ISBN:
9780742536630
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (648 p)
Series Statement:
Communication, Media, and Politics
Parallel Title:
Print version News Narratives and News Framing : Constructing Political Reality
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Journalism - Objectivity
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Electronic books
Abstract:
News Narratives and News Framing is a revealing look at how the media's construction of news affects our political, economic, and social realities. In this introduction to the theory behind news framing, Karen Johnson-Cartee pulls together elements from communication, journalism, politics, and sociology to create a picture of how news forms these realities for the public. With its comprehensive reference section and suggestions on how to influence the news agenda, this is a beneficial resource for students in political communication, media criticism, and communication theory
Description / Table of Contents:
Communication, Media, and Politics - Series Editor; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 - The Social Construction of Reality; Social Interactions; Mediated Interactions; Dependency Theory of Mass Media Effects; Uses and Gratifications Theory; Uses and Dependency Theory; The Social Construction of News; Redefining the Influence of Mass-Communicated News Reports: Agenda Setting, Priming, and Framing; The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis; Social Perceptions; Public Opinion Perceptions; In Conclusion; 2 - Public Opinion and Public Policy; Historical Overview
Description / Table of Contents:
An Overview of American Conceptualizations of Public OpinionParticipatory Pluralism; Issues and Events; Limited Pluralism; Other Competitive Voice Models; In Summary; 3 - Journalism at a Crossroads; Professional Status; Media Ownership; Functional Goals of the Profession; Reporters' Views of Their Work: Journalistic Roles; The Libertarian Tradition; Civic, Public, or Community Journalism; Professional Organizational Culture; Reciprocal Media Influence; Profession-Based Conceptualizations of the Audience; In Conclusion; 4 - Newsgathering Mythologies and Strategic Rituals
Description / Table of Contents:
Myth of Professional ObjectivityMyth of Objective Reality; Myth of Reportorial News Perspective; Secular Strategic Rituals; Style Rituals; The Professional Code of News Values; The Strategic Rituals of Balance; The Strategic Ritual of Factism; The Ritual of Dramatization; 5 - News as Narrative; The Epistemology of News; The Narrative Paradigm; The Framing Paradigm; News Archetypes; Considering the Consequences of News Narratives; 6 - Actors in the Social Construction of News; News Promoters and News Assemblers: A Symbiotic Relationship; The Agenda of News Promoters
Description / Table of Contents:
News Promoters' Communication PracticesNews Promoter Values; News Promoter Framing; Promoter Operating Philosophies; News Consumers; Molotch and Lester's Typology of Public Events; In Summary; 7 - Standardization in Framing; Source Standardization; Marginalization of Groups; Framing Prescriptions for Marginalized Groups; In Summary; 8 - Personalized and Confrontational News Framing; Personalization of News; Confrontational News; In Summary; Appendix - The 1986 Drug War and Media Convergence; References; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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