Journalism
The first obligation of journalism.
What is the truth?
These cheap newspapers emerged in the 1830s.
What are penny papers?
This reading asks whether coverage of local government declined disproportionately relative to other newspaper content.
What is News Hole by Hayes and Lawless?
This type of media is most likely to be subject to conflicts of interest.
What is privately owned media?
This model posits news-making as driven by political considerations.
What is the political model?
The type of political system in which the media primarily functions to bring government policy in line with public opinion
What are democratic regimes?
According to Schudson, this led to a new middle class audience that formed the readership of the penny papers.
What did the emergence of a democratic market society led to?
These are the two primary sources of newspaper revenue.
What are circulation and advertising?
The solution to the financial problems of newspapers that was proposed by Swenson and Schmidt.
What are endowments?
This model posits news-making as a process conducted by professional journalist working for for-profit firms.
What is the Professional or Economic Model?
The type of political system in which the media primarily functions to bring public opinion in line with government policy
What are authoritarian regimes?
This thinker said he would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
President Donald J. Trump revoked the White House access of these three news outlets.
What are CNN, MSNOW, and Politico?
The public broadcaster that Bollinger proposes the US imitate.
What is the BBC?
This model posits the news as an accurate reflection of society, both in terms of factual reporting and in terms of relative importance of subjects.
What is the mirror model?
The SPJ Code of Ethics discourages the usage of these except when absolutely necessary.
What are anonymous sources?
This form of newspaper predominated from the 1790s until the middle of the 19th century.
What are partisan newspapers?
What form of advertising in newspapers has been completely replaced by services like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace?
What are classified ads?
A media company purchases multiple firms doing the same sort of business. For example, a newspaper chain purchasing more newspapers.
What is horizontal integration?
This model of journalism argues that journalists should focus on local politics and seek to foster greater engagement.
What is civic journalism?
The amount of space for editorial content once advertising has been placed.
What is the news hole?
This event in British history led to the end of press licensing.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This reporter succesfully sued in 2018 to have his press credentials returned at the White House.
Who is Jim Acosta?
A media company owns multiple parts of its supply chain. For example, a studio producing a film, distributing it, and owning the theater where it is shown.
This model of journalism posits newsmaking as a function of strategic interactions between actors inside and outside of the newsroom.
What is the Bargaining Model?