The World of Mass Media

In the late 1950s and into the 1960s responsibility played a large role in how news was distributed. Three television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, were among the outlets with formally trained news anchors who brought forth a sense of unity in the country. But, as the years progressed and people began to develop special interests, the ways news was relayed transformed (Turow, 1997, p. 40).

The discourse community of broadcast journalists is a broad community, but can be narrowed down to smaller groups. As a discourse community journalist come in as novices, but carry the opportunity to ascend in their profession, to become an anchor for a national news network. The fundamental goal of journalists is to educate the public with events that take place daily, both domestically and internationally. With this fundamental goal at hand, news networks run astray, to where they begin to host biased opinions, with means to draw in a certain audience. These biases are presented by the networks reflect a political bias, religious bias, and social bias that can impact the facts of the story

News has spread around through different means and has rapidly evolved in just the past few hundred years, from newspapers, to news channels, and now also through online media. The purpose of these news outlets is to inform the population on current events locally and internationally. Many people feel as if the news does a good job in captivating audiences and influencing them, but wonder if they are actually reporting the news accurately. In their article, “Pictures in Our Heads,” Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson thought the same, and made statements stating that the media does effectively influence the population and insinuating that the media does not always portray their coverage accurately; this

Mike McCray, from The Dallas Morning News, spoke to a crowd of nearly 180 journalist students, at Wohler’s Hall at the University of Illinois. The biggest advice McCray’s tell the students is, “getting out of the mindset of what stories have to be.” This is important because journalists have a responsibility to serve the public, by not simply telling stories, but also look at stories in a new angle for readers to read.

Journalists and news reporters are the people who are in charge of reporting the news and if they find that a story is not interesting or important it will not be broadcasted through the media (Brody, 1998, p. 289). If a journalist reported everything they came across, it would cause a lot of technical and economical issues.

News media calls to attention current events. The information comes from real people who have had their lives changed be it for good or bad. Though what is being shared might not be prevalent at the time, it does call to attention one’s stance to the situation and possible future handlings of it. News media covers topics like teenage suicide, kidnappings, drive-by shootings, etc. Because such delicate topics are brought to light, it calls to attention one’s surroundings and forces reaction. The news media is a tool that relays stories but it is them who decide how to share them. However, it is how they do so that impacts the story, which is why they must remain true to facts to not deter from the message. When deterring occurs, lies spread and the topic isn’t what it began as but a twist to its original. By looking beyond what we know, and observing beyond our lens, we learn.

Anzur and Silvia in their chapter The Role of a Storyteller offers insight to how journalists have been adapting to technological changes in the workforce as online mediums become more prevalent in news organizations. As multimedia reporting is becoming a norm in journalistic techniques, journalists must face the pressure to conform and learn new skills, or face unemployment. In addition, an excessive workload is faced by journalists. Although I understand the importance of adapting to changing technologies and making news more interesting and readily available to the public, I believe journalists adapting to this change, or just entering the field may be overworked. Moreover, excessive amounts of work can potentially lead to subpar reporting ultimately not benefiting the public interest.

The news media, an industry focusing on major global stories ranging from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, to a gossip piece on Justin Bieber’s latest hair cut, through to a humble suburban story on the local school fete; the desire to know what is going on in the world around us is at our core as a people.

In the article “Reporting the News”, authors George C Edwards III, Martin P Wattenberg, and Robert L Lineberry discuss the different aspects

Another thing that happens behind the scene of the news we read, see or listen to is the screening of information and materials. Journalists receive a tremendous amount of information daily from different sources, which they then have to decide which ones are newsworthy.

Today’s topics were mostly on masculinity with some feminism topics and mass media. The topics that stuck with me the most were about how masculinity is used, the feminist movements over time and the mass media’s involvement in citizens life. For men to show there masculinity features they would have to prove their masculinities through test established by another male figure above that individual man. This could be seen when a father tells his son that if he wants to prove that he is a big boy he will take care of his younger sister. This gives the son a sense of duty and responsibility over someone else and overall show his power to his younger sister. This in turn would make the younger sister feel as if she is weak because it seems she needs to be taken care of.

First of all I would like to examine the job of a journalist strongly believe that the main skill a journalist should have is the ability to get the news or information and give it to the people without changing it. By being honest and telling the truth and by having reliable sources, a journalist manages to gain respect and esteem. In order to be a good professional, a journalist has to work in many levels. It is very important to make research, to take photos or videos and to be sure of the authenticity of the story. Then the story should be written with objectivity before being published to newspapers, magazines, websites, the radio or on TV. People should be informed properly. If the information or the facts are presented as they are,

In conclusion, it is important to consider that with each advancement in communication beginning with printed text and then to radio and television and then internet, communication throughout the world at large has increased dramatically. Throughout these advancements journalism has evolved and has remained an important part of our society.

It is common to believe that when reporting scientific studies the mass media is accurate in reporting what the research presents in a condensed format while still maintaining accurate information. However the two articles that will be presented will show that although it does present information found in the research there are certain aspects that are changed. As Keith Grant Davie stated before each rhetorical situation is shaped by its four constituents and the two articles below will verify his findings which lead into why there are differences between the academic discourse and the more popular discourse. Therefore by examining a research paper on the discovery of new planets and its accommodating article from CNN we found how the

Thousands of our nation's men and women were fighting for their country, yet the media limited the amount of information that they chose to pass on to the public. Each day the media is faced with the choice of making decisions of what news to pass on, when that news could make a significant difference in someone's life, or in the fate of our nation.