We the People Presentation by Eric Miller, Blinn College, Bryan, Texas. Chapter 10 The News Media: Communicating Political Images

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. 10-2

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction News: Timely Dramatic Compelling Events News Media (the Press) 10-3

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 10-4

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 10-5

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 10-6

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Freedom and Conformity in the U.S. News Media Domination of the News Production News Values and Imperatives “Megamedia”: Mergers, Profits, and the News 10-7

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 10-8

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 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.” 10-9

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. States in the Nation 10-10

McGraw-Hill ©2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. States in the Nation 10-11