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Chapter 10

Chapter 10. The News Media: Communicating Political Images. 10-2. Theodore H. White. The press in America… determines what people will think and talk about–an authority that in other nations is reserved for tyrants, priests, parties, and mandarins. 10-3. Introduction. News: Timely

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Chapter 10

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  1. Chapter 10 The News Media: Communicating Political Images

  2. 10-2 Theodore H. White The press in America… determines what people will think and talk about–an authority that in other nations is reserved for tyrants, priests, parties, and mandarins.

  3. 10-3 Introduction • News: • Timely • Dramatic • Compelling • Events • News Media (the Press)

  4. 10-4 The Development of the News Media: From Partisanship to Objective Journalism • From a Partisan Press to an “Objective” One • “Yellow Journalism” • Objective Journalism • Interpretive Reporting • Descriptive Reporting

  5. 10-5 The Development of the News Media: From Partisanship to Objective Journalism • The Development of the Broadcast Media • Radio and Television: The Truly National Media • Government Licensing and Regulation of Broadcasters • The Emergence of the Internet

  6. 10-6 Freedom and Conformity in the U.S. News Media • The government provides lots of freedom • The government provides economic support • Substantial audience reach • Pack Journalism

  7. 10-7 Freedom and Conformity in the U.S. News Media • Domination of the News Production • News Values and Imperatives • “Megamedia”: Mergers, Profits, and the News

  8. 10-8 The News Media as Link: Roles the Press Can and Cannot Perform • The Signaler Role • Agenda Setting • The Common-Carrier Role • The Watchdog Role • Iraqi prisoners • Watergate scandal • “Bad news” • The Public-Representative Role

  9. 10-9 Organizing the Public in the Media Age • News creates a pseudo-community. • Media serves as a channel for the expression of public opinion. • A “mass” versus a “public.”

  10. 10-10 States in the Nation

  11. 10-11 States in the Nation

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