience expectations of journalism
- original, narrowness, vulnerable
-watchdog function - -To ensure that people in power are held responsible
-people in power = government and financially powerful
-Agenda Setting function - -To influence the importance of one issue or another in the
public's mind
, - what the public thinks is most important when it comes to diff storied
- what journalists talk about politically, socially, and culturally
-Editorializing - -including your opinion in a news story
-Pitfall #1 - -bias and conflict of interest overlap
-conflict of interest - -When personal interests of journalists collide with audiences need
to know
-bias - -Allowing personal, political beliefs into your own reporting
-reason to avoid bias - -Neutrality - advertisers back out of news sources that they find are
not credible despite audience's loyality
ex: advertisements were backing away from Tucker Carlson from Fox News because of his
credibility
-Examples of bias in journalism - -- left wing news blog writes an article titled "watch
donald trump throw a tantrum outside courtroom as fraud case proceeds" *against trump
- Breitbart publishs article "Trump business empire under threat as NY fraud trial opens
up" *for trump
-Pitfall #2 - -- plagiarism
- theft
- deception
- fabrication
-Plagiarism - -using ideas, reporting, & words of others as you own without credit
ex: Jayson Blair at New York Times used other people's writtings as his own
-theft - -Stealing materials in your reporting efforts
ex: cincinnati news paper stole voicemails from Chiquta to report a story
-deception - -Misrepresenting yourself (or not introducing yourself) while reporting story
ex: going somewhere and asking questions but telling the public that you are a journalist
-fabrication - -Making up stories to put in your report
ex: Stephen Glass
-Pitfall #3 - -buring a source and anonymous source
-Burning a Source - -revealing your anonymous source
-anonymous sources - -*sometimes accepted in journalism and other times is not
Pro
- allow whistleblowers
Journalism - -The profession of creating the timely multimedia reporting of key events,
issues for a mass audience
- aimed at the functions (watchdog & agenda setting)
- informed by values that unite journalists (fairness accuracy etc)
-What is news? - -TIPICUP
-TIPICUP - --Timeliness
- Impact (HUMAN INTEREST)
- Proximity
- Impact (CONSEQUENCE)
-Conflict
- Uniqueness
- Prominence
-Timeliness - -newness of facts *just because it is new does not mean that it is newsworthy
-Impact (Human Interest) - -the emotions of a story
-Impact (Consequence) - -effect that news will have on everyday life
-proximity - -nearness of an event
geographical proximity - how physically close an event is to audience
emotional proximity - connectionto the news based on similarities in situation *feels
important or familiar
-Conflict - -story of opposing forces *without conflict sports & politics would not exist in
news
-Uniqueness - -novelty of humor of news
-prominence - -newsworthiness of an individual (celebrities)
-characteristics of a good journalistic question - -- TIPICUP
- functions of journalism
- awareness to audience expectations of journalism
- original, narrowness, vulnerable
-watchdog function - -To ensure that people in power are held responsible
-people in power = government and financially powerful
-Agenda Setting function - -To influence the importance of one issue or another in the
public's mind
, - what the public thinks is most important when it comes to diff storied
- what journalists talk about politically, socially, and culturally
-Editorializing - -including your opinion in a news story
-Pitfall #1 - -bias and conflict of interest overlap
-conflict of interest - -When personal interests of journalists collide with audiences need
to know
-bias - -Allowing personal, political beliefs into your own reporting
-reason to avoid bias - -Neutrality - advertisers back out of news sources that they find are
not credible despite audience's loyality
ex: advertisements were backing away from Tucker Carlson from Fox News because of his
credibility
-Examples of bias in journalism - -- left wing news blog writes an article titled "watch
donald trump throw a tantrum outside courtroom as fraud case proceeds" *against trump
- Breitbart publishs article "Trump business empire under threat as NY fraud trial opens
up" *for trump
-Pitfall #2 - -- plagiarism
- theft
- deception
- fabrication
-Plagiarism - -using ideas, reporting, & words of others as you own without credit
ex: Jayson Blair at New York Times used other people's writtings as his own
-theft - -Stealing materials in your reporting efforts
ex: cincinnati news paper stole voicemails from Chiquta to report a story
-deception - -Misrepresenting yourself (or not introducing yourself) while reporting story
ex: going somewhere and asking questions but telling the public that you are a journalist
-fabrication - -Making up stories to put in your report
ex: Stephen Glass
-Pitfall #3 - -buring a source and anonymous source
-Burning a Source - -revealing your anonymous source
-anonymous sources - -*sometimes accepted in journalism and other times is not
Pro
- allow whistleblowers
