![]() ![]() The Good News: There is Good News…But What Makes Something Newsworthy? This is the best I’ve come across so far. ![]() I’ve looked for good learning materials to help explain how to look for bias. * I understand (and share in) the appeal of finding news primarily as it pops up in social media or comedy programming, but I can’t help wondering what kind of bias-filter that constitutes…have we reached the age of true “news by democracy” where the only news we are exposed to is what interested our facebook friends? Then again, is that any worse than the filter of a media corporation?Īnd speaking of bias, I came across this blogger’s funny and enlightening discussion and spoof that puts some American news stories in perspective and highlights the way bias pervades our view of “others” in the media. So many of us (myself included) get our news these days from our Facebook and Twitter feeds, news that is self-selected, and therefore, by definition, biased, or certainly filtered to a certain extent. ![]() Some of you discovered news sources from other countries, like BBC and Al Jazeera some of you found that non-corporate, public news sources had something different to offer, like National Public Radio, still others recognized that in-depth news can come in forms such as documentaries and podcasts. Some of you found satire about the news a more palatable (if already partially digested) source of current events. Many of you graduated to different forms of news as you got older and as technology evolved. Many of you started as kids getting your news while watching the TV during dinner, and noted that the 6 o’clock news doesn’t always feel so much like news as gossip about the murderer next door (“he was real quiet, kept to himself”). * My question is, what do we define as news and is it separate from popular culture? Shouldn’t we care about what public figures think? And are events regarding race still considered news ( I sure hope so)? One student asked the following question that brings up a concept I want you to discuss this week: what makes something newsworthy? I wanted to bring forward a couple of compelling questions from your discussion two weeks ago about the news and where you get it. This week please respond to TWO prompts: the mandatory prompt (#1) and ONE other prompt ( #2 – #5) embedded in the lecture. ![]()
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