4.4 Spin Doctors, Churnalism, Citizen Journalism
Topic 4.4 The Selection and Presentation of the News
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- Spin Doctors
- some powerful groups attempt to avoid news values
- use their influence to plant/shape news stories sympathetic to their cause
- role is to meet journalists to 'manage' news stories so they're favourable to the government
- some stories are constructed to favour particular political view points
- Spin Doctors, Churnalism, Citizen Journalism
- Churnalism
- uncritically source news from cheaper outlets
- Spin Doctors, Churnalism, Citizen Journalism
- largely engaged in uncritically churning out 'facts' or stories given to them by government spin doctors
- 80% of stories found in tabloids come from official sources
- journalists have become passive processors of unchecked, 2nd hand material
- news stories are characterised by uniformity which reduces the choice available to the news reader
- Citizen Journalism
- development of the internet and technology and social networking sites
- increasing in importance as news source
- refers to anyone that posts on a mainstream news site
- e.g. BBC viewers are encouraged to text info to the newsroom via mobiles
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