3. What is the difference between objective journalism and opinion journalism?
- 3-2-1 HW: News War - Part III: What's Happening to the News (Frontline)
- How do the following segments help us answer EQ #3?
- One: A New Definition For What's News
- Two: Network News Then and Now
- Three: Info-Snacking
- Four: The New Universe of Online Media
- Other reactions to the Frontline special?
- Case Study: Objective Journalism and Opinion Journalism
- Before we begin the case study...
- Remember the definitions of agenda-setting, framing, media bias, objective journalism, and opinion journalism...
- Remember you are a political scientist, not a voter, when you analyze the following...
- The initial story is posted on Mother Jones on September 17, 2012:
- Let's read the story on its website and watch the first video
- Is it objective journalism or opinion journalism?
- How does it engage in agenda setting? Framing?
- Gov. Romney responded with this statement
- How does his campaign (as an "institution") try to influence the media's reaction to Mother Jones?
- Your reaction:
- Imagine you are a reporter that practices objective journalism...
- Would you cover this story (agenda-setting)?
- How would you cover it (framing)?
- Go on Twitter and tweet your objective headline at the class hashtag
- Sample Tweet: "Headline: Text text text text #(class hashtag)"
- The news media's reaction:
- The story quickly spread ("went viral")
- Analyze the following screenshots of websites taken in the evening
- Is it objective journalism or opinion journalism?
- Is there evidence of agenda-setting and framing?
- Key take-aways from this case study:
- Check out this Washington Post analysis with polling data
- How can you better answer EQ #3 now? What constitutes objective journalism or opinion journalism? How do we make that distinction?
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